Digital Camera Manufacturers

For all those newbies out there , I have compiled a list of the most popular Digital Camera manufacturing companies .

1. Nikon
2. Canon
3. FujiFilm
4. Sony
5. Agfa
6. Casio
7. Expon
8. Contax
9. HP
10. JVC
11. Kodak
12. Olympus
13. Panasonic
14. Pentax
15. Smasung
16. Konica Minolta
17. Sony
18. Sigma
19. Sanyo

Well the list could include a few other names as well...but I gues this should be a good enough resource to start with ......

Buying a Digital Camera Lens

Once you have bought a SLR digital camera , the next important question that would keep haunting you is, What kind of lens should I buy ?
Conventionally , for the normal film cameras the lens is the most critical part , but in case of digital camera its role is toned down a bit .In any case the lens still plays a major role in deciding the quality of the images taken from your camera.So Its always advisable to invest on a good lens depending on your requirement and needs.

Having a number of lenses with different specifications help you to take the right pictures for the right ocassions without any compromise.

The main disadvantage of having an SLR digital camera is that you have to live with different lenses which are heavy and often bulkier to carry around , and are also expensive.If you are not interested in carrying around bulky lenses then its better to opt for the Point and Shoot digital cameras which do not have the functionality of adding different lenses .

Digital Camera Accessories

Having a digital camera is not an end to itself. In many ways it is just the beginning. There are a slew of other accessories that one has to look for in addition to the camera. Some indispensable and others not so much indispensable.
Let’s list out some of the most basic camera accessories.

1. Battery and Charger: - The most indispensable thing for a digital camera is the battery. It is even advisable to have a standby battery completely charged always at your disposal so that you won’t have to worry about running out of charge while on a long shooting session.
   Along with the battery it is also necessary to ensure that you have got the charger as well.
   There are several varieties of battery chargers available in the market. Generally battery charger is supplied along with the camera, but there are additional models available which have faster charging time. So you could look it buy one of this if you hate waiting hours to get your battery charged.
2. Carrying Case: - You should also invest on a good quality carrying case to protect your digital camera. There are a variety of carrying cases available in the market, soft and hard versions. While buying a case look for one with many pockets
3. LCD Protector: - In order to protect the LCD display of your camera from scratches and bumps you should ensure that the LCD screen is protected with a cover. This is often the most neglected accessory but it is important. This should be one of the first things in your list after buying a camera.
4. Photo Storage Device: - This would be useful to carry along all your photos along with you.40 GB of memory space would be sufficient to store around 12000 photos. You should look for one with different media slots like Memory stick slot (Standard and Duo), Compact Flash card slot. This device also allows you to view your pictures.
5. Tripod: - You should get a Light weight compact and adjustable tripod. This would be beneficial while recording presentations or during landscape photography.
6. Water Housing: - If you intend to take your camera to the beach, snow, dust or other extreme environments it is advisable to invest on good quality water housing for your digital camera.
7. Cleaning Kit: - Get a good cleaning kit to keep the camera free from dust and also keep the LCD display clean .Its advisable to use a micro fiber cloth of superior quality to avoid any scratches on the LCD display.

Memory For Digital Camera

Memory is an integral and most frequently overlooked piece of digital photography equipment. There are a plethora of memory types available in the market and it is very important to understand what type of memory is being used by a particular digital camera before you decide to buy it.. Its very important to understand the exact capacity of your camera in terms of the number of pictures that it can store or the maximum length of video it can capture before starting out on a vacation or any important event. Having this idea would help you in deciding the right memory capacity for your camera and would prevent you from any last minute surprises. A good idea would be to always carry a spare one.

The memory that comes when you purchase a digital camera is generally very low and you should always consider the price of a higher capacity memory card before deciding the budget for your camera. Memory card come in a range of capacity starting from 32MB – 2 GB . It would be really wise to carry a number of cards of different capacity.
Along with the increase in the capacity of the memory card increases the number of pictures that can be stored. And most of the camera manufacturers give information about the maximum number of photos that can be stored in a memory card of particular capacity. The number of pictures that can be stored also depends of the resolution of the images taken. While you could store somewhere around 350 pictures in a card of 1GB with the highest resolution, with a little lower resolution the storage capacity might increase to say 500.So it would also be a good idea to vary the resolution of the pictures so as to increase the storage capacity of a camera.

Generally speaking for a 3-5 mega pixel digital camera a minimum memory 256 MB is required. If you are planning to buy a digital camera in the range of 5-10 mega pixel then you should have a memory card of minimum 1GB capacity or you could do with two 512 MB memory cards. A higher capacity memory card comes in handy if you want to shoot high resolution TIFF or RAW files.
There is another advantage in using more than one card this ensures that if one of the memory cards get corrupt at least all your valuable photographs would not get lost.
I hope this information was useful to you please post any comments you have about this article or this site in general.

Planning to buy a Digital Camera??Read On

Before deciding to buy a digital camera, there are few basic questions that you need to ask yourself so that you can get the best digital camera within your budget.

The first and most important thing to ask is, What do I want to use the camera for?.It is very important to know exactly why you want to buy a digital camera.If it is just for the purpose of casual purpose , to capture moments with your family and friends and an occasional vacation then the set of crieterias to look for would be completely different.If you are an ameature photographerand want to use the camera for exploring the art of photography, then there would be a different set fo criterias for you.Or if you are a professional photographer they you would want a lot of advanced features from your camera.

Once you are clear with what you want out of your digital camera, the next thing to ask is, What is my budget for the camera.This is very important because with so many products in the market , price becomes a very vital thing.Once your needs are well defined you could browse through all the products and then settle down on the one that satisfies all your requirements and also comes within your budget, You would always be tempted to buy model which is a little over budget but offers some additional features . To avoid this temptation to spoil the day for you , the cut off limit has to be decided in advance.

Another important question to be asked is what are the overheads for a particular model?When you buy digital camera, sometimes the spending does not end there.If you intend to print your own photograph fromt the camera then you will also have to consider the capacity and the power of the computer and the printer you will be hooking your camera with for your editing and printing needs.You might also need a photo editing software like Adobe Photshop for your editing needs. Aside from a printer, ink and paper for printing, you might also need additional memory cards for your camera and a more powerful computer to support image editing and image storage and retrieval.

Once these set of questions are answered then you could move on to finding out the technical parmaters. The most important features to look for in any digital camera are:-

1) Resolution- It is one of the basic things to look for in any digital camera.Just like the image on the TV screen or computer monitor, the image in the digital camera is made of millions of tiny light sensitive dots called pixels.The sensor of a digital camera is composed of pixels which capture the intensity of the light striking it when the photo is taken.The number of pixels on the image is more or less equal to the number of pixels on the sensor and defines the resolution of the image that is taken. So it is very obvious that the larger the number of pixels on the sensor the larger would be the resolution of the image . And the larger the resolution of the image the larger would be the size of the print that can be made of the picture and the better would be the quality of the picture as well.Let us understand the concept of resolution by follwing a simple example.For example, a camera that captures 2048*1536 pixels produces an image with a resolution of 3.14 million pixels and would be referred to as a 3.0megapixel camera. The figure of 3.14 megapixels is obtained by multiplying the horizontal and vertical dimensions and then it is rounded off to get he 3 megapixel for better marketibility.

2)Built in Memory:-This feature helps you to identify as to what is the inherent capacity of the camera and if you need to make any further expenditures in terms upgrading the memory for your camera.

3)Battery:- The battery life and the number of pictures that could be taken when it is fully charged ,and the guarantee provided on the battery should also be carefully examined.

4)Special Features:- Different digital camera companies provide many new advanced and ever changing features like Face Detection, Optical Zoom etc...all this have to be closely monitored as well to get the best buy..

5)Ergonomics(Look and Feel):- The look and feel of the camera also counts.You wouldnot want to buy a bulky model which would be difficult to carry around and like wise..

6) Thing that are inclusive in MRP:-Depending on the company the accesories offered may vary.For certain models the price of the camera in inclusive of the Camera Cover, Memory etc.while for certain other models the price might be exclusive other add on.So it is important to have a thorough knowledge about this thing before zeroing down on a particualr mode.Once you are these three

Face Detection in Digital Cameras

A range of new digital cameras are using the face detection technology to auto detect human faces in any frame.The camera detects a face in the frame and automatically adjusts focus(AF) and exposure(AE) to them.It greatly enhances the quality of the images and is perfect for taking pictures of large groups, or a moving object.

The face detection technology is not something restricted to digital cameras only.It is also used in biometrics as a part of facial recognition system, video surveillance and human computer interface as well as many other areas.

Earlier face detection technologies needed the face to be looking at the camera for proper identification but with the new technololgy this is no longer required.

Many of the big names in the digital camera world are eyeing to bring in new customers by emphasising on this wonderful technology and there by increase their sales.To name a few FujiFilm, Canon and Sony are already using this face detection technology in their cameras.

Sony Cybershot DSC-T100

Sony is aggressively pursuing the Digital Camera market by lining out a series of stylish cameras aimed at gaining popularity. One of the latest offerings from the stable of Sony’s digital camera series is the DSC T1200 Cyber shot. It inherits the slim, metallic profile and signature sliding lens cover/power switch from the rest of the Cyber-shot T-series.
With the T100 ,Sony has been successful in delivering a powerful combination of style and substance.With the cameras all metal body measuring just about .875 –inch thick, a weight of bit more than six ounces and extremely sleek and stylish features it comes out as an extremely handy and portable device. It also comes in three different colors of Red, Black and Silver (with the black being a personal favorite) .
The technical features of the camera are also very impressive. The 8-mega-pixel camera has features a 35mm- to – 175mm, equivalent to 5X optical zoom, Carl Zeiss lens. Its 3-inch screen display offers a great way to view the shots.The T100 uses Sony's Super Steady Shot optical image stabilization technology and delivers a supper steady shot, reducing blur to a great extent. Its face-detection mode automatically adjusts exposures when shooting soft snaps. It also gives the option to tweak color, correct red-eye, and even apply different effects such as fish-eye and cross filter, all within the camera.
The T100 can also output MP3-playing slide shows to standard definition TVs and HDTV. It also offers a variety of effects during the slide show. The T100 also has the option to download music from external source to be played during the slide show.To cut the long story short it can be said that the T100 is an excellent camera and offers a lot of features in a very small package and is the closest you can get to an ideal snapshot camera.

Introduction

I have a real facination for the digital cameras and photograpy.So I decided to start a blog on the same. Let us share knowledge and experience about this wonderful device.

A digital camera is an electronic device which captures and stores images digitally , instead of photographic films or magnetic tapes as used in the conventional Cameras and Video Cameras.
All the digital cameras use an electronic screen for previewing and framing subjects , and use a CCD( Charge coupled device ) or a CMOS image sensor to sense the intesity of light across the plane to be photgraphed.
Kodak DCS-100 was the first truly commercial digital camera.Launched in 1991 , it was the beginning of a long line of professional SLR cameras from Kodak's stable.Since then , with the advent of new technology in digital photography and image compression techniques, the digital camera has become very popular and has infact has endengared the conventional camera threatning oblivion.