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Position:Home>Visual Arts> SLR versus other digital cams?Question: SLR versus other digital cams!? Can I take a picture like this with a Canon S5IS!?
http://flickr!.com/photos/x_therumor/ I really want to start taking some professional-looking photos but don't have the money to invest in a $400+ camera, and the SLRs are kinda bulky for me!. Would I be able to use a camera like the S5IS (or anything like that) to take photos like this!? By the way, the photographer from the above pic says he uses a Nikon D40 (too expensive for me :/ ) Thanks in advance!Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: A digital SLR gives you a lot more control than a point and shoot camera!. Point and shoot cameras have built in lenses, so they don't really offer you much versatility when you're shooting different things, while with dSLR cameras you have the choice of using different lenses for different situations!. But the Canon S5 IS is a little more advanced than most point and shoot cameras, so as long as you can master all the controls, you'll be able to take great photos!. I was looking around on Flickr, and I saw that quite a few people were able to capture water droplets with the Canon S5 IS!. You can see for yourself here: http://flickr!.com/search/!?q=canon%20s5%2!.!.!. Hope this helps! :) By the way, word!.- I didn't manipulate my photos in Photoshop, I just used Adobe Lightroom to make changes in contrast, levels, and a few more things!. Photoshop won't fix a bad photo!. :]Www@QuestionHome@Com The short answer is no!. It is not practical!. Getting that short focus requires a DSLR!. See how everything is out of focus except the water and the very front of the faucet!? That effect is the hallmark of a fast lens set at a large aperture - very difficult for a pocket camera! Professional photos, generally but not always, require a DSLR!. The DSLR is the right tool for many photography jobs!. A pocket camera is not nearly as versatile!. Pocket cameras have their place and it is possible to make a professional image with one - within the limits of the tool!. Most, but not everyone, who does photography for their living is going to have an SLR, and many will have a DSLR!. The guys that shoot Sports Illustrated or Architectural Digest - not gonna do that with a pocket camera!.Www@QuestionHome@Com the S5IS is one of the advanced point and shoots, the dslr like!. im pretty sure you can take some really nice photos with that camera (to the point i think you'd be satisfied with it), and there should be much room for creative control with it!. plus some of those pictures look pretty manipulated (photoshop im guessing)!. so you could probably do that too!. just remember, in the end, getting a flashy camera will not guarantee you "professional looking shots",its you not the camera!. I have never used this camera before, you can go on flickr!.com and search for pictures by cameras!. then you can take a look for yourself: http://flickr!.com/cameras/canon/powersho!.!.!. edit: i completely forgot, person above me is right, there is shutter lag on p & s cameras!. and hes right, if you are going to spend that much, might aswell go dsrl!?Www@QuestionHome@Com Did you see the remark, that out of 100 shots taken that was the ONE that they wanted!. This pic was taken with a flash I expect, that would freeze the movement, You could take them same but do you want to take maybe 150 pics for the sake of keeping ONE good one!? There is a mistaken belief in many amateurs that to take marvellous pics they need to spend lots of money!. Not So!. As long as the camera has a high pixel rating and a reasonable lens you can take good pics!. The taking is in the MIND of the photographer!. There was in the U!.K!. in the 1930s a newspaper man who took his own pics for his reporting!. What did he use!? A Box Brownie!. I have seen in one of the photography magazines some years back a copy of a pic he took of the Queen Mary's maiden voyage departure from the U!.K!. it was good enough to be published by his paper editor!. The craft there lay in the developing and printing, my advice is - - - Just keep on trying!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Most point and shoots have too much lag time, so I doubt you could get a shot like that unless very lucky!. Why not look for a used DSLR!? One from a camera store who offers a warranty on what they sell!.Www@QuestionHome@Com For creative photography it has to be a DSLR, they're just so adaptable!. ChrisWww@QuestionHome@Com If you are looking for image quality in a picture that you can enlarge, you will be disappointed in the S5-IS!. If all of your composition is PERFECT so that you do not have to crop, you might be satisfied with a full frame 8x10 for some subjects, but no more than that!. The sensor in that camera is TINY and so image quality suffers!. If you have ruled out a digital SLR for price or film SLR for bulk (and ultimate expense for film and processing), you should look for a large sensor point and shoot!. I have chosen the Canon Powershot SD950-IS ($335) as my personal pocket camera!. The sensor is about twice as large as the one in the S5-IS!. You can judge the image quality for yourself: http://www!.flickr!.com/photos/samfeinstei!.!.!. See: http://www!.bhphotovideo!.com/c/product/51!.!.!. The Canon A650-IS ($300) has the same sensor and a few more features, including manual controls, but it's a bit bigger!. It's about the same size as the S5-IS, though!. http://www!.bhphotovideo!.com/c/product/51!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |