Digital Photography 101: Understanding Your Digital Camera

Are you transitioning from a traditional film camera to the digital format? The similarities between the two are significant, but there are some key differences that may cause confusion. In this article, we will guide you through the essential parts of a digital camera to help you navigate this transition seamlessly.

1. The LCD Screen: A Clear Window to Your Shot

    

One of the most obvious distinctions between digital and film cameras is the presence of the LCD screen. Acting as a preview window, the LCD screen allows users to see exactly what their shot will look like before capturing it. Gone are the days of relying solely on the viewfinder! Furthermore, the LCD screen provides valuable information about the camera, such as battery life and other settings.

2. Storage Media Slot: Safeguarding Your Digital Memories

   

Unlike film cameras that house the film on the back, digital cameras utilize storage media to store your images. The type and location of the storage media slot can vary among different digital camera models. To find the precise location of this slot, consult your camera's user manual for guidance.

3. Data Transfer: From Camera to Computer

   

To transfer the pictures you have taken, you have a couple of options. You can physically remove the storage media card from your camera and insert it into a card reader on your computer. Alternatively, you can connect your camera directly to your computer using a USB cable or other available ports, eliminating the need for a separate card reader.

Mastering the Basics of Your Digital Camera

Understanding the fundamental components of your digital camera is crucial for capturing stunning photographs. Familiarizing yourself with the LCD screen, storage media slot, and data transfer methods will help you unleash the full potential of your device. Stay tuned for more helpful tips and tricks on our digital photography blog.

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Digital Photography Cameras The Forerunner Of Photography Convenience

Photography has taken a new turn since the advent of Digital photography cameras. In today’s demand of convenience and speed, it had and still has a lot more to offer than the film cameras that we were then used to. A digital camera or shortly called “digicam” may be found more convenient and easier to use in contrast to film cameras.

 

From the name itself, digital photography cameras use digital technology to process images. The images taken can be viewed, deleted, manipulated, archived and even stored to any quantity depending on the camera’s memory size. As to printing, you can print any and as many images as you would want. You also do not have to pay for images you do not want, you can simply delete you unsuccessful shots. You are also able to see the image instantly with digital cameras. This is more convenient than having your images in a film where you need to use up a certain number of shots to be able to make the best out of it. Also, it takes a whole lot of process before you can see the output of your images.

Point and shoot photography is made even more fun to do through digital photography cameras. What you see through the viewfinder is exactly what you get in print. This is offered by the DSLR or digital single-lens reflex type of camera. With DLSR, you can manipulate your photos to the very least detail of lighting and exposure that affects the over-all dramatic effect of the image. 

But if you are a newbie or if you are the type who does not go deeper to having an SLR, a simple digital photography camera is for you. It also has a range of commands that affect the quality of the image like night setting, portrait, landscape and others.

Digital photography cameras also give you the ease to upload pictures directly to your computer through cables or memory cards. You do not have to go through the process of scanning your photos. In the modern world, pictures are not much being developed or printed but are saved in a tiny amount of space in your computer. Photo albums have gathered dust as pictures are shared through the web.

Your control over the manipulation ofthe quality and effect of the image can go beyond the functions of digital photography cameras. Some digital cameras give you the liberty to adjust the lighting and quality of the image after shooting it. It also gives you options to change the color to black and white, sepia and other color effects. When you have uploaded it into a computer, further adjustments and manipulations could be done with the use of a photo editing software. This could be hardly done with photos from developed films as you have to scan it first before editing it.

With the introduction of digital photography cameras, photography enthusiasts have grown in number. Gone were the days when photography was only for professionals. Today, with the ease and convenience of digital cameras, anyone can have a hand on taking pictures and hav fun with it.

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Digital Photography History

Digital photography uses an array of electronic
photodetectors to capture the image focused by 
the lens, as opposed to an exposure on photographic 
film. The captured image is then digitized and 
stored as a computer file ready for digital processing, 
viewing, digital publishing or printing.

Until the advent of such technology, photographs 
were made by exposing light sensitive photographic film, 
and used chemical photographic processing to develop 
and stabilize the image. By contrast, digital photographs 
can be displayed, printed, stored, manipulated, 
transmitted, and archived using digital and computer t
echniques, without chemical processing.

Digital photography is one of several forms of 
digital imaging. Digital images are also created by 
non-photographic equipment such as computer 
tomography scanners and radio telescopes. 
Digital images can also be made by scanning other 
photographic images.

The first recorded attempt at building a digital 
camera was in 1975 by Steven Sasson, an engineer 
at Eastman Kodak. It used the then-new solid-state 
CCD image sensor chips developed by Fairchild 
Semiconductor
in 1973.

The camera weighed 8 pounds (3.6 kg), recorded black 
and white images to a cassette tape, had a resolution 
of 0.01 megapixels (10,000 pixels), and took 23 seconds 
to capture its first image in December 1975. 
The prototype camera was a technical exercise, 
not intended for production.

Nikon D700 — a 12.1-megapixel full-frame DSLR

The Canon PowerShot A95

The first true digital camera that recorded images as a computerized file 
was likely the Fuji DS-1P of 1988, which recorded to a 16 MB internal 
memory card that used a battery to keep the data in memory. This camera 
was never marketed internationally, and has not been confirmed to have 
shipped even in Japan.

The first commercially available digital camera was the 1990 Dycam Model 1; 
it also sold as the Logitech Fotoman. It used a CCD image sensor, 
stored pictures digitally, and connected directly to a computer for 
downloading images.

The first flyby spacecraft image of Mars was taken from Mariner 4 on July 15, 
1965 with a camera system designed by NASA/JPL. It used a video camera 
tube followed by a digitizer, rather than a mosaic of solid state sensor elements, 
so it was not what we usually define as a digital camera, but it produced a 
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