Other Cameras

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PERSONAL CAMERA Or, “How to Avoid Taking the World’s Worst Picture,” which is what most of us have learned to do. Why? The World’s Worst Picture came directly out of the...

Movie film is making a comeback with independent filmmakers. While 16mm has been the film stock of choice for college and other independent film projects, 8mm, too, is making a comeback. If you...

One of the best improvements in hunting in recent years is the advent of the trail camera. A remote digital camera setup near a game trail or feeding area captures the game's activity, day or...

An SLR, or Single Lens Reflex, camera features a mirror inside the body that reflects the image visible through the camera's lens up to the eyepiece. Before an exposure can be taken, this mirror...

Normal, consumer cameras are designed to capture what is called the "visible spectrum of light"---the light that human eyes can see. Like our eyes, these cameras capture the light that bounces off...

The Cuddeback Capture digital scouting camera rapidly detects and photographs animals in a wide variety of natural settings. Whether you're a hunter or a nature enthusiast, you can set up the...

Many hunters, outdoorsmen and nature photographers enjoy the convenience and flexibility of trail cameras, appreciating the ability of the devices to capture an image without human intervention....

How you use a camera will determine how the final images will appear. You can simply point and shoot, but then all you get is basic snapshots. Learning how to operate a camera with the techniques...

Professional astrophotographers will typically capture their shots using an SLR camera with a special mount to attach a telescope. This setup can be expensive and complicated for a beginner to...

Kodak cameras are intrinsically linked with the founding of the Eastman Kodak Company, a multinational United States Corporation. Better known as the Kodak Company, it has been manufacturing...

"Bob" is a Remotely Operated Vehicle or ROV that can explorer your local lake or bay down to 60 feet below the surface. Bob can be built in just a few evenings from parts that are easy...

As technology progresses, so do our standards of entertainment. As high-definition becomes our primary canvas for entertainment, even newer technologies are on the horizon. Though 3D has long been...

Lenses for single-lens reflex cameras that use film are interchangeable with lenses for digital SLRs. There are a few things to remember about either when using them on the opposite type camera,...

You might think using plastic lenses on cameras in these days of high technology is retro and might not produce the best images. You would be right, but both of these reasons is what makes plastic...

Every time a new technology takes over, you need to find a way to get irreplaceable items from the old format into the new. Whether it is records to compact discs or film to digital video discs,...

Using 8mm film for home movies and low-end movie projects used to be a common occurrence. Especially for the latter, it was necessary to have an 8mm film editor at your disposal to work on cutting...

Field cameras were designed in the 19th century to allow photographers to get out of the studio. The original ones had wood as the medium between the front lens and the rear ground-glass focusing...

If you wish to learn camera repair, you may find it difficult at first to locate schools that offer courses on the subject. Although many technical schools formerly had camera repair programs,...

Trail or scout cameras are designed to help hunters track wild animals. They also can be used to track animals for other purposes, such as scientific research. You also can use them as a low-cost...

Getting a good family portrait that everyone is pleased with isn't easy. Children may make this especially difficult by either playing around or getting bored and giving the final photo a bad...

Cameras, whether film or digital, have basic components that make up the whole. These components work together to take the photos and all of them must work to complete the process. Some...

Technology continues to progress in many areas. The Nintendo DSi is an example of the continual evolution of gaming. With the updated technology, it is common for us to have updated prices as...

If you need to focus closer than three feet with your Holga camera, then you are out of luck unless you are able to modify it. To make this modification you will need to have some patience. ...

Most modern cameras have a built-in light meter that calculates the light needed to capture an image. In fully automatic cameras, this information tells the camera what shutter speed and aperture...

Document cameras essentially are the successor to overhead projectors but with added capabilities because of newer technology. Document cameras have a lens on a digital camera placed on a movable...

Wildview makes cameras specifically for hunters to track game in the woods. Like other scout or trail cameras, you attach it to a tree or other object, set it and leave it for a few days or weeks....

Today's cameras are highly sophisticated pieces of equipment filled with mechanical and electronic features. Box cameras, however, are the simplest form of camera, and they are the oldest type...

The best way to shoot any photograph is under lightly clouded skies outdoors. Clouds diffuse the sunlight and give you wide-spread even light. You can't always shoot under these conditions,...

If your like me and want to use all this new technology but get nervous buying it or trying it out, I'm going to make it easy for you with this article. Someone I knew had a picture digital frame...

Older single-lens reflex cameras may develop faults over time, faults that may make it difficult to use your much-loved equipment. Especially with all-mechanical cameras, you can fix some parts...

Kodak has become almost synonymous with the art of photography. American George Eastman was fascinated with photography, but felt the cameras of his time were too large and bulky for the average...

Photographers have used light boxes for years because they are an effective way to review slides, negatives or contact sheets. They are used primarily in the darkroom, but they can be used just...

Anyone who has seriously been into photography since the days of film---whether advanced amateur or pro---probably has boxes or carousels of slides. Slide film is renowned for its color, which...

A speed camera is an automatic traffic enforcement camera designed to photograph the front and back of a speeding vehicle to aid in the arrest or ticketing of speeders. Law enforcement personnel...

Nikon, formed in 1917 in Japan, is one of the largest producers of cameras in the world. In addition to the camera, Nikon specializes in other imaging products, such a microscopes, binoculars and...

The camera is among the most important of technological inventions, taking various forms and serving countless purposes. Cameras actually predate photography, since early cameras were able only to...

A single lens reflex (SLR) camera is an advanced type of camera often used by professional photographers and camera enthusiasts. Point-and-shoot cameras are much simpler, requiring only the push...

Trail or scouting cameras are used to track wildlife, whether for hunting or study. They have motion sensors and can shoot in day or night. They usually have an infrared flash to capture nighttime...

When choosing a camera, many hobbyist photographers find themselves examining 35mm single lens reflex (SLR) cameras. This style of camera offers interchangeable lenses, allowing greater...

Professional-level cameras and consumer cameras have been getting closer in quality over the years. Gone are the days of the Instamatic. Point-and-shoot digital cameras are relatively...

Photo chroma key is the process of manipulating images to replace a single colored background with an image photographed at another location or digitally created using editing software.

A silhouette image has a fully exposed background while the object in between the camera and the background is a black outline with no visible detail or other colors present. This photography...

Watching the stars at night brings back memories of when I was a child. My sister and I would sit outside for hours looking for something that could be out there. This particular night, I took...

A Web camera (Webcam) has many practical uses that anyone would like to monitor remotely. For example, 1) keep an eye on the house while out of town, 2) check out the baby sitter and make sure...

The German-made Voigtlander camera is the grandfather of most cameras on the market today. Founded by Johan Voigtlander as a lens company in Vienna in 1756, the first daguerreotype all-metal...

When photographing bodybuilders, the focus is on making detail stand out with lighting and contrast. The client wants to see the definition of the muscles and how they work with the overall...

A soft box is a powerful lighting modifier. It allows a large amount of light to be cast with very few shadows. The size of the coverage area will depend on the size of the soft box. For small...

everyone wants to take great pictures, even if you are not a photographer. some of your pictures don't turn out quit as good as you would like them to be. but don't worry, you can take better...

Ever since the advent of photography in the 1830s, we have let photographers direct us in how our photos should be taken. They have posed us in the same poses and used the same backgrounds and the...

Whether the camera is film or digital based, many hobbyists and professional photographers alike use 35mm cameras in a manual mode. Overriding preset options such as exposure, focus and focusing...