Canon Vs Nikon - Digital Slr Camera Comparison

It is imperative to understand the technology of Dslr cameras before contrasting the differences between to models.

Compare digital Slr cameras of Canon and Nikon

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These are not just simple 'point and shoot' units. The Dslr, short for Digital single Lens reflex gives users the quality to make the photograph turn out the exact same as what is seen through the eye lens, or viewfinder.

Canon Vs Nikon - Digital Slr Camera Comparison

In the 'point and shoot' units, the scene depicted in the viewfinder is not the same as what come through the customary lens. The viewfinder quantum is not indicate of final product in customary digital cameras. Therefore, in the Dslr cameras, the images are the same. Therefore, the photo taker will be able to take a photograph that will turn out the same as what is seen through the viewfinder. This visualization makes photograph taking much easier and more accurate.

There are three basic categories for both Canon and Nikon for Slr digital categories. Beginning with the amateur level machines, the Canon Rebel Xs (1000D) and also the Nikon D60 fall into that category. There are many differences between the Rebel Xs and Nikon D60. If you have older Canon lenses you want to use with it, the Nikon D60 will work with most of them; while the older Nikon lenses may not work with the Nikon D60.

The next kind of these cameras is for more pro use. These are normally larger and more expensive. They wish some expertise to use effectively. Cameras that fall into this kind are the Canon Rebel T1i 500D as well as the Nikon D 5000. The Canon Rebel T1i and the D5000 are nothing else but very similar in their capabilities; although the Iso range varies. The D5000 range is 100-6400 while the T1i has a larger range of 100-12800.

Finally, there is other kind to compare digital Slr cameras. They fuse together some of the features from each of the former categories. These can be used by amateur photographers who want to take more pro quality pictures. In this category, the Nikon D300 and Canon 50D would meet those needs. These are both nothing else but good cameras and are approximately selfsame in their features. There are a few subtle differences; the Canon is nothing else but lighter at 29 oz than the Nikon at 32.6 oz. Also, the Iso range is slightly different; the Canon Iso boasts 100-12800 where the Nikon range is 100-6400.

Canon Vs Nikon - Digital Slr Camera Comparison

Adobe Cs5 and Camera Raw, an Introduction

It's not unusual in our data highway, industrial community for technology to blend into brand names so you may associate 'Camera Raw' with Adobe as an Adobe application.

If you look up 'camera raw' in Wikipedia, it begins: "A raw image file contains minimally processed data from the image sensor of whether a digital camera, image, or motion photo film scanner."

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Technically, camera raw is a digital negative just like film negative was the unfiltered unaltered image. I like to think of camera raw in reverse. We have grand photographic tools available to us, 'point and shoot' cameras, camcorders, Slr cameras and they all have settings designed for most life situations such as light and dark, motion, and portrait. It is great to have cameras that help us take expert shots but... What if you don't like the preset setting your camera is using, what if you want more shadow on your field and less light. Perhaps you want the tree next to your field to be as much of the focus determination as your subject. For these and many more reasons, having raw quality simply gives you more choices and operate over your final image.

Adobe Cs5 and Camera Raw, an Introduction

A raw image is the unaltered image and I like to think of it as a pure image that hasn't been adjusted by your camera settings. Adobe does have a camera raw editor and it is specifically for editing raw images. It comes with the latest Adobe release, Cs5 and was available in the Bridge application of Cs4.

Before you introduce yourself to the camera raw application, it is most important that your camera has a 'raw' setting and can even take raw pictures. Most Slr's do have this quality but make sure! You can't use raw software if you didn't get a raw image in the first place.

I will be working with Canon Rebel T1i and it provides an selection to take both a jpeg and raw image at the same time. This is particularly useful to compare the exact same shot, with everything exactly the same except the recorded medium. Using the two versions of the same shot, you can begin to search for what the camera raw editor provides and how you can begin to learn it's capabilities. Adobe's camera raw editor is designed with the adjustments presented in the order in which you will typically pick in the steps of evaluating your image.

We'll learn more about the editor features and how they can help enhance your final image but be sure you have a camera raw quality and you'll find it very useful if your camera provides the selection to yield a filtered (jpeg) and raw version of the same shot.

Adobe Cs5 and Camera Raw, an Introduction