Digital Camera Vs. Film - Pros And Cons

Digital Camera Vs. Film - Pros And Cons Consumers have been pretty receptive to the lower priced “point and shoot” models (some 5 million digital cameras were sold in the U.S. during the Christmas 2005 holiday season), but there are still some holdouts.Great strides have been made in digital technology over the past few years, but more sophisticated digital cameras have only recently come down in price enough to attract the “serious amateur”...

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Digital Cameras: The New Generation

Digital Cameras: The New Generation With the advent of modern scientific tools, life has become highly sophisticated. There has been a significant evolution in the technology and the lifestyles of the human beings. One of the fine examples of evolution is the advent and craze for digital cameras. A digital camera is equipped with an electronic photosensitive sensor. The photographs are stored digitally in the in-built memory of the camera and...

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Digital Cameras – 10 Tips

Digital Cameras – 10 Tips To Get Great PicturesPhotography is an art, and therefore there are no set rules for getting the perfect pictures. The following tips, however, will help to improve your photographic style, experiment, and get great pictures on a regular basis. Whether your subject is a child, a pet, or nature, try some of these tips on your next photographic foray.1. Get on Their Level – With a live subject it is important to get at...

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Digital Camera Ling Every advance in technology

Digital Camera Ling Every advance in technology creates new terms, acronyms and definitions. The digital camera revolution is no different. When shopping for your first digital camera, it is always good to know the lingo. Saves you from that stupid feeling one often gets when speaking with sales people. I hope this glossary helps.ApertureThe size of the lens opening, which controls how much light, passes through the lens. Aperture is measured...

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Digital Camera Carrying Case

Digital Camera Carrying Case Change The Way You Take PicturesA quality carrying case is an essential element for capturing good pictures. Digital cameras are highly susceptible to scratching and damage from transport. Not only does a digital camera carrying case protect digital cameras, but it makes photographers more efficient. Continue reading for the many advantages and options available for digital camera carrying cases.Digital cameras have...

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Digital Photography

Digital Photography Digital cameras were first conceived by Eugene F. Lally as a means to record still images of the planets and stars during manned planetary missions. Working for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, he suggested an all-optical guidance system for these missions.In 1961 Mr. Lally wrote a paper titled "Mosaic Guidance for Interplanetary Travel," which was published at the American Rocket Society convention....

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Digital Photography Tips

Digital Photography Tips Taking control of the flash on your digital camera goes a long way in the quality of your photographs. Having the flash go off when you want it to instead of when the camera thinks it should makes a big difference in taking outdoor portraits. By changing from the flash on to the fill flash mode (a little-known but wonderful feature), your camera exposes the background first, and then adds enough light to illuminate your...

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Digital Image File Compression

Digital Image File Compression Image file compression algorithms come in two types, lossy and lossless:* Lossless compression reduces the file size with no loss to the quality of the image, even though the compression ratios may be weak. If an image is to be printed or the quality is more important than the file size, lossless algorithms are preferred.* Lossy compression takes advantage of the limitations of the human eye and discards information...

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Digital Formats

Digital Formats One standardized means of storing and organizing image data in digital photography is the use of image file formats. These files are made up of either pixel or vector (geometric) data, this data is changed to pixels during the display process.Pixel is the abbreviation for "picture element": "pix" is the common abbreviation for "picture." Pixels are a point in a graphic image -- not really a dot, but a sample of the image. Image...

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Digital Cameras

 Digital Cameras A digital camera is an electronic device used to photograph and store images in place of using the former photographic film used in the more conventional cameras.With additions to the technology of digital cameras, many of them are now multifunctional, including the ability to record sound and videos. In the modern Western market they currently outsell the 35 mm cameras.Digital cameras can be found in several categories:*...

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Digital Cameras Are Versatile

Digital Cameras Are Versatile There are many uses for a digital camera. The usual means of storage on a digital camera is flash memory; however, it is also possible to find cameras with floppy disks and CD-RWs, which are less common.The digital camera is used to store the images, or your photographs, until they can later be transferred to your computer.In addition to taking pictures, digital cameras can also have the capability of recording sound...

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Digital Camera Formats

Digital Camera Formats Simple diagrams, cartoon-type images, and shapes are best stored on GIF, or Graphic Interchange Format, because it is limited to 256 colors; these are actually the only things that are suited for this format. This format is still widely used for image animation effects because it supports animation. Lossless compression is another reason it is so effective on large areas that have a single color, and is very ineffective...

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Determining Lines, Inches, and Pixels

Determining Lines, Inches, and Pixels If we are aware of the size, density, and number of pixels on a sensor and recognize the other variables to a camera's resolution, are we better able to determine the quality of the images a camera can produce? The answer is a resounding no. Pixels are the units of measurement relating to the camera's resolution only, not the image resolution.Raw camera resolution is shown in pixels, but image resolution...

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Data Storage and File Formats on Digital Cameras

Data Storage and File Formats on Digital Cameras It uses the existing JPEG, TIFF Rev. 6.0, and RIFF Wave file formats, which are the standard methods of compression for digital photography. They additionally use metadata tags which have caused some discussion as to their usefulness. JPEG 2000 and PNG do not support this technology.TIFF files provide the Exif tags' structure, and there is a great deal of overlap between the standards of the...

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Counting Pixels

Counting Pixels Smaller is not always better, especially when you are dealing with pixels. Varying in size from one manufacturer to another and even from one camera to another, pixels are the little critters found on your imaging sensor, which are the components that record light on most digital cameras. It therefore makes sense that a larger pixel can record more light if they are larger. Two sensors with the same number of pixels would be...

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Compromises Made by Your Digital Camera

Compromises Made by Your Digital Camera The means your camera uses to take images and translate them from the image sensor to the computer or printer may not be hindered by the compromises it makes during the process.  You will only know this when the photos are being viewed at the time of transfer.Storage is one of these compromises; digital images take a great deal of space for storage. They need to be managed in a way that ensures enough...

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Comparing Film and Digital Cameras

Comparing Film and Digital Cameras Digital cameras have many advantages over traditional cameras. Some of these advantages are:* After instantly reviewing the picture, it can be retaken if there is a problem. The photographer simply changes a few settings.* Taking many shots of the same thing using different settings and angles can be done inexpensively, and you print only the best ones. This is too expensive to accomplish with film cameras.* Those...

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Choosing the Best Digital Camera

Choosing the Best Digital Camera Today's digital cameras have gone way beyond just point and shoot. They come with dozens of features, meaning you can customize your camera to your specific needs. Some of the things you will want to look into when purchasing your camera are confusing, so make sure you know what you are looking for when you go shopping. The quality of the resolution of your photos is determined by the megapixels (mps) of your...

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Change Brought About by Digital Photography

Change Brought About by Digital Photography Two-megapixel cameras were offered for less than $100.00 in late 2002, with some one-megapixel cameras offered for under $60.00.  Discount stores began offering development and processing of digital prints for their customers, offering actual chemical prints in an hour. This was in comparison with inkjet prints they could get from their computers.These prints were about the same price as film...

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Buying a Digital Camera

Buying a Digital Camera The price of digital cameras has been lowered dramatically as the popularity increases. You can now purchase a digital camera for anywhere from $30 to $400. As always, remember that you get what you pay for, and don't expect to get top quality photos from a cheap camera; you may end up disappointed!There are many types of digital cameras on the market, and it will help if you know what they are when you start to shop....

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Advantages of Going Digital

Advantages of Going Digital Many photographers are hearing the word "digital" nowadays. Digital photography is innovative and new, still in its infancy, and it is a wonderful photographic tool.Tourists, among other photographic amateurs, love digital cameras. Family photos, graphic design, security, advertising, fashion, and inventory control are only a few of the ways you can use digital photography.If you are one of those who love to capture...

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Advantages of Digital Photography

Advantages of Digital Photography The quality of the images on the new digital cameras, and the time limits that are so vitally important in the newspaper industry, have made digital photography the norm with most professional news photographers. Many amateur photographers have also adopted the digital camera as their camera of choice. They enjoy the convenience of sending photos by email, being able to put them on the web, and displaying them...

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Advantages of Digital Photography to the Professional

Advantages of Digital Photography to the Professional The professional photographer and the amateur photographer can find many advantages to digital photography. These include, but are not limited to: * Without wasting storage space, the professional photographer can review, edit, and even remove a photo, while assessing composition and lighting. * The versatility of management, including color and file, manipulation, and printing abilities,...

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Advantages of Digital Cameras

Advantages of Digital Cameras There are many advantages when comparing digital photography to traditional film cameras. These include: * Data can be stored on the image including date and time, type of camera, film speed and shutter speed (this is great for vacations); this assists in reviewing photos at a later date. * The use of a tripod is all but eliminated due to the anti-shake tools in digital cameras. * You can capture hundreds of...

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Additional Storage for Your Digital Camera

Additional Storage for Your Digital Camera When planning the budget for your new digital camera, include the cost of an extra memory card.  The cards that come with your camera aren't nearly enough memory to take the number of pictures you would like to take, so get a bigger card right off the bat.A 3-megapixel camera should have at least a 256 MB card; a 4-megapixel camera needs at a minimum a 512 MB card.  Any camera with 6 or...

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