| Digital SLR camera buying makes more and more | | | | It's easy to change the lenses on a camera, but you |
| sense to both professionals and amateurs. Even when | | | | should keep in mind something: a 35mm lens is made |
| film cameras were much more cheaper than digital | | | | so it projects the image on a frame of the same size, |
| SLR's, people still tried buying them, as it made a lot of | | | | but the camera's image sensor is smaller than the |
| sense, with all the benefits that justified the higher price. | | | | frame is. That's why the SLR multiplies that lens focal |
| SLR Benefits | | | | length by 1.5. |
| There are two main advantages to SLR cameras: | | | | In many cases, this can be something good, as a |
| 1. You can change the lenses on your digital SLR | | | | 200mm lens becomes as good as a 300mm, which is |
| camera when you need to, so the photos you take | | | | much more expensive. But, in other cases, a 24mm |
| have an increased quality. You can use lenses | | | | wide lens would turn in a 36mm, and the photographer |
| designed for telephoto, wide-angle, portrait, or any | | | | might not want that. |
| other modes. | | | | All in all, the multiplier of the focal length is a bit of a |
| 2.Thanks to the viewfinder of the SLR, the | | | | mixed blessing. If you're using a long lens, the zoom will |
| photographer can see the preview of the image just | | | | be much better, but in the case of a wide lens, the full |
| like the lens sees it. In cameras that have the lens | | | | scene might not be fully captured this way. |
| attached, you don't see the image from the exact | | | | Kodak and Canon are the first to launch a digital SLR |
| viewpoint of the lens, so there is a small difference | | | | full frame camera. They're quite expensive though, but |
| between what you see and what you get. If you want | | | | they come with a sensor that is the same size as the |
| the real deal, you need a digital SLR. | | | | 35mm frame. |
| Digital SLRs and lenses | | | | There are many other manufacturers that are going to |
| In most cases, digital SLRs that you can buy these | | | | launch SLR cameras that are fully integrated with |
| days will take the lenses that film cameras did, so if | | | | lenses and they will work by getting the image on the |
| you already have lenses for your film camera, you can | | | | sensor directly, instead of using an angle. |
| use them on the digital SLR as well. | | | | |