Stock Your Kit with Digital Camera Accessories Written by Kevin Rockwell
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Now that you have purchased a memory card, next step is to go buy yourself a memory card reader. This will help you to get rid of your USB cable and can be used to read memory card when you want to transfer photographs to your computer. These are extremely handy and can easily be carried around in your laptop bag while traveling. But ensure that you are picking up one that is USB 2.0 compatible, since transfer speed is much faster than regular USB 1.1. This new standard is awesome. Now you can achieve transfer rates via USB that rival fast drives. Once you have started collecting digital camera accessories, you will realize that there are many, many items that you can purchase. These include lenses that can add an extra zing to your images, an extra flash to help you during times of crisis, filters for creative work, a tripod (I recommend a large version and a small lightweight plastic version that can be taken anywhere) a nice camera bag to hold it all in – and loads more. So, get going and start your collection. Protect that investment!
Kevin Rockwell worked as a network TV cameraman for 20 years shooting news and sports. Now a devoted fan of digital photography and video he works to gather information, tips and news for digital camera users. Oh and he loves to shoot pictures of his kids playing sports. http://www.great-digital-cameras.com/gdcj.html
| | Move up to the world of the Digital SLR CameraWritten by Kevin Rockwell
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The photographer can change lenses in an SLR, depending upon shot that he/she plans to take. For example, a wide angle lens is used to take pictures of landscapes such as animals in wild while telephoto lenses help to take extremely detailed pictures of small objects. Thus, one can pick and choose according to environmental needs. Today some of manufacturers have started building in image stabilization to their lenses. This really helps when taking long focal length images. While it uses additional power it can be extremely useful. In addition to above, creative opportunity available to photographer is much more in a SLR than a regular camera. This is because of fact that a SLR has a lower contrast and image sharpening features. Hence, photographer can do a lot of editing on his own to get kind of effect that he desires. This can be viewed as a disadvantage as well by those who are not truly photo enthusiasts. So, for you guys, a point-and-shoot camera is best option as not only is it cheaper but also adjusts things automatically. Since a SLR is comparitvely more expensive than other digital cameras, it is very important that you get yourself a proper insurance for camera. Especially if you plan to travel a lot with your SLR, insurance is extremely important. And also make sure that damage protection does form a part of insurance deal as some insurance policies do not provide it. So, read fine print before signing on dotted line !
Kevin Rockwell worked as a network TV cameraman for 20 years shooting news and sports. Now a devoted fan of digital photography and video he works to gather information, tips and news for digital camera users. Oh and he loves to shoot pictures of his kids playing sports. http://www.great-digital-cameras.com/gdcj.html
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