Medium Format Photography: The Facts Behind the Hype

If you’re like many photographers, you’re always looking for the perfect image. In addition to being aesthetically and compositionally flawless, you also crave perfect representation of color, texture, and the finest of details. You want your photos to show the fine textures, subtle hues, and crisp edges of your subject matter. You want the ultimate image. Medium format photography can help get you this image. As you may know, medium format photography uses a film format that is significantly... Read more »

The Development of Photography: From Film to Digital

Photography is defined simply as taking photographs. In a bit more technical terms, photography is the capturing of light to create a two dimensional image on a medium such as film or digital media. Photography can be a pursuit of pleasure or a pursuit of financial gain. Whether you do photography as a hobby for the sake of your own enjoyment or do photography as a professional pursuit, the quality of your photographs will influence how much benefit you get out of it. Photographic technology has... Read more »

Make Friends With Your Digital Camera

When a brand new SLR (single lens reflex) model digital camera is put into your hands, whether it is a purchase or a gift, you are holding an exquisitely crafted instrument designed to deliver sharp, crisp, brilliantly colored photos. If you spend the time to acquaint yourself with its technical aspects, a whole new world of photography can open up to you. I admit that the typical manual for digital cameras can be intimidating. I have two manuals for a small digital camera that I bought two years... Read more »

What Is The Best Point And Shoot Digital Camera Brand?

If ever there was a controversial question amongst the hordes of digital camera enthusiasts, it has to be “What is the best digital camera brand?”. Sometimes referred to as “What is the best brand of digital camera to buy?”, but not to be confused with “What is the best camera to buy?”. Because everyone knows that regular (film) cameras are far superior to digital cameras. Hang on a sec, or was that the other way around? Who can keep track these days? Now before... Read more »

The Best Point And Shoot Digital Camera Bargains

Digital camera bargains can save the consumer hundreds of dollars on some of the best rated digital cameras. If you are looking for digital SLR cameras, the Canon EOS Rebel XTi is priced under six hundred dollars. The Nikon D40 6.1 Megapixel Digital SLR with the 18 and 55mm lens is priced under five hundred dollars. These two cameras are comparable for some features, but you will want to compare other cameras as well that are in the same price range or a bit more expensive. The Olympus Evolt E-330... Read more »

The Best Point And Shoot Digital Camera For Sale Anywhere

Have you ever wondered, if that digital camera you just bought on sale was really a sale price? I don’t think many people believe sale prices are anything too special. Otherwise, Walmart wouldn’t have had their incredible business success with their every day low prices. Most people believe that the regular non-sale price of digital cameras is overly exaggerated. With all these pricing games being played by retailers, where can you look to truly find digital cameras for sale at sale prices? Well... Read more »

Finding Just the Right Digital SLR Camera

Digital SLR cameras is an ever expanding market. According to an IDC report titled 2007 Worldwide Digital Camera Market Share Review, of the 131 million units of digital still cameras sold worldwide, 7.5 million of those units were digital SLR cameras. Canon, Nikon, Sony and Olympus emerged as the top digital SLR manufacturers in terms of sales, with Canon leading the pack with a 43% share. Nikon, Sony and Olympus have 40%, 6% and 6% share, respectively. The IDC report showed that Canon had been... Read more »

Finding the Best Digital SLR Cameras in the Market

Digital SLR cameras are becoming very popular. According to a 2007 IDC report, there were about 7.5 million digital cameras sold. Canon and Nikon cameras dominated the digital SLR market, with Olympus and Sony taking up a large portion of the leftover market-share. In fact, Canon and Nikon accounted for approximately 80% of the total digital SLR camera sales, Sony and Olympus accounted for about 12%, with Panasonic and Pentax also having significant digital SLR camera sales. Further in the IDC report,... Read more »

Best Digital Camera Advice

Digital camera technology moves forward so quickly these days that it often alienates its potential customers. After spending sizable amount of time at the mall and online research you finally figured out which is the best digital camera for you. Once the search is over it is time to gather up your savings for the camera of your dreams; that brand new 10 mega-pixel, 10 times optical zoom camera with a two and a half inch screen. Can you imagine your surprise when you find that the camera you have... Read more »

Digital Photography: Take Photos and Print Them In a Snap

For thousands of years, man has been capturing images. Before the camera was invented, man captured images through drawings and paintings. Often, the images were based on the interpretations and skill of painters, so the resulting images were not always exact. Minneapolis photographer Bob Dale says “With the invention of the camera we are now able to capture life-like view of subjects through photographs and has been the basis of documenting our lives for the past 150 years. The camera was... Read more »