Milenko Kindl goes digital

Almost everyone these days has a digital camera, in one form or another.
Some people have more than one, or more than one kind of digital camera.
They come in all shapes, sizes, colours, resolutions, and of course
price range. Most modern mobile phones have a built in camera, and the
picture quality is improving all the time with them. Not too many years
ago, the "norm" was for people to have a compact 35mm film camera. The
problem with these cameras though was that you had to wait for your
pictures to be developed, to see what sort of pictures you had taken.
You also paid for the bad ones to be developed as well as the good. The
picture here is one that I took of a sunset whilst sailing my boat Secana.

The reasons for the upsurge in popularity of the digital camera are :
1.They are relatively cheap price. (approx $50 - $100 ) for a 5
megapixel camera.i.e 5 million pixels, or points of colour in each
image. As a rule of thumb, the higher the number of megapixels an image
has, the sharper it's definition will be. Though in truth, 3-5
megapixels is usually adequate for most peoples needs.
2. A digital camera will give you instant results, don't like it, then
delete, and take again.
3. With a SD (secure digital ) card you can take literally thousands of
pictures, and store them on your camera's card. When full you can save
them onto your computer, or simply plug in a new card, and keep the full
SD card as a digital photo album. You can get digital photo frames that
you just plug your SD card into, to continually display your photos.
4. If your photos aren't as good as you would like, then there is image
editing software that can improve your photos appearance.

Of course there are other factors involved in the quality of the image
that you get - how good is the lens ? Although a good quality camera
lens will not ensure good photos, it can make a difference, as can the
choice of camera setting, subject matter, movement, lighting. Try to
eliminate problems before you press the shutter button. Using zoom? then
either use a tripod, or brace yourself against something solid. When
using zoom, any shaking will be magnified,and increase the likelihood of
a blurred picture.

Although, I will play with manual settings on my camera form time to
time, I normally just leave it set to auto. Some cameras have special
setting for beach, sport, night time, sunset, snow etc. These settings
will usually automatically adjust either the aperture - how much light
enters the camera, or the shutter speed, or both, to try and prevent
over or under exposure problems. If your camera has different settings,
play with them and find out what the results are. If the photos are no
good, delete them.

 

And your point is?