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Digital Camera Prerequisites for Great Macro Photography |
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Written by OpenDP
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Thursday, 23 February 2006 |
 If you dream of shooting gorgeous photographs of plants, nature’s tiny wonders and flowers, macro photography may be a perfect fit. Macro photography technically means you are shooting images with image size 1:1 or greater, meaning the images captured are equal or greater in size to the actual subjects.
If you are thinking about buying a new digital camera specifically to fulfill your macro photography interests, consider the following tips before selecting your device.
1. Resolution = image quality. If you can afford it, go for a digital camera with at least 4.0 megapixels. Cameras with even 2.0 megapixels will work, but remember, the more megapixels, the clearer, crisper and larger your photos can be.
2. Consider forking out the cash for a digital SLR, or single-lens-reflex camera. One of these babies will let you interchange lenses on a whim, as long as your budget can keep up. This will become especially valuable as you experiment with macro photography and beyond.
3. Ensure that your camera offers a RAW shooting mode. This allows you to shoot in the largest possible setting, giving you the creative control and flexibility to manipulate photos as you wish. When it comes time to process the images within a software program, the RAW setting captures the most data, ensuring that you don’t lose any image quality due to size restraints.
4. If you are a beginner, look into all the shooting modes and setting presets available on the cameras you consider. Most digital cameras offer a “macro” mode, identified by a little flower image on one of the camera’s dials. You can also invest in special lenses for your camera if you own a digital SLR. Fixed focal length close focusing lenses, also known as “micro lenses,” may come in handy in many macro photography situations. Macro zoom lenses will also work for photography of flowers, plants and other to-be-magnified subjects.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 27 August 2006 )
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