Sunday, February 22, 2009

Photography

Two types of cameras available in the market now, "slim" digital cameras and "bulky" DSLR's. Cell Phone cameras don't count. It really does not matter how many mega pixels they manage to incorporate into cell phone cameras, they will always be second best to digital cams.

A cell phone camera with 5.0 megapixels will always come out second best to a, say, Canon digital camera which has only 4.0 megapixels. Similarly, an expensive Kodak 12.0 megapixel digital camera will never be as good as a DSLR with just 10.1 megapixels.

I've said this before, and I'll say it again...digital cameras are only good for "party pictures" and nothing else. Its meant for people who don't have much interest in photography and are quite content with "okay" looking pictures.

If you're a novice, and still want to learn how to take "wow" looking photos, buy a DSLR. True, it is quite expensive. True, it is a slightly complicated piece of hardware. True, it takes time to learn all its intricacies. But the first time you capture a breath taking sunset, or the pale mist on a cold winter morning, all the time and effort spent becomes worth it.

5 Comments:

Blogger Agent Zero said...

You mean my phone's VGA camera isn't good enough??!
And here I thought otherwise.

February 22, 2009 at 7:06 PM  
Blogger SWR said...

yeah..i think that's my major problem. i was always wondering why i took mediocre pictures. It's the damn camera...think i'll toss this junk and opt for something ace.

donations welcome :)

February 22, 2009 at 7:55 PM  
Blogger X said...

Cell phone cameras are kvlt!

February 22, 2009 at 10:36 PM  
Blogger Epic_Lad said...

@Loon

What does "kvlt" mean?

@beerandfries

Cheapest DSLR starts at Rs. 29k.

@agent zero

I sense a little sarcasm there. Just a little, mind you.

February 23, 2009 at 10:54 AM  
Blogger X said...

'kvlt' is just more kvlt way of saying 'cult'

February 23, 2009 at 2:23 PM  

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