Camera manufacturers are pilling tricks onto camera models and turning them into multi-talented treats for photo buffs. From High Definition video recording to photo-tweaking features that would have required a computer plus photo-editing software to execute, such tricks would turn even the dullest of photos and videos into exciting ones! Here are some tricks and treats you will want to know when shopping for your next camera!
High-Definition video
HD video recording used to require large camcorders to shoot. Well, not anymore. Cameras that record HD videos start to reduce in size. For those thinking of getting a camera with photo and video functions, you might want to watch out for the ability to record audio in stereo and auto-focus when recording videos.
Extended Optical Zoom
Focal length ranges in cameras expanded significantly, allowing users to take in on a huge landscape and then zoom in to magnify on an object miles away. Optical zooms have increased from the old 3x to 5x! Compact superzooms start at 10x and the compacts with bigger bodies start at 24x. Wide angles of 28mm or wider and with faster apertures - f2.8 or more - that emit more light allow more flexible composition and better low-light shots.
More Sensitive or Bigger Sensors
The mass market models are still fixated at a high megapixel count to attract clueless costumers, performance compacts stick to the 10 to 12 megapixel band. These cameras use either a re-designed low-light performance, called the backside illumination or BSI sensor, or a physically bigger one. The latter are the prosumer model that allow total manual control and shooting in RAW files.
In-camera panorama
This trick does the work of a PC and an image-stitching program. Press the shutter button once and then pan the landscape with the camera slowly by following the arrow indicated on the LCD till the camera has collected enough shots to make a panoramic photograph. You might want to get one of these powerful cameras that not only help to stitch the images together, but also create a stunning 360-degree view of the place. Something that everybody wants.
HDR photos
High Dynamic Range [HDR] photos overcome the contrast limits of a digital camera by merging into a single image the best portions of a few shots taken of the same subject at different exposures. HDR panoramic photographs used to require special or high-end image-editing software, but now, with the advances in technology, this can be easily done in-camera.
High-speed shooting
Top-end DSLR cameras peak at 10 frames per second [fps]. Some compact cameras can clock faster frame rates from 10 to 40 fps. Compact cameras are now able to clock frame rates of 1000 fps, but do keep in mind that image quality decreases with the increasing frame rate. Excellent lighting is also needed for such feats.
Tilt-shift lens simulation
This trick mimics the effect of using a tilt-shift lens on a DSLR camera. By controlling which parts of the photo are in focus, it can make a landscape look toy-like or a miniature. It is also able to make a person stand out with selective focus instead of just using a large aperture to create a narrow depth of field.
Make sure to keep these buzzwords in mind when shopping for your next camera or else... ???
I'll leave it to you to think about it yourself. Yeah. And as usual, some pictures of cameras and some of the tricks above in action.
Amazing isn't? Looks like a miniature.
Cool right?
iPhone app - PaparazziCam
Did you know that this camera [below] existed?
Cool isn't it? I guess it kind of a spy camera, given that its small enough to go around your finger. Anyway, that's all for today folks! Please do visit us again and please also help to publicize our website. Here's our Facebook fan page and Twitter! Please follow us too! Thank you very much! See you again soon! ^.^ Bye!
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