Editor's Note: I have given myself a couple of weeks of vacation (soon I will upload testimony photos to my Flickr gallery). At the moment, I leave you with an article from the archive about some of the "hoaxes" with which camera manufacturers try to trick the small buyer. When you want to buy a camera many people wonder what functions or features they should take into account when comparing a camera. People get lost with the complicated terminology of the cameras and what they are looking for is a camera that helps them get good photos and is well priced. Point. However, every camera brings some features / functions that in my humble opinion DO NOT SERVE FOR ANYTHING (I know this phrase will raise controversial hehehe) and the only thing they get is that we pay a MORE PRICE PRICE for useless functions. Do you want to find out what they are?
4 BIG DECEPTIONS OF DIGITAL CAMERA MANUFACTURERS
THE DECEPTION OF MEGAPIXELS
Many megapixels do not necessarily mean better quality. The megapixels serve to keep the photo in good quality even if it is going to be printed in a large format. Therefore, it is true that the larger the size in which we are going to print the photo, the greater the number of megapixels we will need. Ok, but to tell the truth, most digital cameras today have a megapixel number more than enough for the use and printing that a particular person might need. 8 megapixels are more than enough, 10 megapixels fulfill the function to spare. What do I want a 28 megapixel camera for? In case I am going to print the photo on a giant poster that I will hang on huge advertising panels? If that were the case, yes, it would be convenient to have many megapixels, otherwise 8 megapixels, The megapixels therefore is nothing more than a fool that manufacturers use to make us pay more. As long as you have an 8 megapixel camera in your hands, it will be enough. If the camera brings more megapixels but for the same price, great, but never pay a more expensive price just for having more pixels.THE "INTERPOLATED" MEGAPIXELS
This is another hoax of the camera manufacturers. This time the deception is worse. This is the interpolated megapixels, which means that the camera has "real" megapixels, for example 10, but in addition to that the camera is able to "force" those 10 megapixels to make them appear more. This is another nonsense because what really matters with respect to megapixels is how many REAL megapixels the camera has, and as we have seen in the previous point even this is not so relevant from a given moment, but forced or “interpolated” megapixels that does NOT SERVE ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING, because there the camera only enlarges the photo "imagining" more megapixels sacrificing in it the quality of the photo.DIGITAL ZOOM
In photography, the only zoom that matters is the optical, the real zoom. Apart from the optical zoom, there is what is called digital zoom, which utility does not have any. At most the digital zoom all it does is enlarge the image, causing it to lose sharpness and quality. For that it is better to take the picture and then enlarge it on the computer afterwards. Those of you who are going to buy a DSLR camera will never have this problem because in the SLR cameras the only zoom there is is that of the lens and this is totally optical.ISO SENSITIVITY
In principle the ISO sensitivity of a camera helps to capture photos in low light conditions (for example a sunset, or a corner with very low light). In this type of cases it is recommended to raise the camera's ISO value and normally we would see, as if by magic, how the photo comes out brighter. When we have enough light, we usually leave the ISO at a low value (such as 100 for example) or automatic. When we see that there is less light, we raise it to a slightly higher value, for example 200. If the conditions are very dark, we may have to raise it a little more, 400 for example. The problem arises because, the more we raise the ISO value, the more noise comes out in the photo. This is so. No camera has managed to offer high ISO values ??today without their being accompanied by a noise that totally spoils the photo. Therefore, it happens as with megapixels: we need to have a minimum of ISO in the camera, but it is not essential to reach very high ISO numbers, basically because we will never use them, shooting at extremely high ISOs will make our photo come out full of noise On the other hand, for something we have flash in the camera. This will always be responsible for illuminating our frames and make us not need to resort to ISO almost ever. Another solution is to shoot at a slower firing speed, open the diaphragm. Anyway, to capture light solutions are not lacking, but do not be fooled by the ISO scam (unless you are shown with photos-proof shots at extremely high ISOs without any noise).MORAL
Do not get obsessed with the benefits of the camera. A good photo is not made by the camera, you make it. If you liked this article, share it with your friends. It may be good for someone who is about to buy a camera