Beginners guide about digital cameras

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There are different models of the digital cameras that are available in the market and because of this many people are very confused regarding what to look for when going for the digital camera. Some of the basic things that you should consider when going for the digital camera are mentioned below:

·         Pixel: The digital images are made from some small squares called pixel. Each of the pixels consists of some numerical values that come between 0 till 255 which is made of some color channel. There are different combinations of color and each combination of color has different color scheme.

·         Pixel count: The digital cameras manufacture categories their camera based on the pixel count.

·         Aspect ratio: the aspect ratio in the camera is actually the ratio of the length of the side of the image.

·         Sensor size: the size of the digital sensor element is very small like the size of a finger nail. The quality of image that is given by the small sensor is different from that given by the large sensor.

·         White balance:  with this feature in the digital cameras you can choose any type of light source. This is actually required because the picture that you take should look only white rather than yellow or blue. There is some camera in which the setting comes automatically. But if you know when to bring this setting then you can have a better image.

·         Digital zoom and optical zoom: most of the digital cameras have both optical zoom and digital zoom. When the camera is zoomed then the focal length of the lens changes. But throughout the range of the zoom the quality of the image remains high. With this feature in the camera you can make the image small and large.

·         JPEG, TIFF and RAW: the images that you take with the digital cameras are saved in the JPEG, TIFF and RAW format.  You can also easily transfer the image in your laptop and computer.

·         Display, printing, DPI and PPI: you can have the view of the image in a monitor before printing it. The PPI helps you in printing high quality image. With the PPI you can print the image of any size. The DPI helps in controlling the quality of the print.

·         Memory: There are different types of memory cards that be used with the camera. Some of the variety of the memory cards that is used in digital cameras is compact flash, secure digital, multimedia, smart media, memory stick and Fuji.