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Camera Choices
by Gerald Yarmot
http://www.licamera.com
Most of know that a camera is a device used to take
pictures of things we want to remember. The word camera
obscura, a Latin word for dark chamber, was used earlier
to project images where it took a whole room working
like the inside of a camera to record a picture.
Today's modern camera takes pictures digitally which turns
images into electronic data instead of imprinting them on
film. There are many kinds of cameras on the market today.
You have photo cameras that take still pictures and there's
video cameras that allows movement and sound to be captured
and recorded. Many digital cameras today can do both, take
still pictures and moving sound pictures too.
There three different types of cameras used solely for
video. The first is a professional video camera, such as
those used in television and movie production, which have
multiple image sensors to enhance resolution. Camcorders,
used by amateurs, are a combination camera and VCR and
generally include a microphone to record sound, and feature
a small screen to watch the video during both filming and
playback. Some newer camcorders record video directly onto
a flash drive. The other form of video cameras are webcams,
digital cameras to computers for video conferencing and
other purposes. Webcams can capture full-motion video. Some
models include microphones and zoom ability. Additionally,
many still digital cameras have a "movie" mode that
features a frame rate sufficient for capturing video.
The main functions of digital cameras today are to catch
still photos and transfer them into digital format. Digital
cameras also come with a small screen on the back of the
camera so you can see the picture you're going to take
before you take it, making "bad shots" a thing of the past.
These photos are rated in megapixels and the more
megapixels there are, the better the resolution. Digital
photos can be downloaded and stored to a personal computer
by using a USB cable that transfers photo's from the
digital camera to the computer.
Standard digital cameras, also called digicams or compact
digital cameras, are characterized by their ease of
operation and focusing. They have an extended depth of
field, which allows objects at multiple depths to be in
focuse simultaneously. This is one of the reasons
professional photographers feel their images look more
artificial and why most professionals still use film.
Digital cameras are ideal for landscape photography and
casual use. Today there are many printers are on the market
that can produce photos similar to the prints from regular
film processing.
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