Don't need a DSLR for great figure photography
Tue 2010/06/01 14:15 JST
For the last few months, I have been looking at DSLR cameras. I have been wanting to upgrade because I wanted higher quality pictures for my photography. However, I notice that I have great pictures for someone who uses a point-and-shot camera. I wrote a post on methods that I use to improve my pictures. check it out at my site.
Great shots for a point 'n shoot camera.... It's all in the user for sure...
Nice photos!! Point & Shoot will do its job for any photography. DSLR gives you more flexibility and opens you up to more range of photography. But like many people have mentioned, one will only get better by shooting more and more photos. It's not the camera that can capture a better photo, but its the photographer.
True that Point-and-shoots are fairly good at photo-shoots. But a DSLR is always much more flexible. And I bet if you can do that well in your shots, I can merely wonder what more you can do with a DSLR! You have great shots.
I think the only difference between a point-and-shoot and a DSLR is a matter of being content. If you're contented with your shots in a point-and-shoot... well, then you don't need a DSLR. But if you wanna dwell more into what the inner photographer in you can really do, then go for a DSLR!
These are some great photos. I'm a longtime figure collector and I'm in the process of setting up my first shoots. Thanks for the tips!
It's as you say, you certainly do not need a DSLR. I find that longer exposure times do wonders for point and shoots.
yes, DSLR do have a lot of advantages, but for people that only use them every once in a while, can't spend the money, etc.., using different shooting techniques is a great help, I was planning to buy a DSLR cam but now that I began to practice with my 5 year old point-and-shoot non-HD camera, I managed to do some quality photos, (obviously not professional in any way but very decent) I think I won't buy another camera until this one dies, I've had it 2005 and still flawless and scratchless :P, so yeah, I won't buy a new one in a couple of years of more
THANK YOU FOR JUSTIFYING ONE OF MY RANTS!
It irks me whenever I see people who buy DSLR cameras thinking that because of that they'll be able to take better pictures and in the end, they only end up taking facebook/myspace profile pics. Ad in the event that they do start attempting to take proper photos, they wouldn't take it out of the Full auto setting. /end rant >_<
Indeed. Using Full Auto Settings on a DSLR erases the very very broad line between DSLRS and Point-and-Shoots making it kinda useless.
Actually it is not necessary that DSLR takes better photos than standard cams. I shot most of my photos with Nokia N73 (3.2MP) and N95 (5MP) and the photos turned out pretty decent if you used the right settings, and an extra advantage for very sharp images if you know the focal length of your camera.
I don't have plans to buy a DSLR because i'm a portable guy - i tend to prefer having only 2 gadgets - a laptop and a mobile phone. So, i tend to spend extra getting a high spec laptop and "all-in-one" phone like Nokia's N-series, which has internet, music player, very decent cam etc all in 1 package. Looking forward to Buy the N8 which has a 12.1 MP cam... xD
It's possible to get some great pics using a point-and-shoot camera but there are limitations to it which cannot be overcome unless you start doing a little trickery in the post processing, such as extreme closeups and motions shots (not that motion will come into play with figure shots).
Having said that, The sheer number of options and settings on a DLSR will scare off quite a few people and not using them is a waste since that is what separates the DSLR from the point-and-shoots! I was tinkering with the settings a little on my point-and-shoot before I got my Micro four thirds camera so I knew what some of the settings did already but they still required me to learn about the best shutter speed and aperature size. Spending that little extra time to get the correct settings really makes quite a bit of difference as I found out in my first full on shoot!
And like-for-like, my micro four thirds does take better pictures than my point-and-shoot but the difference is pretty negligable until you look really closely. and nowadays, even the full auto options on DSLRs allow you to customise the settings, albeit not on the same level as manual. But as people have said, if you're just going to keep your DSLR on auto all the time then you're wasting your money, even with the new features the companies keep adding. Not sure what to make of the new sony NEX series because of that.
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Want. If you ever want to give these away, I'll gladly take them!
Photography is an art no matter what you use. Some people will look at your pics and think they are poop, others will think they are brilliant.