iPhone 5 might kill DSLR cameras

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iPhone 5 might kill point-and-shoot cameras “more,” iPhone 4 now becoming the most popular camera device according to Flickr.


April 19, 2011 By Carlo Diokno

According to a report posted by NY Times, iPhone 4 is now becoming the most popular camera device based on the data published by Yahoo’s popular photo sharing site Flickr. iPhone 4, which is currently the latest generation of the popular smartphone brand by Apple, is quickly becoming the number 1 camera of Flickr users, slightly behind the number 1 camera, the DSLR camera from Nikon, the D90 with 12.3 Megapixels camera quality.

Apparently, iPhone 4 is a smartphone, while the Nikon D90 is a DSLR. But smartphones today are quickly becoming the first choice of the public when it comes to shooting photos and videos because it’s portable and easy to use. Plus, smartphone manufacturers are now trying their very best to give the customers a much more powerful photo and video capturing software and hardware, aside from the fact that Apple’s app store features a lot of “camera apps.”

Speaking of powerful photo and video capturing, Apple’s “still good as a rumor” iPhone 5 might feature a better camera quality of 8 megapixel, according to latest rumors talking about the iPhone 5′s camera sensor. If this rumor is true, then expect to see the iPhone’s camera market share climbing even higher.

Aside from the iPhone, Android smartphones are also expected to deliver quality video and still shots courtesy of improved camera sensors. Samsung’s Galaxy S2 and HTC Thunderbolt are some of the new phones that have positive camera quality reviews.


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iPhone 5 might kill DSLR cameras, iPhone becoming the most popular Flickr camera

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Is it a Digital Camera or a Digital SLR Camera?

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It could be something obvious, but if you didn't know, you would miss it.

I haven't covered this in my posts, and while I wanted to, I'd just link to this post which already expounded on the difference between a Digital Camera (a.k.a. Point-and-Shoot camera) and a Digital SLR Camera.

No to delay further, here it is:
What Is The Difference Between A Digital Camera And A Digital Slr Camera?

 

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Photography 101 - How to Understand Camera Aperture and Shutter Speed

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An Ezine article original, this is something is worth to be known by beginning photographers like me. Aside from reading books that I borrow from the library or buy from the bookshop, I still manage to sneak in some web reading, and what better way to share the knowledge than to share the same article that I read? So learn with me. Read on...

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Pre-set modes like "Sports" and "Night Portrait" make it easy for us to just point and shoot. If you're new to photography, two of the most important things to learn are aperture and shutter speed settings as these will give you a lot of creative control. If you're not sure which cameras have these types of settings, some compact digital cameras have them but most bridge cameras and all DSLRs have them.

At first it may seem it a little confusing using manual camera settings, but the improvement in the quality of your pictures wil be well worth it.

Photography 101 - Learning About Camera Aperture

The aperture of a camera works a lot like how the iris of a person's eye works. Just like your irises widen or narrow to let in more or less light through the pupils, the camera's lens diaphragm widens or narrows to let in more or less light through the lens. The aperture is the size of this lens opening.

Aperture lets the photographer (or the camera's exposure computer if it's set to automatic) increase or reduce the amount of light that gets through to the sensor, thus helping determine how bright or dark the picture will be.

The aperture also controls the depth of field of the image.

To get a good idea of what this means, make a fist, holding it in front of your eye. Then gradually open your fist. Notice when the opening in your hand is small everything you see is in focus? But when your fist is open wide, the object closest to you is sharper than the background?

A small aperture is good for taking pictures where you want it all in focus, like a landscape.

When you use your camera's Aperture Priority setting you can set the aperture to whatever f-stop number you want. These numbers represent ratios, and the larger the f-stop number, the narrower the aperture. So when the f stop setting is larger on your camera, then there will be a larger depth of field.

The reason for the "Priority" in the setting's name is that when you set the aperture, the camera does its best to set the shutter speed so that the exposure is right (not too dark or too bright). Another way to look at it is, the aperture setting will have priority while the shutter speed plays a secondary role.

Photography 101 - Introducing Shutter Speed

While the aperture controls how much light at one time falls on the image sensor, the shutter speed controls the length of time the camera allows in the light.

If you've ever seen really old pictures, you'll notice that they are rarely smiling. Shutter speeds used to be so slow that people would have to remain very still for several minutes in the early days of photography. No wonder they had such a serious look!

The shutter speeds most commonly used today are 1/500th of a second to 1/60th of a second. The Shutter Priority setting lets you choose speeds (within the camera's range) specifically for the effect you want.

If you use a shutter speed slower than 1/60, you should use a tripod or some type of camera stabilizer because when the shutter is open that long, even the slightest jiggle can create fuzzy pictures.

To freeze action, set the camera's Shutter Priority to a fast speed, which is what Sports mode does. You can be a lot more selective with this manual type of setting. For example, a dog sitting quietly will require a shutter speed of around 1/125 in order to freeze the small twitch in the dog's tail. On the flip side, taking pictures at a soccer game may require up to 1/500 to freeze fast moving actions.

Using manual settings like Aperture Priority and Shutter Priority give you more creative control, which means better pictures that you can display on your wall.

Autumn Lockwood is a writer for Your Picture Frames and loves taking pictures. Shop our online picture frame selection and see our large selection of picture frames in a wide variety of styles, sizes and unique shapes like our decorative round picture frames.

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Before I bought my DSLR...

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When I started considering the purchase of a DSLR unit, which means an upgrade from my use of a compact point-and-shoot digital camera, I made it a point to do a thorough check. Basically since the price of an average DSLR camera is not something that can be joked about. Who's to throw away a thousand dollars or something nowadays?

So around August 2009 timeframe, I started visiting review sites and reading on brochures, looking out for promotional items posted on dailies, store fliers, etc., etc. That was when I was introduced to the world of the digital photography through the use of DSLR. I read the specs of the units, and along with the step-by-step learning of the terminologies of the technical aspects of the DSLR, as well as the layman terms, I was reviewing the very small knowledge about snalog SLR cameras that I had from long time ago.

After that exercise, I frequented the store nearest my office, which is just at the mall along the way to my home - where our shuttle bus usually drops us off. I started conversing with the salesmen, befriending them in the process, a 10- to 15-min visit every other day or so, and trying to get a feel by getting a hands-on of the camera units - up close and personal.

I got the package I was waiting for - a Nikon D5000 that has a twin lens kit, a short glass 918- to 55-mm) and a medium telephoto 955- to 200-mm) glass, and a ton of other freebies. The price, if something to be thought of, as I would discover, is just the same as offered in other stores, but of course, without the freebies. The freebies made all the difference, if, when bought separately, would be about 30% of the price of the promotional package.

Of course, not everyone would agree to my liking or have the same taste or preference as me. So whenever I see other brands of DSLR coming into view (like when we have occasions or events) where a handful of photographers come around to do shoots, be they beginners or not, i don't close my mind to considering the other brand. My analog SLR was a Canon, which I passed down to my sister. Bought in 1998, it was still in good condition 12 years later. I just didn't know anything about photography then, or, should I say, wasn't that much considering photography as a hobby.

Things are different now, 12 years later. Having 4 daughters should be enough reason for me to get into the art of photography. The skills can be used not only for hobby purposes, but for livelihood as well. For who can tell what's in the future? Only that we have to be prepared, and what better way to do something that is of your interest?

In my family, it is a long line already...

My grandfather owned a darkroom.

My father bought a number of those cameras in the 1960s, and I remember using those 'boxes' which you have to open up on top, see the view, then take a picture. I even burned the front lens of one of the units - I mean, as a child, we are so curious - to the point of causing some irreversible damages to who knows what?

But the one thing that I liked that my father did was to spruce up my sister's 8x10 black-and-white picture with a very subtle oil paint. Hey, that is Photoshop the manual way!

I guess that if Photoshop were that thing of the past, he would be one of those very early users of this software...

One thing I got from his vault is a 1965 metallic tripod. Not a very sturdy one, a lightweight, and still useable tripod. Still shiny, still rugged. Older than me, but still working.

Hopefully, today's DSLRs can be passed down to our next generation, just like the olden days' camera units.

But then again, that remains to be seen...

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