best canon digital camera for wildlife photography image
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I want to start toying around with some photography of nature, animals, people, etc. I would like to get a good digital camera but don't need something for professionals since this will be my first time working with this type of photography. I don't have a ton of money to spend so I would prefer low prices but would probably spend up to $300 if necessary. My questions are: What is a point and shoot camera? And what type of camera I should get? And any tips on photography and beginning photography would be very appreciated!
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A point and schoot camera is typically a compact camera marketed at the consumer crowd. These cameras are smaller in size, lighter, and less expenseive then their advanced counterparts. They are available in all sorts of megapixel ranges. I bought a Sony W5 (5.1mp) about 4 years ago, and I've taken over 10,000 pictures with it. I like that camera. The lenses on these cameras typically retract back into the body of the camera. They offer many pre-set programs, and some manual settings.
If you're looking at doing photography as a hobby, and not just taking pictures of family at Christmas time, I would suggest getting a D SLR. the "D" stands for digital and SLR stands for Single Lens Reflex. These cameras offer interchaingabe lenses (each sold seperately). Typically, they will come with a good starter lesn, and then as you save your pennies, you can buy more lenses for different things (wildlife, landscapes, portraits, Macro-close up- photography) depending on your interests. Unfortunately, thse cameras a a little more expensive than a point and shoot, but the flexibility is worth the additional costs.
As far as DSLR's go, you can't go wrong with a Canon Digital Rebel or a Nikon D40. Personally, I own a Nikon D90, and I love it (it was pricy, though).
Hope this helps.
Cheers!
A point and schoot camera is typically a compact camera marketed at the consumer crowd. These cameras are smaller in size, lighter, and less expenseive then their advanced counterparts. They are available in all sorts of megapixel ranges. I bought a Sony W5 (5.1mp) about 4 years ago, and I've taken over 10,000 pictures with it. I like that camera. The lenses on these cameras typically retract back into the body of the camera. They offer many pre-set programs, and some manual settings.
If you're looking at doing photography as a hobby, and not just taking pictures of family at Christmas time, I would suggest getting a D SLR. the "D" stands for digital and SLR stands for Single Lens Reflex. These cameras offer interchaingabe lenses (each sold seperately). Typically, they will come with a good starter lesn, and then as you save your pennies, you can buy more lenses for different things (wildlife, landscapes, portraits, Macro-close up- photography) depending on your interests. Unfortunately, thse cameras a a little more expensive than a point and shoot, but the flexibility is worth the additional costs.
As far as DSLR's go, you can't go wrong with a Canon Digital Rebel or a Nikon D40. Personally, I own a Nikon D90, and I love it (it was pricy, though).
Hope this helps.
Cheers!
How to take night wildlife photography? I have a regular Canon digital camera?
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what settings should i put it on- when i take the pics of animals in my yard around 3 am
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You're going to have to experiment with the long shutter times. Try some shots of bushes and see if you can get them to come out. The problem is, you don't want to set the ISO higher than maybe 400, or the image will be pretty rough. At ISO 400, you will need something like a 10 second exposure, unless it is an amazingly bright moon, and it is doubtful that any animals will hold still for that long. You also MUST have a tripod for those long exposure times.
To get to the long exposure in most "regular" Canon digital cameras, do this:
1. Press the FUNC button
2. Use the up/down arrows to select the exposure compensation icon (+/- in front of a zero)
3. Press the MENU button
4. Use the left/right arrows to increase or decrease the time.
(You should be able to set from 1 second to 15 seconds this way. It will look like 1", 2", 3" and so on.)
5. Press the FUNC button to save your setting.
Once you set something like 10 seconds, take a picture of a bush and see if the exposure is bright enough. If it's too bright, reduce the time. If it's not bright enough, I think you can choose 13 seconds or 15 seconds. If it's still not bright enough, go ahead and increase the ISO until you get a useful image and deal with the noise later.
You're going to have to experiment with the long shutter times. Try some shots of bushes and see if you can get them to come out. The problem is, you don't want to set the ISO higher than maybe 400, or the image will be pretty rough. At ISO 400, you will need something like a 10 second exposure, unless it is an amazingly bright moon, and it is doubtful that any animals will hold still for that long. You also MUST have a tripod for those long exposure times.
To get to the long exposure in most "regular" Canon digital cameras, do this:
1. Press the FUNC button
2. Use the up/down arrows to select the exposure compensation icon (+/- in front of a zero)
3. Press the MENU button
4. Use the left/right arrows to increase or decrease the time.
(You should be able to set from 1 second to 15 seconds this way. It will look like 1", 2", 3" and so on.)
5. Press the FUNC button to save your setting.
Once you set something like 10 seconds, take a picture of a bush and see if the exposure is bright enough. If it's too bright, reduce the time. If it's not bright enough, I think you can choose 13 seconds or 15 seconds. If it's still not bright enough, go ahead and increase the ISO until you get a useful image and deal with the noise later.
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