User-created articles: Camera and Photography Basics
This is a list articles created by users from within the dpreview community. Note that these are neither endorsed nor reviewed by dpreview editorial staff. There are currently 27 user-created articles total.
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| Published on Apr 26, 2013 | Camera and Photography Basics
Color Management can be confusing. Here I hope to explain how the colors you photograph can be made to survive reasonably intact as they move through the five major color spaces usually encountered from shot to print or post: camera, camera jpeg processor, image processor, monitor, and print or web.
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| Published on Apr 1, 2013 | Camera and Photography Basics
Green screen kits are used in the photography field to super-impose a picture on a background. A camera person shoots the subject against the green screen and uploads the captured picture to the computer.
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| Published on Feb 23, 2013 | Camera and Photography Basics
We tested the most popular branded lens cleaners for removing oils/finger prints from camera lenses, filters and eye glass lenses. Only three products were clear winners. You may be surprised by the one "high tech" lens cleaner that came in last
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| Published on Feb 4, 2013 | Camera and Photography Basics
Is there a better way to calibrate a monitor? This always results in prints which are too dark. My calibration steps included in question.
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| Published on Jan 8, 2013 | Camera and Photography Basics
Photography seems to have more than its fair share of erroneous beliefs and misunderstandings which get reinforced by repetition without question. Here's a collection of them debunked.
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| Published on Jan 7, 2013 | Camera and Photography Basics
People argue about zoom lenses and prime lenses and which are better ..
Here is the score ..
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| Published on Jan 7, 2013 | Camera and Photography Basics
When I bought my first APS-C sensor DSLR I wanted to buy my first prime lens. I was told 35mm lens is equivalent to standard normal view 50mm on a 35mm sensor .. and the 50mm will be the equivalent of 75mm ..
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| Published on Jan 7, 2013 | Camera and Photography Basics
Shutter speed makes very little difference to shots with flash .. it is more about how far the subject (double the distance you get 1/4 the light or the inverse square law), what ISO and most importantly what aperture .. while shutter speed only alters how the ambient light is captured ..
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| Published on Oct 1, 2012 | Camera and Photography Basics
The search for an inexpensive Macro test target is described. Macro resolution is measured and calculated. The search for a test target revealed precautions that need to be taken when printing Macro photographs.
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| Published on Sep 21, 2012 | Camera and Photography Basics
Canon DSLR shots can look pretty plain straight out of the box. Learn how to customise your DSLR Picture Styles so that you can get great colours straight out of the camera.
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| Published on Aug 27, 2012 | Camera and Photography Basics
The resolution of Macro is compared with that of TeleMacro at two different distances. The resolution is calculated and test photos are shown for all three cases.
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| Published on Aug 6, 2012 | Camera and Photography Basics
Just a little info on battery life.
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| Published on Jun 17, 2012 | Camera and Photography Basics
Why are the SX30 and SX40 so good at capturing detail at high zoom? I have come to the conclusion that it is because the high pixel density of the small sensor allows it to retain most of the image detail that the lens produces. The APSC sensors of compact SLRs, however, do not.
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| Published on Jun 5, 2012 | Camera and Photography Basics
help buying a lens
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| Published on Jun 5, 2012 | Camera and Photography Basics
Bounce flash and fill-flash all-in-one fun.
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| Published on May 22, 2012 | Camera and Photography Basics
Work out which of your lenses you need for a particular shot, using just your arms and hands.
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| Published on Feb 26, 2012 | Camera and Photography Basics
To introduce some new system of camera.
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| Published on Jan 11, 2012 | Camera and Photography Basics
The NEX-5N is a rather complex camera and Sony has a rather "deep" menu. These settings help the photographer work with the camera!
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| Published on Nov 24, 2011 | Camera and Photography Basics
Please help.Canon 550D or Canon 1100D or Nikon D3100 or Nikon D5100 !!
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| Published on Oct 19, 2011 | Camera and Photography Basics
As a amateur and hobbyist, I'm sharing some of my (limited) experience on buying my gear and assembling a system
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