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SLR Camera Lenses: Top 5 Bestsellers

dcrus — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:58:51 +0000

Many people looking to buy a second lens for their digital SLR camera are baffled by the number of lenses available. There are so many to choose from, it's easy to be overwhelmed by the choices. Check out these 5 top SLR camera lenses and discover why people love them so much.
These lenses are made specifically for Canon or Nikon cameras. But all lens manufacturers make similar lenses. So take this information and find a lens that fits your camera.
1. Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS Telephoto Zoom Lens
The key to this lens is the image stabilization. The stabilization allows more photo ops without having to use a tripod. This makes for more crystal clear photos at Johnny's soccer game, or capturing a flock of birds at take-off. Image stabilization is an absolute must on a hand-held zoom telephoto lens.
2. Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Camera Lens
For people looking for a fixed focal length, this lens is lightweight and affordable. The images are sharp with great color balance. It's great for portraits and it focuses as close as 18 inches, so you gardeners will find this lens very useful. Most people who use this lens can't stop talking about the picture quality.
3. Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED IF AF-S VR Zoom Nikkor Lens
This Nikkor telephoto zoom len also has image stabilization which they call Vibration Reduction. It's the Nikon version of the Canon listed above. The lens is ideal for sports, action, wildlife, and travel when you want a telephoto lens. The fans of this lens love it for capturing sports and action.
4. Nikon 50mm f/1.8D AF Nikkor Lens
Like the 50mm Canon lens above, this lens has a fixed focal length. But the quality of the pictures outweighs the fact that you need to move your feet around alot to get the shot. It's really versatile and should be in everyone's camera bag. Fans of this lens say it works great in low light situations both indoors and out.
5. Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED IF AF-S DX VR [Vibration Reduction] Zoom Nikkor Lens
This Nikkor telephoto zoom lens is great for professional or advanced amateur photographers. It helps you capture close-up sports shots and national park wildlife without standing right next to your subject. The Vibration Reductions extends the use of the camera to capture more shots while hand held. Like the telephoto lenses above, the lens is slower than a professional zoom, so it's not a good choice for action photography in lower light conditions (like indoor sports without flash or outside sports at dusk).
Now obviously, these SLR camera lenses are only suitable for Canon and Nikon camera fans. But there are many companies that make camera lenses that can fit your particular camera. Take this information and find a lens that works with your camera.
You'll explore an exciting new area of photography and take your hobby or profession to a whole new level.

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dcrus — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:51:40 +0000

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dcrus — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:05:38 +0000

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SLR Camera Digital Lenses

dcrus — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:57:45 +0000

For many, taking photos is not only a way to capture the smiles on vacation, it's their hobby or passion. For these people, when it comes to choosing a high-quality camera and subsequent lenses, there is no other choice than a digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera. Not only are the modern digital SLR cameras able to reproduce photographs of extreme quality and clarity, they are becoming much more user-friendly due in part to the wide variety of Camera Digital Lenses now available. Before rushing out to buy a new digital lens for your camera, there are a number of points for you to consider.For starters, everyone needs to own what is commonly known as a primary lens. The primary digital camera lenses are non-specialist everyday lenses that you would use most of the time when you don't require zoom, wide angle, macro or a high shutter speed. So basically, your primary lens is the nuts and bolts of your SLR set up. It is normal that you would use your primary for most everyday shots including portraits and stills so it is highly recommended that you invest in quality camera digital lenses from the beginning. Therefore it's a good idea to do your product research before you buy to make sure the lens is compatible and does all that you want.Next on your camera digital lenses hit list is probably a quality zoom lens. Dependant on the type of shot you are after, there are a number of zoom lens options open to you, and unfortunately it's not really a 'one size fits all' issue and depends on the distance over which you want to zoom in on your subject. You should bear in mind though that as a general rule, the greater the zoom, the greater the chance your picture quality will be compromised in relation to clarity and focus. Because of this, many people choose a compact or short range zoom lens as a primary zoom lens and invest in a second digital zoom lens that has a greater zoom length for real close up shots. At least one quality zoom lens is a must for any serious photographer, you will find that most professionals have many more. Again, do your homework to make sure you get the right camera digital lenses for you, size does matter but it's not necessarily the case that biggest is best.Last but not least on your list of required camera digital lenses should be the wide angle lens. A wide angle lens is useful when you have a fairly wide subject but not the distance to shoot it.If you have a great panorama or scenic view to shoot, this is the lens you would use for that shot. You can produce some amazing results with a quality wide angle lens but remeber it's use is limited.In summary, if you equip yourself with all 3 camera digital lenses above, you should be more than ready to not only tackle but also produce some amazing results from almost any situation. Finally, do your homework, work out which lenses are best for you before you buy and search out the best deal for each lens.

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dcrus — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:03:13 +0000

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Digital Photography Tricks – Revealing Your Digital SLR’s Secrets!

dcrus — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:52:05 +0000

Few would argue that more people than ever can take pictures of real quality, as digital photography and the equipment available opens up opportunities for the keen amateur. Modern digital SLR cameras are boasting more and more megapixels and features, which can almost make photography seem too easy. However, there is functionality and easy to grasp techniques that many budding photographers never take advantage of. This article aims to address a few of the digital photography tricks and tools available.

Camera shake is the surest way to ruin a photograph, and can still occur even with your camera secured to a tripod. For example, you still have to press the shutter, and this causes some movement. This will ultimately affect the sharpness of your final image. There are two ways this can be avoided. The first is to use a remote control shutter release button, or the less expensive cable release alternative - both will do the job well. Otherwise, you can set your camera's self timer option. All that is required is that you set up the shot and settings, then stand back while the camera carries out the shutter press for you.

No matter how much care has been taken during the original shoot, most modern day photographers will carry out subsequent image manipulation. To give you the opportunity of making the most of this facility, it is always a good idea to shoot your original image in RAW rather than JPEG format. JPEG images contain 256 brightness levels in each of the three colour channels (red, green and blue). However, RAW files contain up to 16,384 levels, which means you can have much more influence when amending your image, for instance making significant changes to highlights or shadows.

One of the digital photography tricks to consider is using your SLR's Live View mode. Here you can set up your photo on the LCD monitor, rather than the viewfinder. One advantage to using this is the number of viewpoints you can use, for example, holding the camera above a crowd of people, and still being able to get an idea of what the final image will look like. Many people believe that it is easier to see the final composition by using Live View as opposed to the viewfinder.

Once upon a time, ISO was determined by the film you used. That is to say that you would be forced to stay with, for example, ISO 200 for all 36 shots if that was the film in the camera. However, with digital photography, you can adjust ISO for every picture you take, if necessary. Generally, an ISO setting of 640 or above can start to show some noise in your image. You need to consider the trade off between upping the ISO to allow shots in dark conditions, and accepting some noise, or missing the image altogether. In most cases, the auto ISO setting would work sufficiently.

These are just a few of the digital photography tricks that you can use, to help unravel the mysteries of your SLR.

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Tips for Buying Right Digital Video Camera

dcrus — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:08:17 +0000

Digital video recording system uses a digital video signal. Based on image capture formats, Digital video cameras are of two types: interlaced and progressive scan. In the Interlaced camera technology, the odd numbered lines are scanned first and later the even numbered lines are scanned. Again the odd numbered lines are scanned and so on. A set of even or odd lines is called as a field, and a frame is a successive pairing of two fields of opposite parities. In the progressive scanning digital video camera, each frame is recorded as distinct having both fields as identical. Hence, interlaced video records two times the fields per second similar to progressive video, when both work at the same number of frames per second.? This is the cause of the video having a ?hyper real? look since images are drawn at the rate of 60 times per second whereas the film records 24 to 25 progressive frames per second.Digital Video digital cameras have emerged technically superior. Today, we have a new generation of digital video cameras having a technology that eliminates the difficulty of frequent exchange of tapes as in the earlier digital camcorders. There are some important factors that can help you choose a digital video camera.Tape or Disc: Decide whether you need a camera that records on tapes or discs. Digital video can be recorded on both tape and disc formats. Other Medias are also used such as Card Cams, DVD cameras and Hard Disk Drive Cameras. Pixels: Your images will be clear with more realistic colors, as the number of megapixels is more.? Instead of considering the gross number of pixels that a camera can capture, the number of effective pixels should be considered. Effective pixels are the numbers used by the CCD chip of the camera while recording. CCDs: CCD chip captures the Pixel information similar to the way in which the film captures light for a film camera. You get brighter pictures with better colors with larger CCD as more light is taken along with the image. Low Light Performance: As most home digital video cameras are used indoors, it is essential to find a camera that performs better in low light conditions. Some models offer night vision function to shoot pictures in dark conditions. Zoom: There are two types of Zoom available in Digital cameras; Digital and optical. Optical zooms maintain picture clarity and are important. Some Digital video cameras have more digital zooms, i.e. the existing picture is enlarged resulting in less clearer images due to less pixels.Image Stability:Another complaint associated with picture quality is the shaky pictures apart from lowlight pictures.Interconnectivity:Most Digital video cameras are available with a number of sockets in the back for connecting the digital video camera to a VCR or DVD Recorder. Check out the available connections on your VCR or DVD or computer for compatibility. LCD Screens:More the pixels on the LCD screen, the better the picture quality.Manual Settings:For point and shoot pictures, automatic settings in the menu will be desired. For tailoring the image to the desired conditions, manual controls for the focus, iris, shutter speed and white balance affect the picture quality. Where to buy: Ensure that you buy your camera from a reputable source.

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I Have Heard Of SLR, But What Is A Digital SLR or dSLR?

dcrus — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:19:19 +0000

When a photographer has a camera where the focus, composition, and depth of field are perfect, and they can be perfectly seen through the viewfinder in the same way as the photographer himself, nothing more needs to be said. With the lens being able to change according to the needs and desires of the photographer, there will be super freedom to take outstanding pictures.

What makes digital dSLRs so special? Just the fact they are the dSLR. The "single lens reflex camera" (dSLR) presently dominates the market for professional cameras. The other camera type is the rangefinders (RE) - their main difference with the dSLR is the way photographic scene is displayed, accessed, and processed in the viewfinder.

The main, fundamental principal of the dSLR is the TTL, or through-the-lens, mechanism. The earlier ones did not have today's "instant-return" mirror which we used today. Some advantages of the dSLR camera which caused it to move up on price, is the distance between the lens and film is increased due to needed space for the mirror, forcing the "retrofocus design" to be required, a special approach to the lens design.

The dSLR will give us a clearer and brighter image than any electronic viewfinder ever can. If a point and shoot (P&S) camera has a separate viewfinder, it will be much smaller than a dSLR and will not display any shooting data. The dSLR has a larger sensor in terms of physical size (not pixels), than a P&S camera. This is usually almost six times the area and this can significantly improve the image quality.

The main reason for this is that with a larger sensor, noise is less of a problem. Another benefit of having a larger sensor is that you can have a shallow depth of field for blurred background effects. A P&S camera with a higher pixel count than a dSLR may not provide images that are as good as the SLR.

There are many advantages of using the dSLR. Superior lens are one advantage while having the option of changing lenses is the other advantage. Using a macro lens with an SLR will give you better images than those provided by a P&S camera, with a macro facility.

Digital SLRs have a higher dynamic range than P&S cameras. Dynamic range refers to the brightness levels that a camera can capture. This is the range of light, from the lightest to the darkest, in which you can still make out the details.

In a dSLR the shutter lag is almost non-existent. This is the lag between the time when you press the button and when the photograph is taken. With an SLR, it may be as low as millionths of a second, while it may be much higher in a P&S camera. Most P&S cameras cannot capture images in the raw format, while all digital SLR cameras can.

Raw formats are images from the sensor that are saved without any manipulation by the camera's software. This can provide the best image quality that you can get from a digital camera.

However, a dSLR camera does have disadvantages. It costs a lot more, especially if you start adding the cost of the lenses and accessories. A digital SLR is also much bigger and heavier with the weight of the lens and accessories adding to the weight. Still, if you are interested in obtaining the best image quality, then a dSLR may be the best option for you.

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