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DSLR Cameras Provide Higher Quality Pictures

March 5th, 2010

When it comes to buying a new camera most consumers think that DSLR cameras are strictly for professional usage. While there are many SLR cameras that professionals prefer to use, they are also designed for general usage. What makes either a DSLR or a SLR camera different from an automatic or digital camera is the ability to change lens.

A DSLR stands for a digital SLR camera that uses a digital single reflex lens. The camera uses a mirrored position behind the lens that will direct light toward the viewfinder. When the user releases the shutter, the mirror will swing out of the way to let light from the lens travel straight to the sensor. This action will momentarily black out the viewfinder, and flip the image upside down. The viewfinder houses a prism that will work in reverse, so that you can see the image it right side up. The DSLR camera is designed to provide the user with multiple focal lens length options.

With an automatic camera your taking lens and viewing lens are different from each other. These lenses’s as are considered to be fixed lens and require a complex viewfinder mechanism in order to take the majority of your pictures. A DSLR camera will allow you to take a wider variety of pictures, and avoid many of the problems that arise with an automatic camera. This is possible because, your viewing lens and your taking lens are the same lens. This will improve your image quality, provide different speed options, increase your depth of field, larger ISO range, provide quality optics and allow you to control how you take your picture. While these cameras are more manual, you will have a greater influence on the end result.

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