Cameras

Digital cameras use megapixels to describe the resolution of the sensor in the camera. DPI stands for dots per inch, a term describing the resolution of a printer.

Game cameras for photographing wildlife are valuable tools for hunters and wildlife enthusiasts alike. Building your own game camera can save money and give you the features you need, suited to...

Video cameras come in a variety of shapes and sizes. They range from older, standard-definition, tape-based formats to high-definition broadcast-quality cameras with interchangeable lenses. It's...

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...

The Samsung NV10 and NV15 are entries in Samsung's NV series of compact digital cameras. Released in 2006 and 2007 respectively--the NV15 was released to succeed the NV10--the cameras are, for the...

The idea of motion detection is a fairly simple one. A sensor is set up to detect a certain disturbance in the area, and when that disturbance is found, the motion detector sends out an electronic...

TTL (through the lens) flash systems measure the light output via an in-camera sensor to get correct flash exposure. Companies have different versions of TTL exposure. The latest Nikon version of...

Both the Nikon D70 and the D80 have very good noise reduction capabilities. As long as the ISO (image sensor sensitivity) is kept below 400 and the shutter speed is greater than approximately...

No matter how well you take care of your digital SLR camera, sooner or later, dust will get on the sensor. This will reveal itself as black dots in any image you shoot. Luckily, cleaning a Sony...

Even though the sensors on the newer Nikon DSLRs have a built-in "sensor shake" cleaning method available through the menu system of the camera, dust can still build up on the sensor over time and...

Nikon's D200, introduced in 2005 and discontinued in late 2007, is a professional-grade digital SLR. The Canon 5D, introduced in August 2005 and discontinued in 2008, was one of the more...

Many people when shopping for a new digital camera get sucked into looking at how many megapixels the camera has. While higher megapixels do allow for larger enlargements and allow you to crop in...

Cleaning a Nikon D80 sensor may not sound like a difficult task, but trying to figure out how to do it can be a bit tricky. According to the Nikon D80 instruction manual, the sensor should be...

Canon and Nikon are two of the oldest camera manufacturers in Japan. In fact, the two have a shared history; the first Canon camera, the Hansa Canon, released in 1936, was packaged with a Nikon...

Hand-held light meters have been standard tools of professional photographers since they were invented. They can give more accurate lighting information than in-camera meters and help you get...

Nikon digital single lens reflex (DSLR) cameras offer excellent functionality to both the amateur and professional photographer. Looking at the Nikon line, you can select from basic models,...

The Canon 5D and Nikon D3 are two full frame sensor digital single lens reflex (SLR) cameras from two of the top camera makers in the industry. The D3 has a bulkier body, due to its longer-lasting...

The Nikon D80 and D90 cameras are excellent cameras for photographers who want a better than entry level DSLR camera but don't want to pay the money for a semiprofessional camera. Outstanding...

For many years, the Nikon SB-800 was the flagship of the Nikon flash line. It was the most powerful flash made by Nikon and was used to control a range of slave flashes through Nikon's Creative...

For several years Nikon has manufactured digital SLR cameras for both professionals and new photographers. In 2006, Nikon began manufacturing digital SLRs for new photographers looking to use a...

There are few things more frustrating in photography than having taken the perfect picture, only to discover a little speck of dirt on your lens created a huge blotch in the middle of your image....

Digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras operate mechanically the same way as conventional SLRs. Both use a mirror box housed at the top of the camera body to direct the image from the lens to...

The Nikon D80 is a digital SLR camera capable of capturing professional-looking images and has a powerful set of features. In order to maintain a high level of photo quality, you must keep the...

Digital cameras can be a very confusing electronic. There are some many types and models - it can be hard to keep up with the care of them. DSLR cameras stands for digital single lens reflex...

What are pixels? How important are they. This article explains pixels, camera size, and how to decide what to buy.

Notice those black spots in the images from you digital SLR camera? Those are dust and particles that have found their way onto your sensor when you change lenses. No matter how quickly you can...

One of the principal differences between the XSi and some of the other Rebels is that this camera has Canon's latest, integrated, automatic sensor cleaning feature. When you make a change to the...

Canon makes two types of digital camera. Single Lens Reflex (SLR) cameras with changeable lenses and flashes generally called EOS or Digital Rebel and Compact Digital cameras generally called...

If you notice spots on images taken with your Canon 20D, it is possible that there is dust on the filter that covers the camera's sensor. Dust can get into the camera body and stick to the filter...

If you have been using your Nikon digital camera for a while, you may start to see some spots on your images. These spots are almost always the result of dust getting into your camera body and...

Getting dust on the CCD sensors of your Nikon D200 can result in spots on your digital photographs. While Nikon advises against cleaning the CCD sensors yourself, the time wasted with shipping...

Keeping your camera clean is important for reasons that go beyond the aesthetic. Aside from making your camera more attractive, cleaning also keeps your camera running properly. This is especially...

There are many ways to clean a Nikon D40 or other D-SLR camera. Once you learn the most common way to clean the lens and sensor, you can service your own camera. However, heed the tips and...

You will learn the basic concepts of how a camera works as well as some terminology used in photography. This article will be referenced in future articles discussing your camera and it's use.

An aperture in any instance is space through which light passes. On a camera it is through the camera lens, which you adjust to control the amount of light that passes through and hits either the...

Dust on your camera lens can ruin your best photographs. To remove this dust, you'll need to clean off the CCD sensor of the camera so it can take dust-free photographs. This is a tricky procedure...

Digital photography is the art of using electronic technology to capture an image. The resulting image can then be stored and manipulated digitally, without the use of traditional chemical processes.

Digital cameras are based on traditional film cameras as far as design. They still are shaped relatively the same as they were 40 years ago; they still have lenses, viewfinders, shutter speeds,...

A photograph taken with a digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera starts at the lens. A DSLR lens is really a collection of sub-lenses called elements. Each lens refines and focuses light to...

The first stage of digital photography image capture is the lens. Although a few lenses contain a single element, most are made up of multiple elements working together. A lens element is a single...

Digital cameras operate on the same basic principles as film cameras. Both have an optical lens that gathers light and focuses it onto a recording surface. Similarly, both have a shutter that...

With the right tools and a little care and preparation, cleaning the sensor on a D80 is a simple process. In this guide, you will learn how to safely and effectively clean a D80 sensor.

Digital cameras are very similar to film cameras. Understanding how they work is simply a matter of understanding how digital sensors have replaced film.

Digital "SLR" stands for single lens reflex. An SLR camera lens that uses a mechanically controlled mirror system and prism to allow light to expose itself to the camera sensor only during the...

The f-stop function on a camera changes the size of the camera's aperture, the opening that allows light to reach the camera's film or digital image sensor. This function allows the photographer...

Dust has been the bane of photographers since the beginning of photography. It gets on everything from the surfaces to the innards. It can even get inside sealed, high-tech lenses. The most common...

With all the types of digital cameras out there, there is a fairly large amount of information to have to learn. This can be intimidating to someone looking to learn about them. Cameras, however,...

A camera lens is the "eye" of a camera, allowing it to see the outside world. It also works a lot like a human eye, in that light passes through the lens and is focused on the film or image sensor...

When buying a digital camera, every consumer is faced with the same question. What is the best number of pixels? Depending on your use for the camera, and your budget, the number of pixels can be...

I was as excited as anyone else when I went to buy my digital camera. But I soon realized that I was confronted by a hundred different choices and no real understanding of what separated one from...