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Waldmensch70
1 year ago

Digital = The image is recorded electronically with a sensor and stored on a memory card.

→ The opposite would be “Analog” and refers to cameras that record the images on a film that you need to develop.

Mirror reflex camera = There are both digital and analogue. “mirror reflex” means that the image in the seeker (with a mirror that reflects it there, therefore “mirror reflex”) comes directly from the objective with which the image is also recorded later (in the triggering). Thus, one sees exactly what the sensor or the film negative also gets to see.

→ The opposite would be a “searcher camera” where one does not look through the lens with which it is also recorded, but by a separate seeker who does not always show exactly the picture as it is later also on the film/sensor.
This has become overtaken by the use of electronic searchers (which also get the picture without mirror etc. directly from the sensor) a bit far as a distinctive feature.

Would just like to shoot beautiful photos

This depends on the person who controls the camera, not on the camera.

Waldmensch70
1 year ago
Reply to  DarkGun18

You can’t say that.

If you buy a camera and use the same as the phone only in fully automatic mode, you will receive the same images in principle. If you really want to make good pictures, you need to familiarize yourself with the technology of a camera. This means you need to know about things like glare, exposure time, ISO, focal length etc. And then it doesn’t matter what camera you take exactly. If Su buys a better camera where you can set these things yourself, then they are usually good enough nowadays.

Waldmensch70
1 year ago

An important addition:

Thank you. 👍

SirKermit
1 year ago

An important addition: Modern smartphones have a much more extensive software for internal image processing as a camera. This cannot and do not want to afford them, the image processing is typically done outside on a PC. The internal edits to create a jpg are also nice, but do not get to a smartphone. They’re cute.

Uneternal
1 year ago

That you have with you.

Uneternal
1 year ago

Well, you won’t shoot good pictures first. If you want to practice how to make good pictures, you have to kneel in. That’s the phone.

fanclub75
1 year ago

“beautiful” photos can be made with any camera, because every modern is only well exposed. for “beautiful pictures” is always the person behind the camera. a “motivklingel” for particularly beautiful photos do not have even profi cameras.

in the case of a mirror reflex, you always see exactly the picture in the searcher, which is also on the photos afterwards. but that also make today system cameras with display; mirror reflex will be extinct in a few years. they are all digital.

Buy a so-called “bridge camera” and simply do with the manual settings so that you learn to deal with dazzle, exposure time, deep sharpness, bokeh etc.

noname68
1 year ago
Reply to  DarkGun18

add a well-preserved, used model of one of the big manufacturers, bad models there is not. only more or less extensively equipped or with large or small zoom range.

https://www.vergleich.org/bridgekamera/?gid=CjwKCAjw67ajBhAVEiwA2g_jEOURfopuDDcvJmAHN8eMt8sZCwOp1-8rLWzWa0BwlYd7ijOHeLCEAxoCGBAQAvD_BwE&utm_source=google

miezepussi
1 year ago
Reply to  DarkGun18

use your phone. The bridge will not make any better pictures in your knowledge.

Uneternal
1 year ago

So first of all, no camera makes you a good photographer from today to tomorrow. If you don’t get good photos with the phone, they won’t get much better with the camera either. Buying a piano doesn’t make you a pianist for a long time, first you have to practice for a long time.

Digital camera = actually the epitome for all electronic cameras but is often used for compact digital cameras. You can see the finished image of the sensor before you press it on a screen. Compact digital cameras are as the name says space-saving and have only one screen, but no viewfinder. Many compact digital cameras do not have a larger sensor than a mobile phone.

Digital mirror reflex (DSLR) = You look through the viewfinder and through a mirror directly through the lens – the image is only made when you press and you see the finished image on the screen. In most cases, mirror reflex cameras have a larger sensor than digital cameras and therefore better image quality.

And then there is mirrorless system cameras (DSLM), instead of a mirror, you look through the viewfinder on a monitor. This brings the advantage that the camera is smaller than a DSLR because the mirror can fall away. These more modern cameras also often have tools such as automatic facial and eye recognition.

Uneternal
1 year ago
Reply to  DarkGun18

I’d advise you to deal with your phone first. Digital camera brings you quality nix out of nem optical zoom. Maybe you can see if your phone offers a pro mode or RAW can make pictures and learn how to use them.

Uneternal
1 year ago

Can do it, but I can tell you that the nix eats when it costs less than 200€.

habakuk63
1 year ago

I gave this answer a long time ago, so Copy&Paste.

You can take JEDE camera of the last 10 years as a beginner, which has all needed more potential than a beginner. Nothing really talks about a used camera from a dealer.

At Nikon I find the D3300 as a very good starter model because Nikon also uses good image sensors here. There is good and cheap as used camera, with lens.

In principle, there are two types of system cameras which enable the use of alternating lenses, which are provided with folding mirrors (DSLR, i.e. mirror reflection cameras) or DSLM, mirrorless (i.e. mirrorless system cameras).

The mirror is no longer state of the art but has a huge advantage, you immediately see 1:1 without intermediate electronics and without any conversion the motif.

The drawbacks of the mirror are the significantly larger design and the higher weight, because nix is small, handy, inconspicuous and “plug into the jacket pocket”.

The disadvantages of a DSLR are at the same time the advantages of a DSLM. But, as the image IMMER needs a monitor, either the back display or the small viewfinder, the battery life is significantly lower.

A further disadvantage is the still quite limited number of available lenses, but this disadvantage is reduced from year to year. Unfortunately, the lenses for DSLM cameras are also more expensive, simply because the supply and demand is still manageable.

You should go to a photo shop and give you detailed advice, which takes a few hours and can only be made to 0.2% in the forum. Name your budget and take different models in hand, question specifically also for used cameras. It protects your wallet, takes nothing from your possibilities and in no later than a year the photo world looks different.

Two more tips, give more money for good lenses than for the camera and the camera that is best in your hand, which is sympathetic to you, you buy.

A bridge camera is also worth considering, because the lens is already permanently installed and you have all the options open for entry.

If it is possible for you to clarify the following questions before purchase.

Which motifs are to be photographed (Portrait, Landscape, Architecture, Macro, Sport, Event, Street scenes or wild animals)?

What light or lighting situations do you want to photograph (beautiful weather, without lightning, dusk or night photos)?

How much money do you want or can you spend all the time, because maybe a camera and a change lens is just the entry?

May it also become bigger and heavier or are there weight limitations?

Because there is no camera that can do everything well and is well suited for everything and not so expensive should be well researched and weighed before buying.

To 1: A full-format camera is very suitable for portrait, landscape and architecture photography. They are much more expensive and the lenses are unfortunately also. For sport, event and wildlife photography, a smaller sensor is advantageous because the image angle is smaller and therefore the motis is apparently closer.

To 2: Beautiful weather can all cameras, at dusk and night shots without lightning is a big sensor and a good sensor (with low noise) in the advantage, but also here, power costs money. A low-cost entry would be possible with a Nikon D3xxx because Nikon also installed good sensors in the entry-level models.

To 3: A system camera (with interchangeable lenses) needs changeable lenses for the development of its potential and the good cost at least as much as the camera, since several thousand euros are quickly spent. For entry, a digital mirror reflection would be cheaper than the DSLM models of manufacturers. The future is clearly DSLM, but the costs are still very high (more than 1,000€ only for the camera is normal).

To 4: System camera equipment quickly weighs many kilos, just if it should be full format. The camera is the smallest part of it, but each lens comes quickly to 1000Gramm and also over it. Here a bridge camera would be an alternative because a good lens with a large zoom (large focal length range) is often installed and macro is often possible.

In general, you should not buy a camera that you didn’t have beforehand. The feeling in the hand and the “handling” is more important than X percent of any laboratory values. The camera must be good in your hand, you must be able to reach all controls well, the weight must be correct (too heavy or too light is doof and quickly spoil the fun) and the size must fit (also here is too big or too small bad).

You get used to the respective operation and menu structure within a week no matter which manufacturer, but 100Gramm wrong weight always stay bad!

For four-digit Canon models, I always advise because these models have been mercilessly optimised to an affordable price, so the equipment is splashed and the components used are below average. As soon as the motifs become more demanding, counter-light shots, fast movement of the motif, high contrast range of the motif or little light, these models are at the end and the photographer has to upgrade, then rather invest a little more money.

I hope this longer answer will help you find your camera and I wish you a lot of fun with the hobby, no matter what camera.

Biberchen
1 year ago

a mirror reflex camera can be a digital camera!

miezepussi
1 year ago
Reply to  DarkGun18

All brand DSLR are good.

work with the image structure, such as the third rule