There is a large number of factors influencing the quality of images you can take with your digital camera. There used to be times when manufacturers tried to outrun one another in the race for more megapixels and so many consumers believed that the more megapixels you had the better pictures you could take. Nowadays the trend has shifted a bit and manufacturers try to pack more advanced optics, or more features such as multi-point autofocus, face detection and image stabilization systems in their cameras and that is what, in fact, can have a bigger impact on your images than mere megapixels. Yet, with the increasing number of features that even a simple, modern point-and-shot compact digital camera offers it is more and more difficult for many people to follow what all the functions really do. That is why I decided to post some tips and tricks, as well as a glossary explaining what all the terms mean. As this is a very time-consuming and formidable task I think that its completion will take a few weeks. Nevertheless, I will not rest until I am satisfied with what I intend to include here.
So far I have described what a typical digital camera consists of in the text entitled:
I have also spent a while describing different file types that digital cameras typically make use of for saving your images in:
And for those of you who wonder what the differences between a $200 smallish camera and $1800 giant are I wrote about:
And the list of articles concerning the proper photography tips currently consists of:
As I have recently added a few articles about the influence of lighting conditions on photography here I present the list of those articles: