The Best Digital Camera is Not Always the Best!

by: ScottGoodman

If you are looking to buy your first digital camera that you may be wondering where to start owing the huge array of new technology about. After spending sizable amount of time at the mall and online research we finally figuring out which is the best digital camera for us. Drawing the money to pay for it out you decide on a top of the range 10 megapixel resolution, 12 times optical zoom compact camera with a two and a half inch LCD screen for excellent viewing of the images afterwards.

Unfortunately, technology doesn't ever stop for breath and your personal choice is no exception, so after months of searching you now have to have the latest version of the camera which has taken over the accolade.

We sigh because the manufacturer of this amazing gadget claims that this is the best digital camera yet out in the market. We should have known but because we must have the best digital camera then we will just have to swallow the extra cost. Before you rush off and buy your digital camera, there are a few tips I can pass on about buying one. One of the most important features of an ordinary model to make it into the best category is its mega pixel property.

As digital photo printing costs have reduced over the last few years more and more people are taking advantage of this so the higher the number of pixels you have, the larger you can print your images. Superior color definition and the chance to print off larger than normal images are usually the main reasons for buying a model with high megapixel resolution. The advantage of larger LCD screens on the cameras means you have more control over the composition of the finished image and it is much easier to see the shots you have taken afterwards. The best digital cameras are able to touch up and edit the images this is an excellent feature to have as standard.

The only downside to this great feature is it uses more battery power so always keep a fresh set with you at all times if you don't want to be caught out. More and more digital cameras are coming equipped with an optical zoom and this is the sort to try for even if it is only a three times power. However, the lower price range cameras rarely come with an optical zoom and where fitted, optical zooms range between 3x to 12x power. Images on these cameras are stored on small storage cards that can have a huge memory capacity but be sure to buy the right type.

There are different types of memory card: like the xD, SD, Compact Flash, Memory Stick being the main ones. As the large megapixel cameras use a large amount of memory then purchase the largest capacity card your camera can use within your budget. Whereas a few years ago a large storage card would be somewhere in the region of 128mb to 256mb, it is not uncommon to use cards with 4 gigabytes or more of storage now. After all is said and done, the best digital camera you choose should match your lifestyle as much as it should your pocket. If you enjoy taking shots with your new toy and use it regularly then that is all you can ask from a camera isn't it?

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History Of Photography

Photography is the result of combining several technical discoveries. Long before the first photographs were made, Chinese philosopher Mo Ti described a pinhole camera in the 5th century B.C.E,[3] Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) (965–1040) studied the camera obscura and pinhole camera,[4][3] Albertus Magnus (1193–1280) discovered silver nitrate, and Georges Fabricius (1516–1571) discovered silver chloride.

[citation needed] Daniel Barbaro described a diaphragm in 1568.[citation needed] Wilhelm Homberg described how light darkened some chemicals (photochemical effect) in 1694.[citation needed] The fiction book Giphantie, by French author Tiphaigne de la Roche, described what can be interpreted as photography.[citation needed]

Photography as a usable process goes back to the 1820s with the development of chemical photography. The first permanent photograph was an image produced in 1826 by the French inventor Nicéphore Niépce. However, the picture took eight hours to expose, so he sought to find a new process. Working in conjunction with Louis Daguerre, they experimented with silver compounds based on a Johann Heinrich Schultz discovery in 1724 that a silver and chalk mixture darkens when exposed to light. Niépce died in 1833, but Daguerre continued the work, eventually culminating with the development of the daguerreotype in 1837. Daguerre took the first ever photo of a person in 1839 when whilst taking a daguerrotype of a paris street a pedestrian happened to stop long enough to be captured by the the long exposure (several minutes). Eventually, France agreed to pay Daguerre a pension for his formula, in exchange for his promise to announce his discovery to the world as the gift of France, which he did in 1839.

Meanwhile, Hercules Florence had already created a very similar process in 1832, naming it Photographie, and William Fox Talbot had earlier discovered another means to fix a silver process image but had kept it secret. After reading about Daguerre's invention, Talbot refined his process so that portraits were made readily available to the masses. By 1840, Talbot had invented the calotype process, which creates negative images. John Herschel made many contributions to the new methods. He invented the cyanotype process, now familiar as the "blueprint". He was the first to use the terms "photography", "negative" and "positive". He discovered sodium thiosulphate solution to be a solvent of silver halides in 1819, and informed Talbot and Daguerre of his discovery in 1839 that it could be used to "fix" pictures and make them permanent. He made the first glass negative in late 1839.

In March 1851, Frederick Scott Archer published his findings in "The Chemist" on the wet plate collodion process. This became the most widely used process between 1852 and the late 1880s when the dry plate was introduced. There are three subsets to the Collodion process; the Ambrotype (positive image on glass), the Ferrotype or Tintype (positive image on metal) and the negative which was printed on Albumen or Salt paper.

Many advances in photographic glass plates and printing were made in through the nineteenth century. In 1884, George Eastman developed the technology of film to replace photographic plates, leading to the technology used by film cameras today.

In 1908 Gabriel Lippmann won the Nobel Laureate in Physics for his method of reproducing colours photographically based on the phenomenon of interference, also known as the Lippmann plate.
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Photography Hints For Beginners

by: DanielEdwards
No One Will Have Told You About
Contrary to what many will have you believe learning beginners tips and tricks in photography just isn't that hard. There are of course differences
between the old film cameras and the new Digital cameras which you will need to be aware of.

Taking advantage of these differences with the new digital format is really going to help you. And the truth is this stuff really isn't rocket science.
Never be limited again
With the digital format we are now hardly limited at all when it comes to the number of photos we can take. Never again will you have to pay for a
whole load of prints that you didn't even want.
It is a good idea though to make sure you keep your photo collection tidy by removing or editing those photos that just don't quite cut it or are too much
the same. This really is essential since otherwise you will probably never find your good photos.
Ways to best go about storing your digital photos
One great way to save on space is to save your images in a lower resolution format. Lower resolution images can take up considerably less space,
although you will lose some quality so you may want to experiment a little bit.
You will only need a high resolution for your photographs if you need a crisp image for a large printed photograph. If you are only going to use the
pictures online or with a computer, you can use a lower resolution setting.
It is also possible with many cameras to change the compression rate/format that your camera saves its images in. Again this means you can save
space for extra photos on your memory card.
You should increase your storage space because eventually, you will run out. This will instantly bring your level of fun down if you were planning to
take pictures and you cannot because you just ran out of memory.
The dreaded battery issue
Your camera's batteries are so important for using your digital camera. The first thing that will probably go wrong is a battery that has run out of juice.
If you are running low on battery power, avoiding overuse of your LCD digital display should help significantly to lengthen your cameras usage time.
Not using Flash will also help a lot.
If your camera doesn't use its own special power pack, make sure you are at least using good rechargeable batteries and that you have several
charged replacement sets of batteries ready with you at all times.
All amateurs, no matter what their level of experience, can enjoy digital photography for beginners. You can be proud of your images, right from when
you first get your digital camera.
You will learn that it is easy to go from digital photography for beginners to the next level of photography, as you get more comfortable with your digital
camera.

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Learn Live From Photography

Belajar Hidup Dari Photography Atau, Hidup dari
Belajar Fotografi

kehidupannya sehari-hari.
Dalam aktivitas fotografi, bisa saya sandingkan dengan kehidupan. Menurut saya, foto itu adalah
diary. Dengan Diary kita bisa instropeksi diri dan belajar dari perjalanan hidup yang tak bisa
diulang. Misalnya kita memotret saat ini menghasilkan karya foto yang bagus. Besok paginya pasti
berbeda. Mulai dari Feeling, atmosfir dan mood...

Syurganya kehidupan di dunia bila kita bisa menikmati proses pembelajaran dari dunia fotografi.
Tapi jika kita hanya masuk kedalam suatu kondisi fisiknya saja tanpa menerapkan filosofi dari
proses karya foto di dalam fotografi, ya tidak akan nikmat.
Sama halnya bila kita bermain musik. Kalau cuma menghafal not baloknya tanpa ada penghayatan,
tidak akan “hidup” permainan. Menurut saya, seseorang dikatakan musisi sejati pada saat dia Jam
Session. Sebab yang dimainkan tidak hanya pada soal teknis. Tapi pada penghayatan permainan.
Disitulah kenikmatannya.
Begitu juga dengan saya. Karena saya respek pada wanita, saat pemotretan saya selalu mencoba
untuk total, menghayati dan melebur didalam menuangkan imaginasi saya. Tujuannya agar hasil
karya foto yang akan saya ciptakan itu lebih maksimal dan foto menjadi lebih “hidup”. Tapi bukan
berarti saya tidak suka memotret obyek lain. Tidak.
Hidup dari belajar fotografi. Komunitas fotografi di Indonesia, tak ada bedanya dengan sekolah
Taman Kanak-kanak. Mereka masih egois, tidak mau sharing, dan bersaing secara tidak sehat.
Mengapa demikian? Karena tujuan utamanya belajar fotografi semata-mata hanya untuk mengejar
kekayaan alias materi.
Tak heran, karena materi yang diburunya otomatis tak akan ada kepuasan dalam hidup. Akibatnya
saat menghadapi persaingan seringkali menghalalkan segala cara dan tidak fair. Buat saya
persaingan sah-sah saja asalkan mengacu pada sebuah hasil karya –dan si pencipta karya– meyakini
bahwa jalan yang ditempuhnya sudah bagus. Tapi bila tidak, pikirannya akan menjadi negatif.
Sulitnya adalah, kita ingin berpikiran ideal tapi pada tataran realiltasnya adalah: kita perlu sandang,
pangan dan papan untuk tetap bisa hidup. Namun kalau semua itu sudah terpenuhi dan tetap masih
merasa kurang, maka tuhan kita adalah: Harta. Padahal Sang Pencipta telah memberi materi “lebih”
kepada kita melalui karya fotografi untuk tetap bisa menjalani kehidupan.
Pada akhirnya, hingga detik ini saya bersyukur TUHAN masih memberi rezeki melalui kamera.
Dengan kotak perekam waktu inilah, saya juga banyak belajar dan masih tetap belajar untuk
menjadi dewasa dalam menjalani kehidupan di dunia ini.
Darwis triadi
http://Indonesian Photographer.com

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