what camera should i buy

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Hi!

What camera should I buy?

#MainBhiPhotographer

So, well, how DO I choose a camera?

Remember to Breathe.

What kind of photos do you make?

Portraits Fashion Pets

Landscapes Advertising Sports

Weddings Indoor Outdoor Abstract Creative Weird

Architecture Scientific Documentary

Macro Micro Astro

Umm… all of it?

Right Tool For The Right Job

Is it for me?

Casual photos of friends, family, surroundings Share right away

− Instagram!− Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Flickr, Whatsapp

Do not care about technical perfection Few photos a day, if shooting hundreds daily –

you'll drain the battery.

Pros and Cons

One device to rule them all

Always with you Social Apps to edit and

enhance photos Easy to synchronize

photos online (via apps) or with Dropbox.

Image quality

– Dynamic range

– Noise Usually not more than

one dedicated button User interface is not

optimized Very limited accessories Shutter lag

Is it for me?

Have big pockets

– For carrying a camera, of course! Want better images Don't need too many accessories, but want a

dedicated camera Do not afford a full-blown dSLR system Want a easier learning curve for starting out with

photography Want a no-nonsense camera that shoots decent

images.

Pros and Cons

Point… and shoot!

Or fiddle around

Pick your mix

– Sizes

– Zoom ranges Usually more features

than dSLRs

Macro mode for free!

File formats are commonly recognized by software

Manual control mostly feels like an afterthought

Decent image quality, but dynamic range is still limited.

More pixels on small sensor => more noise.

Shutter lag

Slow focussing

Few accessories

Is it for me?

Professionals Serious Amateurs Control Freaks / Technical Perfection OCD Low light performance Have big pockets

– Loaded with cash, maybe?

Pros and Cons

Exceptional image quality

Full Auto / Partial Auto / Full Manual controls

Accessories, boatloads of them

Can be controlled by external hardware / computer / phone app

Go nuts with all the buttons and dials!

Shoot RAW.

Bulkiest of the cameras

LOTS of buttons and dials, steep learning curve.

Automatic panorama? Smile detection? Auto HDR? Face detection? Hard luck…

You usually end up carrying a lot more than just the camera – a separate backpack or more.

Iceberg!

What dSLR should I buy?

Entry Level / Cropped Sensor– Just starting out

– Generic photography High End / Cropped Sensor

– Wildlife

– Wedding / Events High End / Full Frame

– Architecture

– Portraits

ISO, Shutter, Sync/ Rolling shutter, AF Motor

Higher ISO gives better performance in low light

High shutter speeds allows working with extreme lighting – usually strobes that can look brighter than sun, up close.

Shutter Sync speeds limit freezing motion with a flash.

Use old lenses on new dSLR for cheap

What Lens do I Buy?

Wider aperture = shallow DOF Wider aperture = better performance in low light VR / IS = reduction in photos spoiled by shaky

hands / taken from moving vehicle. Barrel distortion Chromatic aberration Focus speed (primes are faster, zooms slower) Lens creep, weight

Harshad Sharma

@hiway

http://flickr.com/harshadsharmahttp://bit.ly/hs-whatcamera

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