\How to choose a camera

Purchase of digital camera:

1. Total pixels

Almost everyone will first consider the total pixels of the camera when choosing a digital camera. It is also the biggest "bait" used by digital camera manufacturers to attract consumers' appetite.

For daily use and printing of 6" photos, a camera with 2M~3M pixels can already meet the needs.

The pixel level is not simply the higher the better, but also consider The matching CCD size and lens, and reasonable configuration can effectively reduce the adverse effects of shutter lag, purple fringing, noise, etc. on shooting.

There are currently many 7M total pixels on the market. , 8M models, these high-pixel models not only bring richer details to photos, but also place more stringent requirements on the camera lens, camera internal processing, and memory card capacity and storage speed for my personal use. From experience, the advantage of high pixels is that it is easier to cut out the area for printing photos from the original photo. However, I rarely do this. About one out of ten photos that are printed is processed. I cut it myself. As for high-resolution photos, I admit that I only used 4M pixels to print a few 10-inch photos.

2 , lens set

In the promotional materials of digital cameras, the lenses often mentioned are Zeiss and Schneider. Does this mean that the lenses used by other digital cameras are not necessarily inferior to these two brands? , Canon, Nikon, Minolta, and Olympus all have several classic lenses in existence. In terms of lens production technology and level, they are not inferior to other professional lens manufacturers.

I personally think they are at the same level. On DC, the lenses used are also of the same level, so you don’t have to pay too much attention to the brand of the lens (of course, for those lenses produced by non-traditional camera manufacturers or professional lens suppliers...ahem...), you can focus on When it comes to the maximum aperture of a lens, the bigger the aperture, the better - don’t argue with me on this point

3. Automatic or manual

That’s it. Be clear about your purpose of buying a digital camera - whether it is just to record your "trip here" in your daily life, or whether you want to master the knowledge of photography and experience the fun of "creation" in the process of photography. In fact, for most consumer cameras. The so-called creation is also very basic.

Many automatic cameras provide several shooting modes, such as landscape, portrait, and sports. In daily shooting, you can also take excellent photos by using these modes appropriately. PP, if you just use the Auto mode, I believe you will soon feel bored.

If you want to have more control and understanding of photography, then it is still necessary to have "full" manual functions. "Manual", I personally feel that as long as the camera can provide aperture priority mode, it can satisfy most of the daily shooting.

4. Gorgeous or simple and soft or hard

< p>Different brands of cameras have different understandings of image processing algorithms, which also leads to different styles in color of the output photos.

As for which style is better, this is. It depends on the preferences of the readers.

Thanks to Photoshop and other image processing software (actually thanks to version D), we can reprocess the photos after the shooting is completed to obtain the effect we like. What needs to be mentioned is: during shooting, while you get a gorgeous picture, you have actually lost the details behind the gorgeousness, which cannot be restored through post-production.

There is another style, which is the softness and hardness of photos. In traditional film, this difference in style is obvious; in digital photos, through post-processing, it is already a relatively easy task to turn soft into hard, but it is necessary to turn hard into soft. . . . I tried this, probably because of my poor skills. In short, I lost a lot of details. I also found that the main factor that causes photos to look fleshy in daily shooting is not the style difference of the camera itself, but the unnoticeable vibration during shooting (the vibration of the machine itself and the movement of the subject).

By the way, as a digression: if the photos taken have precise focus, rich details, and accurate exposure, then post-production adjustments will be much easier.

5. Fixed focus or zoom and wide angle or telephoto

Fixed focus lenses have better imaging quality than most zoom lenses due to their simple structure, but this is compared to DC In fact, it has no practical significance. So, let us stand firm and change as much as we can.

Many people have such a formula in their brains - scenery = wide angle, and therefore come to the conclusion: I use wide angle, I shoot scenery, I am wide angle, who am I afraid of. Compared with telephoto, excellent wide-angle films can indeed bring stronger visual impact. Batt, the wide angle is good to look at but not easy to shoot. The wide angle distortion of a lens and the arrangement of components require more effort before and after shooting.

Let’s talk about telephoto: Telephoto makes it easier to eliminate elements that interfere with the main subject of the picture, especially when taking close-ups. As for candid photography. . Ahem. . .

I really don’t understand~~~~Another Bate, the telephoto is good for shooting but not good for shooting. For those cameras with a 35mm equivalent focal length of 200mm or above at the telephoto end, my suggestion is to choose those with anti-shake function. Yes, you can also use a tripod or other fixture (bean bag, trash can, camera bag, etc.) to support the camera when shooting.

6. Slim or plump

This is actually not an aesthetic difference, but a choice in terms of camera portability.

For daily records, I am more and more inclined to be slim - whether I can take photos depends on whether I have a camera or not. Unfortunately, the more portable it is, the simpler it is. Here, the saying that a sparrow is small but has all the necessary internal organs does not work. As for how to choose between slim and plump, please refer to "automatic or manual"...

To be, or not to be, that is the question - this old man is really awesome.

7. Battery

Generally, there are two types of power sources used by digital cameras: lithium batteries and 5# nickel-metal hydride batteries. Both types of batteries have their own strengths and weaknesses - lithium batteries are small in size and light in weight, and their shortcomings are mainly high in price; 5# nickel-metal hydride batteries are relatively cheap and can be easily used in emergencies. After buying it, the disadvantages are naturally the weight and size. No matter what kind of battery you use, you should buy a set of spare batteries. Digital cameras are really power-hungry. You never know when they will run out of power and stop working. If a PLMM happens to drift by at this time, it will be terrible. It really means that Tiantian should not respond.

8. Liquid crystal display (LCD)

When shooting with a digital camera, in many cases the LCD is used to view the view. Its display effect has a great impact on the shooting, so my suggestion Choose the one with high resolution. For checking the shooting quality through playback, except for some extreme cases, basically this small screen is not helpful. If you don't plan to use it to show off, then the 1.8" size is more suitable (remember, this thing

Some models of DC use a rotatable LCD. To be honest, this is the feature that I am most satisfied with, allowing photographers to maintain a more elegant look at any shooting angle. Posture (Imagine, when you stick your butt and face to the ground and want to take a big upward shot, you are unsteady, can the camera still be stable?) One time, a seven or eight-year-old boy was watching. I quickly and lightly turned the LCD a few times and closed it with a "pop", then quickly turned to his companion and said, "It's so good~" - this is probably considered a kind of coquettishness. .

9. Brands

There are so many brands of digital cameras that it is easy to be spoiled for choice.

Actually, there is a very simple one. Method: No matter how fancy a digital camera is, it is still a camera and cannot be separated from the optical part. Therefore, when choosing, first consider products from manufacturers with higher reputations and higher standards in the field of traditional cameras. It will be easier to find what you like. Model.

10. Accessories other than standard configuration

When you buy a digital camera, there will be a memory card with the camera, but the capacity of this card is generally not large - —8M or 16M or 32M. Such a capacity cannot meet the data storage needs during shooting, so you need to purchase an additional memory card. The capacity of the card depends on the specific needs. The higher the pixels of the camera, the better. The larger the capacity.

If you also want to take some night scenes of the city or retake some old photos, then a tripod is also essential.

A wide-angle lens, a close-up lens, and a teleconverter are also essential. . . . . Adding these lenses to the lens will also reduce the final image quality.

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