I read this interesting article about digital cameras and they cover all the good digital camera companies in the field like Nikon, Canon ect. Its a good begginers read for digital photography. ~B.M
It sure is convenient to divide the world into two camps. You know: you’re either with us or against us; you’re cool or you’re uncool; you’re the apprentice or you’re fired.
Very often, there’s gold in the middle ground. Until recently, for example, digital camera makers saw every customer as either an amateur or a professional, and offered nothing but sub-$500 models and single-lens reflex cameras (SLRs ) for $2,000 and up. So when Canon introduced a digital SLR for $1,000–its Digital Rebel EOS 300D–it hit a sweet spot the size of the Sahara.
Now, 1.2 million Digital Rebels later, it’s clear that Canon was onto something. Sure enough, Nikon’s own $1,000 SLR, the D70, instantly became the best-selling SLR (film or digital) in Nikon’s history, by far. Both cameras let not-so-rich people take National Geographic-ready pictures.
This month, both cameras gained new features–and new letters tacked on to their names. Canon’s new Digital Rebel XT (the EOS 350D) is aimed at eliminating the performance gap between the original Rebel and the Nikon D70. And only Wednesday, Nikon struck back with the D70S, an updated version of its own consumer SLR. It’s an Olympic game of leap-cam.
How to explain a digital SLR? Let’s put it this way: if all you’ve ever used are regular consumer digital cameras, then you’ve been sitting in the peanut gallery.
For example, on a digital SLR, shutter lag–the bane of the amateur shutterbug’s existence–is essentially zero. That’s right: no half-second delay after you press the shutter button. Battery life is nearly endless; the Rebel XT’s new smaller battery is nonetheless still good for 600 pictures a charge, compared with perhaps 200 on a typical digital camera. The D70S’s new battery extends this to a delirious extreme: each charge can power the camera for a staggering 2,500 photos. You can go weeks between charges.
By far the most important advantage of a digital SLR, though, is that it takes much, much better photographs. You can take supersharp portraits with softly blurred backgrounds, just as the pros do. You get good results even in terrible lighting, thanks in part to a smart self-adjusting flash. You get every manual control known to man (exposure, shutter speed and so on). And you can extend your range with interchangeable lenses (telephoto, macro, fisheye, whatever).
Read the story @ Cnet News
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