Searching for the perfect travel camera.
If a friend asked, "I want to buy a watch, what to buy good," an arduous journey of two hours together, and finally you recommended a Casio Casio baby G, and your friend says: Thank you, Baby G good, but I do not like small round, I want a square watch. Fainted on the spot a few hours in vain. .
Buy watches this problem appears to be simple, accurate answer but crazy. First, what do you buy a watch? only? movement steps? fashion collections of decorative?? conspicuous and hedging? and then what you want to look at your budget, because the price of a table from one to ten million. Finally, watch this thing also involves personal aesthetic and color preferences, but these things have no reason.
I'm a warmhearted person, to help other people for fun. But when I was asked "What kind of camera to buy," I generally difficult to answer. This is a problem and not to buy watches as half an hour to speak clearly. Especially if this friend knows nothing about photography, do not know what aperture and speed, that situation is simply speak the same language. I am intent to help others, but if one takes a few hours every help, every day I do not have to do other things. If you do not understand these basic photography terms, you can look at my previous "several essential photographic terms explained." Hope that after reading this article can make their own choices。.
Travel photography camera choice. .
The price on photographic equipment has to be stressed that the pay and the harvest is not proportional to, and you give, the more rewarding. For example, a $ shot their comprehensive performance (i.e., the anti-glare capacity, etc.) may be better than a good shot of $ 10 per cent, compared with 10 per lens than the $ increase may also be less than 5%. Whether it is worthwhile to take the big price varies from person to person, the world's richest perfectionist always exists.
Individuals of different income and physical, so the choice of tourist photographic equipment is no standard answer, the individual must first weigh pocket money, and then to the camera and photographic equipment shop Diandian the weight of the lens to see whether their long journey back to afford. .
Often people say: this photograph so well, very expensive camera? SLR from Canon or Nikon??.
Can you distinguish which of the following photos are taken with the SLR, which photos are taken with ordinary cameras do? . .
It is difficult to answer, right?.
No one can simply print a good photo is determined using a small camera or SLR, is what brand of camera. In other words, a large SLR camera and can 拍出好照片, all brands of cameras can be 拍出好照片. .
When it comes to travel, travel without moving forward is the first important, if you require portability (in Pocket), it is not possible to buy a digital SLR can only buy small digital DC, and the small picture in DC to maintain than a single detail, if you want to print a large picture or frequently crop photos, so small DC picture may not be able to meet your needs, and small DC at high ISO settings is tragically under; digital SLR to maintain detail and be able to solve the problem of picture quality above ISO400, but you must bear the digital SLR far more expensive than DC price, much greater volume and weight.
Life is choice, choice is a compromise. If I insist on looking for a beautiful, thoughtful, hard-working, rich, intelligent wife, fluent in English, on the bed skilled, get out of bed they do cook is also an expert piano, I am afraid that life should remain a bachelor. Similarly, this world does not exist a perfect travel digital camera.On the photo, if perfect picture quality is the only pursuit of goals, today we are here to discuss digital camera is a waste of time, we should each person carried a huge plane to travel, this plane of the film have 8x10 inches or greater, and the great photo quality and resolution than the most expensive digital SLR over ten times. But this huge plane take each requires at least three minutes of preparation time, and no autofocus, there is no automatic metering. Unparalleled picture quality, but this plane is obviously not suitable for mass tourism. So someone wants to pursue the perfect quality of the camera, then first of all sorry to tell you that there is no absolute perfection in this world, only relative perfection, we have to do is to keep all of the things we want to balance between, choose . .
We want to make a good picture quality, but also want to try cheaper portable, but also the best and simple operation, etc..
Therefore, the result of compromise is that I chose a medium-and low-end DSLR Nikon D80 Canon with full manual features A650IS. .
I select the SLR because it lets me when shooting landscapes with a wide-angle and better detail, you can let me easily crop and composition which again does not affect the picture quality. Of course, there are some of the key reasons is that you can help me to shoot portraits (photo portrait needs in large aperture telephoto), high ISO quality is better, let me light when shooting a room for more.
Of course, the advantage of a small DC Obviously, the biggest advantage is that light can be put into pockets, there followed a great bit is when you can shoot silent, unable to speak for many occasions, can only use a small DC, such as concerts, or do not want to snap a candid attention. .
Need a convenient and light could be occasions, I carry a small DC A650IS, specially when doing travel photography, I will bring SLR D80, in a number of important occasions, such as a long trip or traveling abroad, I will bring both, too SLR trouble throwing up reflex in the hotel with small DC and DC can also be used as a single backup machine, in the case of a single hung up nor had their rambunctious rehearsals.
SLR body choice. .
Until 2008, the world's eight digital SLR manufacturers, they are Nikon, Canon, Sony, Panasonic, Olympus, Pentax, Sigma, Fujifilm. I'm on travel photography in General recommended Canon or Nikon, it is not because of their body are particularly good, but because the two companies have the most comprehensive lens series, other lens manufacturer launches a new lens, first introduced the Nikon and Canon will crimp.
Each company will launch low-SLR high grade SLR different products, for the SLR body, I am currently the principle adopted in the budget under certain conditions, to choose the low end of the product's money invested in lenses. Mainly because the lens and optical products, electronic products as a replacement body is not fast. Suppose you bought into 5000 a shot, after 5 years because the lens can also be in the secondary market value of 3,000 dollars, and you spend 10,000 to buy a body, then after 5 years may not be worth it even 2000 . .
SLR lens selection.
1. . On the focal lengths:. .
Travel photography in the most widely used focal length is very small too wide, telephoto 20mm rarely exceed 300mm. Summary of the past few years than Zhang travel photo, of which approximately 93% 28-128mm jiaoduan shot, this is 4% is used 128-300mm jiaoduan shoot, the remaining 3% with a wide-angle shot. Summary of the law, I now generally brought 16-85vr a lens (focal length equivalent to the D80 is on 24-128).
This story tells us that if you do not want to load the march, then only with a standard zoom lens; if you just enough money for a shot first while buying standard zoom, it can satisfy you more than 90% of the travel photography needs. .
2. on the focus and zoom lens.
SLR lenses can be divided into two categories, one fixed focus lens, and second zoom lens. Fixed focal lens aperture large, imaging is good, small aperture zoom lens, imaging little worse. .
Tourism is the first thing to consider is convenient and light. Therefore generally not considered focusing lens. I have used Nikon 16-85vr, 6 focusing lens in order to cover the same, they are: jiaoduan 28mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, 105mm and 135mm. Focusing head of the optical quality of the best, but a pile of focusing lens tinkling is really inconvenient for carrying, lens and camera, CCD is easy to change the lens into the dust. And certainly not conducive to the streets to capture the first focus, interchangeable lenses also have a few seconds, the fastest it, waiting for you for good shots, that decisive moment, and people back out of sight. .
3. with regard to the standard zoom lens (standard) and hedging.
135 film camera's standard lens (headers) is 50mm (angle 45 degrees), so any 45-degree included angle of the zoom head can be called the standard zoom lens. I used the standard variable is the Nikon AF-S DX 16-85 ED VR. .
For the initial purchase of DSLR go to travel, I recommend purchasing a set of machines bundling of variable, which is the body and kit lens (short sleeves). Deduction of the fuselage these hedging only a few hundred dollars, equivalent to half of the sale to buy half gave. Hedging, small, light-weight does not exceed 300 grams, backpacker Tourism travel without first, if you are only going to take a shot out of the House, the most suitable is the set of headers. Upgrade later this hedging losses also sell second-hand nothing.
The current Nikon and Canon entry-model sets are 18-55mm focal lengths the lens, roughly equivalent to the traditional 135 camera 28-85mm, the focal length of the segment is the most common, covering 28 and a small wide-angle 35mm, 50mm and 85mm Header small telephoto. Many brands of DSLR also introduced dual-lens set, in addition to 18-55mm standard zoom lens, other promotions and a 55-200mm telephoto lens kit price is more than one machine you one thousand yuan, quite a bargain. .
For funds still have spare capacity to friends, select 18-200 lens this jiaoduan (Canon and Nikon have) as tourism lens is better choice, because this lens covers two lens jiaoduan and Imaging is also unacceptable.
The liquidity and relatively more for the pursuit of quality of the user, can choose a smaller zoom tourism head, Canon is the 17-85IS, Nikon is the 16-85VR, such as 18-200 telephoto focal lengths though covering a large, but the actual use in 85 to 200 (after conversion is 128 to 300) focal lengths are not practical high frequency, on the contrary, the former in the more wide-angle end of the 1 to 2mm, as in tourism photography often take a lot of scenery, wide-angle often more important than the telephoto, so this part is very useful, and because of this than the 18-200 zoom lens of two small double, quality should be better, of course, a little bit more expensive in price。.
4. . On the aperture size. .
There is no doubt that large aperture lens, a large quantity of light, but also to anti-shake portrait shoot into the background well (large aperture small depth of field). But large aperture lens is very expensive ($ "three" 14-24/24, 2. .8-70/2.70-.8, 200/2. .10 is 10 000 or more), but also very heavy, very easy to travel with just a few hundred dollars for the photo and picture quality of the lens on a million little, anyway to F8/F11, best aperture. Large aperture advantages in low light handheld shooting. Of course, if there is no large aperture lens, it depends Tieshou + increased ISO to compensate. Trained on how to "Tieshou power", see the hair off in front of "beauty teach you how to take pictures." .
About anti-shake.
The previous article we have introduced the safe speed rule: safe speed is the focal length of the countdown. With anti-shake device, the safety of two steps to the fourth gear speed can be reduced, that 200mm lens when shooting, which requires 1 / 200 shutter speed can now be as low as 1 / 50 seconds or even 1 / 25 seconds still to be clear picture. .
In the light, the camera is there sometimes a tad better picture clarity or fuzzy. So the anti-shake technology is the most important in the history of the camera. In 1995, Canon introduced the world's first single-lens reflex with anti-shake 135 lens EF75-300mm F4-5. .6 IS that this "IS" is the image stabilizer (Image Stabilizer). To date, anti-shake technology has evolved into three categories: anti-shake optical anti-shake, electronics and sensor CCD anti-shake technology.
Optical image stabilization is the so-called anti-shake lenses, this lens has a detector, and a floating optical components, detectors can sense your hand jitter conditions (direction and intensity jitter), the lens resulting in an anti-floating components to compensation to ensure clear images. Canon the camera anti-shake referred to as IS (Image Stabilizer), it referred to as the Nikon VR (Vibration Reduction), Sigma Sigma it referred to as OS, Panasonic called the Mega O. . I. . S. .These are just the names are different, anti-shake optical lenses on the same principle.
Olympus and SONY (including previous Minolta) digital cameras are using a different technology called CCD anti-shake, hand shakes detector is not in the body in the lens, while the light-sensitive CCD chip to be installed in a floating bracket, the same can reverse the situation under the trembling of the hands of compensation. .
Until 2006, to the superior lens anti-shake reduces the safety speed of three to four-shift (manufacturers known five), you can only reduce the two CCD anti-shake. With the Olympus E3 2007 and SONY α 700 new product launches, anti-shake CCD also reached (or near) the level of lens optical anti-shake.
I think the anti-shake CCD rather kind, is the right direction. CCD Stabilization means that all of the old lenses are automatically image stabilization feature, regardless of Canon's IS or Nikon's VR, you have to buy a new IS or VR Image Stabilization lens. Such as Canon EF70-200mm F2. .8, The first price of 8,500 RMB yuan, while its anti-shake version EF70-200 F2. .8 IS the price as high as 13,000 yuan, it is Osamu people. .
Finally an anti-shake. E-anti-shake appear only in a small digital camera, and I haven't heard what DSLR has an anti-shake. I e anti-shake only three words: deceptive.
Chapter II of the term to explain that we have said, aperture, shutter and ISO joint decisions three exposure is correct. Aperture is only so big, if the shutter speed lower than the safety of two steps, the electronic image stabilization is to increase from 100 to 400 ISO. As a shutter speed up, and the picture is clear, but the cost is a serious decline in picture quality. In fact, we do not need the electronic image stabilization, which everyone in the menu will be transferred ISO. .
Conclusion: the first purchase of a camera, CCD anti-shake second purchase optical anti-shake lens, do not buy an anti-shake toys.
Photography accessories. .
In addition to the camera itself, one of the following three photo accessories are important:.
1. . Tripod. Good tripod is better than a good shot. .
2. Circular polarizing filter, cpl, the English abbreviation CPL (circular polarizing filter).
3. . Chargers, spare batteries and enough memory card. .
In addition to the above three attachments do not exist outside the tripod weight problems, no matter what the situation is to bring together and mobile wallet.
Tripod out of time must be put on, to overcome the difficulties should bring, unless you never shoot scenery and night, never photographed with his family. Tripod and the head is usually two kilograms, take the train on the plane as baggage, or on the trunk when driving Yuan You do not trouble. .
If you have trouble, you can reach attractions after tripod to stay in the hotel, but of self-driving or by tour bus to car. Why:.
1. . Tripod can be used for self-defense weapon, especially in the poor law and order spots. Premium quality aluminum alloy tripod with head, smashing in Dairen a big hole in the head is no problem;. .
2. Tripod can also make a crutch or pole;.
3. . Facilitate the self-timer and the family photo, so you no longer have teeth. No tripod you can ask someone else does, but often went for a very bad man, not the person is not cut is the key scenes shot in, you hated the side while others have to thank Pei Xiaolian;. .
4. Equator often need to use large depth of field and aperture in General F16 or F8 to F22, and shooting scene must use ISO100 minimum speed, even in the daytime, when shutter speed at 1/10 seconds even slower, no tripod is something;.
5. . For the sunrise, evening and night shooting, no tripod might as well sleep at home, to save waste of time. .
Many promotions are sent to buy camera tripod. The tripod is small and light, a small digital DC self-timer are so-so, digital SLR in the free delivery of the tripod, the wind is shaking, don't use it. The larger the heavier tripod is of course possible, but travel photography is not a Photo Studio Portrait, too heavy a tripod. We need light tripod is carbon (carbon fiber) material of the tripod, followed by aluminum tripod. Carbon tripod is expensive, cheapest to nearly RMB yuan, but a tripod more money's worth. Digital camera and computer, as not worth the two years, but a good tripod can be two to three decades, is still strong, it will not become obsolete. .
I think it's better than good lens tripod is also much more important. Photo especially at night, a few hundred dollars of set of lens (the so-called nugget-doggy lens) in stable tripod with medium aperture to shoot more than a million of the lens with maximum aperture handheld shooting results. Nothing but the best tripod $, dynamic contrast those tens of thousands of cameras, is who is more worth it?.
Tripod and head are generally sold separately. Connecting the tripod head and camera devices, is very important another solid tripod, if the head is poor, as unstable. Therefore, when buying a tripod head should be considered, plus the shelf head tripod is a complete system. .
The following explanation of the polarization filter. In the film era, photographer has to carry large amounts of color filter, such as in yellow, pink, grey gradient, Star-mirror, and so on, so photo vest has many pockets. In the digital age, in addition to all other than the CPL's filter can be used to replace computer post-production. Polarizing microscope from ancient times to the present are shooting scene essential tool that can eliminate the glass and leaves the color of the reflective bittersweet, blue sky, the clouds more and more blue and white, Pat waterfall can also reduce light among the ashes, the flow was smooth.
Another point on the polarizer is very important, if not the same caliber of several shots, we must take several different caliber polarizer. Of course, a polarizing filter can be applied with only a few Ring, Ring writhing, but the trouble, and often make original lens hood adapter ring can not be used. So when buying DSLR camera should think of color filter diameter unity. For Canon digital SLR for Canon, EF17-40, EF24-105 and EF70-200f2. .8 three lens coverage from 17 mm ultra wide-angle to a 200 mm telephoto, filter diameter are 77 mm.
Spare batteries and memory card on which no explanation, of course, the more the better. It is 2008, the domestic prices of digital camera batteries are cabbage, 4G of the SD card is less than 100 yuan, more than buy a few. .
Closing remarks.
I am not the technology is not mad photographic equipment collector, I am more interested in their own photographs, photographic equipment, but my tools. Every time I see pictures of shocked that I was thinking of how I feel with the mind to, and then use the language of the camera shown these feelings, I do not care what he used cameras and lenses, do not care technical data such as aperture and shutter, as I read "Three Kingdoms" does not care about when to use what brush Luo Guanzhong, the Kai or lower case. .
07 years I daocheng and Stockholm is Canon A610, a small DC 500 Megapixel, as I have been many memorable photos. 2008 is a digital camera, now any of maturity an entry-level DSLR used 5 years ago, the standards are wiped out. For equipment, we shouldn't complain.
Whether Ngau Tau nugget, the most important thing is the lens behind the head. If anything, equipment, on landscape photography photographer whether the dedication of a major to see if he always has a medium-sized tripod, is mainly to see the documentary on the Humanities in the toilet when he is too stupid machine with a small. As long as their intentions, what the camera can 拍出好照片. .
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