Wide-Angle Lenses
Wide-angle lenses cover an angle of view greater than 60, capturing scenes that are wider than normal. The wide-angle focal lengths also have the ability to expand the space between objects that are in the foreground and those in the background, making the whole scene seem bigger. » More: Lens types
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Lens types
April 13th, 2009Understanding Exposure
February 27th, 2009All digital cameras create an image by focusing light through a lens onto a sensor. When the perfect amount of light reaches the sensor, there is enough light to show details in the darkest areas, but not so much light that the lightest parts are too bright. The goal of a good exposure is to have details in both the lightest and the darkest parts of the image. Today’s cameras have fantastic built-in light meters, and letting the camera determine the exposure is very easy. » More: Understanding Exposure
Guided Tour of a Digital Camera
February 24th, 2009We’re going to start with a tour of a typical non-SLR digital camera. I realize that it would be nice if I provided you with a nice picture with a legend, but a think that all of you have seen a digital camera so you more or less know what they look like. Besides the point of this text is to know what you’ve got there on your digital camera and as different manufacturers make different parts according to their imagination there is a large diversity in the cameras looks.
Digital camera models look different from the rear as they do from the front. All of them will sport an LCD viewfinder, but that LCD may range in size from a puny 1.5 inches diagonally to the generous 2.5 inches. » More: Guided Tour of a Digital Camera