Sunday, October 9, 2016

Chapter 4-Working in the Digital Age

                                                            Photo by: SONOE
                          Image Source: http://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/dslr/d3200/sample.htm

A DSLR camera, or a Digital Single-Lens Reflex, is very important in the photography world. The DSLR camera has just as much effect on photographers and photojournalists just like the SLR camera did, if not more. 

The DSLR camera is a digital camera that uses mirrors to direct light from the lens to the viewfinder.The reason why there is such good quality in every photo taken with the DSLR camera is because of the reflective mirror inside the camera and the shutter feature. You are also able to switch the lens on a DSLR camera. “One of the best features of a DSLR is the ability to switch lenses. Each delivers a new and invigorating view. There are telephoto lenses, wide-angles, fisheyes and many more.

Technology has come a far way within the years and so did the technology with cameras. First it was the SLR camera that made a huge impact on photography but now, it’s the DSLR camera. There are many differences between both typed of cameras. The obvious difference between both cameras is that the DSLR camera is digital and the SLR is not. The DSLR contains a memory card in which the images are able to be transferred to the computer, while the SLR camera contains film. The DSLR camera can contain thousands of images while the SLR only allows 36 images per role of film. As explained in my previous post, the SLR’s also did not have shutter priority but the DSLR does.

There aren’t that many SLR cameras out there but a lot of photographers and photojournalists still prefer to use SLRs over DSLRs.

The video that Professor Nordell shot on his DSLR camera last year on Memorial Day, just goes to show how much great quality you can get from this type of camera. If it was never stated that it was shot on a DSLR, I would have never even thought that it was.

Photo by: Fraser Harding 


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