The price of digital camera technology continues to fall especially within the “consumer” models and products. Meanwhile the capabilities and picture quality of even pocket cameras continues to impress. Just a hundred bucks or so gets you something worth toting around whether over to the beach or away on vacation. Over the last week I spotted an interesting offer from Nikon for those with an interest in DSLRs. Basically for $350.00 you can step into a refurbished body and lens along with a few key accessories. The perfect starter or even backup kit. As usual Canon continues to push the offerings in their Powershot line with prices cracking the eighty dollar level. I’d consider something like that as a great kids’s gift. People often ask me where I shop and the answer is usually B&H but I also keep an eye on these manufacturer specials.
This Week’s Photography Tip:
Use your aperture setting to nicely reduce depth of field. Wildflower at f5.6 by Gordon Campbell www.swfloutdoorphotography.com.
A question came in along the lines of “making the background blurry.” On the polar extremes there is a noticeable by product of both your speed and aperture settings and that’s the essence here. In addressing this case, widening your aperture (small number, big hole) let’s in more light and nicely throws the background out of focus. Known as reduced depth of field. While portrait photographers have practiced this for decades it also applies to wildlife and nature photography.
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