Photography is great what kind of camera do you use?
I use a black berry phone as my own.
Name Yours.
A wise person once told me - you don’t buy a camera to make phone calls so don’t buy a phone to take photos 
I think if you really want to get into photography seriously, you will soon grow out of your blackberry “camera”.
Indeed.
Can you change your aperture and shuttertime with your blackberry to make manual changes?
You can’t screw prime lenses on a blackberry mount
I’ve been using different cameras.
From totally manual medium format film cameras without even a lightmeter to digital SLR.
The body needs to be quite standard with the normal manual options. The most important for me is the lens now.
As a great photographer once said, “the best camera is the one in your hand”
Indeed, yes. For composition, you just need some camera in your hand, and a good eye.
But I like to set technical things to change the depth of field and other stuff with aperture, shutterspeed, iso settings,… they let you create an extra dimension.
Take photos in any camera which has good px and make use of photoshop.
I couldn’t agree more, having manual setting means you are making the image , not the camera. As I always say when people ask what camera they should buy… " the best you can afford and a buy good glass"
Having a Canon 5dmk2 does help a bit
If you want to use photoshop, you can get more out of it when your camera supports RAW images as output. You’ll need a DSLR for that, which costs a little more than a compact camera.
With RAW files, you can already adjust so much more stuff like white balance, exposure etc, before you load it into photoshop, where you can do some extra things afterwards.
Concerning the amount of ‘MegaPixels’, it’s not needed to go all the way to get the highest pixels possible.
For example, if you want to print out pictures on paper at good resolution, you are already good with:
- 1 to 2 MP for standard 10*15 cm photos.
- 3 MP for a A4 large photo
- 6 MP for posters…
Just make sure, if you want to print out pics on paper, be sure you have 300 dpi (dots per inch) to get a good quality resolution. With 72 dpi (which is good for computer screens and to post pics on internet) you won’t have good quality on paper.
They start making digital cams with e.g. 1 MP or less, going further every year to larger resolutions. Evolution keeps on going… But is it necessary to have a 12 MP?
-> You get too large images you have to crop or downsize again.
-> It takes a lot of space on your hard disk…
So I’m happy with my 6 MP camera, with RAW output so I can extrapolate to a higher resolution when I want.
I think, higher MegaPixels are not needed, unless you need to print out big advertisement posters, if you work at a pressroom or printing office,…
Actually evolution wants to get it bigger and bigger for some reason… for normal customers read: for no reason. It’s just marketing, they have just made the same product as the year before, but with 1 MP extra. Worthless. Every Year.
Camera companies should be more inventive, create cams that go down to 25 iso. Or cams that have low iso and with faster shuttertime. As those cams don’t use films anymore, it’s theoretically possible to get a sensor revolution in the future that is more powerfull. Something they couldn’t do with films. Good films with low iso need slow shuttertimes, because they needed more light to get exposed well. They would have to be able to create low iso, with faster shuttertimes, for the same amount of light, to get the same good exposure.
Bulevardi,
I totally agree with your pixel comments. It’s not the mp that is important. I have a canon G10, 14.9 mp, it’s shocking above 80 iso. The reason is the censor is no bigger than your thumb nail, it’s too compressed. My phone has a 5mp camera but the lens is the size of a pin head.
My canon g10 is great for everyday use, but I don’t tend to use it professionally, It is perfect for reccies and snaps, their are times that drawing out a 5D are not right or going to get you the best shot.
ISO: camera companies tend to look at working on the high ISO range, this allows the photographer to work in lower light situations, that is what most of us want. The Nikon D700 is excellent in low light, allowing sports photographers to work longer than many Canon photographers. My wedding photography partner uses it so we can get a huge range of images though service. No one camera should ever do everything perfectly, you wouldn’t expect any other tool too.
Kind Regards
Neal
Indeed, that’s a good evolution, higher ISO, but the problem is still: the higher your ISO settings, the more noise you will have in your pictures aswel.
The same before with films, a 3200 iso film was very grainy. But grainy pictures had a beautiful effect when printed on paper in black and white.
It’s not a problem, that is what a high ISO does.
You can still get your prints made in monochroome on photographic paper. They are still beautiful and people still want to touch them
Regards
Neal