How to choose a camera

As a novice, digital camera is your first choice. Its biggest advantage is that you can check it immediately after shooting and make improvements. With film, it takes a long time to press the shutter again to see the shooting effect. By that time, you have forgotten the shooting environment, shooting method and exposure data used.

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The current situation of the film industry close to the China market is:

Le Kai was acquired by Kodak;

Normal production in fujifilm, without any change;

Kodak stopped producing one type of reverse film last year, and other films are operating normally. It is still the only film manufacturer.

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So how to choose a digital camera?

1, fuselage:

In fact, the fuselage is very important, try to choose metal material, which can be used in light rain or seaside to prevent sand and rain. Among them, digital cameras are often damaged by sand, so try to choose a lens that is not prominent (that is, looking far). This kind of lens is easy to be damaged, especially the motor. If there are only expansion joints (mostly for civil use), choose as few expansion joints as possible (some are 3 or 2) and watch more.

2. Lens:

Digital camera lenses are often more important than pixels and CCD. Try to choose famous brands, such as Canon, Nikon and Minolta, and control the zoom within 3-4 times. Some fixed-focus effects may be better, because the larger the lens zoom, the more lenses there will be, which will affect the painting value. Even more frightening, it will cause more glare, worse spots, loss of hidden details, and affect the image quality of the whole zoom range. The best focal length is 28-85 or 35- 105, which can basically meet 80% of daily needs. It is best to choose those that can use additional mirrors or have adapter rings.

3. Charge Coupled Devices

CCD is very important, second only to lens. Personally, Canon, Minolta, Kodak and Fuji are all good, but Sony (Nikon also uses SONYCCD, and domestic Lenovo garbage and some cheap DC generally use Sony CCD) is worse.

4. Battery

Batteries are extremely important. If you encounter a good picture and DC has no electricity, it is unbearable. Canon's Bp5 1 1 is highly recommended, and the power is sufficient. Although it is expensive, it can usually take about 500 pictures, especially in extremely cold, hot and humid environments. AA batteries, preferably a spare set, are wrapped in deerskin to prevent power failure in winter. Sanyo and Olympia are recommended, which are very durable. Sony's battery performs well in summer, but its timing is inaccurate. In winter, the electrode wears off quickly and it can hardly be used for a long time.

5. viewfinder

Of course, the best viewfinder is an optical SLR, but it is often impossible for civilian cameras to use an expensive SLR structure, so we should try to choose a powerful, bright, wide-angle and high-definition paraxial viewfinder. Many people often use LCD instead of paraxial, which is not right, because capturing paraxial will be faster than your LCD.

EVF is a cheap solution similar to SLR, but its general clarity and reaction speed are limited, and the effect is not good. Try not to choose EVF. I think Dimage7hi is not bad.

6, liquid crystal display

For SLR, liquid crystal is almost useless (because of the optical principle of SLR, it can't be used for framing, so it can only be used for playback), but for many people, liquid crystal is an essential weapon for framing and shooting. Try to choose a medium size (too much power consumption, useless, too small, unclear), and it is best to choose between 1- 1.8 inches. Of course, the new organic light-emitting diodes are better. I think it's better this way. There are DC LCD, Canon G series, flip angle and daylight usage. You can keep it open. Fuji S602 is not bad, but NK's is a bit poor. Kodak's new organic light-emitting diode is great, Olympus's performance is average, and Sony Daylight is expensive.

Recommended digital cameras:

Semi-professional:

First choice: Canon G5: exquisite imaging, impeccable touch operation, closest to professional standards. The disadvantage is that the sideline study is not good, but the LCD and power supply are excellent. You can use the LCD monitor for a long time.

Secondly: Minolta Dimage7hi: The fuselage is good, the feel is the same as a5, the SLR feel, the 64m cache is first-class, and the continuous AF is suitable for capturing, almost a professional machine. Disadvantages: EVF and battery are not very good.

Continue: Casio 5700: the most cost-effective, G2 lens, ISO50 is absolutely exquisite, 500 million pixels, fully functional, AV/TV/M/P, imaging can hardly pick out any shortcomings. Disadvantages: ugly appearance (I feel quite good, much better than 7 17), complicated setting, but less than 4000.

There is also: Fuji S602: large zoom, passable lens, strong function, but the body is plastic, and the most important operation is extremely complicated.

Finally: Nikon Coolpix 5400: 28 mm wide angle is very good, powerful, first-class lens, glare prevention is better than Canon, except for the handle and that Sony broken CDD, there are almost no other shortcomings.

Family, travel:

First choice: Olympus u300: First-class fuselage, metal impact resistance, water resistance is also extremely strong. It is most suitable for traveling, and the imaging is passable. It's almost made for tourism.

Secondly, Minolta F300: Dynamic a F solves the problem of inaccurate focusing for novices, with high pixels, compact body and complete functions.

Continue: Canon A70: The lens is of high quality, full-featured, semi-professional and cheap. Suitable for friends who want to learn photography and take care of both travel and home.

Also: Pentax OptioS: compact body, good lens quality, accurate automatic metering, suitable for ladies.

Finally: Kodak LS633: the latest organic light-emitting diode, which can be used for a long time and has a high degree of automation, but has too much hope for quality, but it is still reasonable.

Choose the model carefully:

SONY7 17: The fuselage is very poor, easy to be damaged, with poor feel and appearance, which is ugly in any way. It is top-heavy to use, not easy to stabilize, and the shutter is unbearable. The imaging color is simply terrible, and the whole evaluation is rubbish. If the price is around 3000, it's ok. If you are interested in the Sony brand, then I tell you that Sony in photography is almost nothing.

Olympus C series: large zoom, but the effect is poor, unbearable, not shaking, poor feel, Dianchi Lake is not easy to use, the telephoto sorting probability is too high, and the camera in hand cannot be trusted.

NK 2 100/3 100 is too automatic, shooting mode, little operating space and average effect. It can only be regarded as a toy. Other NK series are good, NK4500 is my favorite. )

Panasonic DMC-FZ 1 is basically similar to Olympus C series, but it is estimated that it is not as good as C series, with worse points and worse effect. (Panasonic's LC5 is good, personally recommended)

Specially recommended:

Konica Revio KD-500z: Small and easy to use, ingenious lens, excellent imaging, durable in metal, fully functional, from point to surface, great lens, friends and envy.

Ricoh Caplio 300G: "engineering camera" is waterproof and dustproof, JIS7 is waterproof, and its absolute value is firm. Although the function is average, it is so strong that it is most suitable for outdoor or hard environment. If the price is not scary, it is definitely worth having.