I am always entertained by the way magazines and websites come up with a completely arbitrary number of things you must, must not do or in fact anything at all in life. How about 17 Of The Most Important Babies With Eyebrows as found within 30 seconds on Buzz Feed?
Anyway Digital Camera World is a good site not withstanding their obsession with numbers and I don’t mean f numbers, ISO numbers, shutter speed numbers or the very confusing way camera manufacturers number their cameras so here is a list of problems you may never have known you had……
As well as being one of the most expensive hobbies around, photography is also one of the more technical pastimes you can pursue. But it doesn’t have to be confusing!
We’ve spoken to numerous experts over the years, as well as photographers like you, who may either be just starting out or have been taking pictures for a while but keep encountering the same nagging problem.
From all our conversations, we’ve noticed some common photography problems that seem to plague snappers of all ages and abilities.
Below, we’ve put together 99 of the most common photography problems and offered solutions to get round them, so you never have to be in doubt ever again!
We’ve offered a mix of camera tips, explanations, definitions and more to help answer your questions. And we’ve also provided links, where appropriate, to some of our photography tutorials covering these problems in more depth.
Finally, if you have a nagging photography problem and we didn’t cover it… let us know!
Here is problem number one
Problem No. 1: I want to invest in a really good DSLR, but I’m torn between the full-frame and APS-C sensor sizes. What are the pros and cons of each?
A full-frame camera uses a sensor that’s the same size as a frame of 35mm film. APS-C cameras have a smaller sensor based on the size of an Advanced Photographic System film frame. Your choice depends on what type of photography you’re into.
At any equivalent or effective focal length, larger sensors will give you a smaller depth of field – the depth of apparent sharpness in a picture. As a result, the full-frame sensor size is ideal for portraiture, where you want to use a wide aperture to blur the background and make main subjects stand out (to learn more, see Full frame DSLR: do you really need one?).
The flip side is that APS-C cameras can be more useful than full-frame models when you want a large depth of field. If you’re shooting landscapes and want to keep the foreground as well as the horizon in focus, for instance, this can be difficult on a full-frame camera unless you use extremely small lens apertures, which can mean slow shutter speeds (click here for more quick, but great, landscape photography tips).
For sports photography, a top-end APS-C camera such as the Canon EOS 7D or Nikon D300s is a better choice, especially if you’re on a budget. This is because the crop factor gives you a longer effective focal length.
For example, a relatively lightweight 70-300mm zoom lens will give an effective maximum telephoto reach of 480mm on a Canon camera body and 450mm on a Nikon, Pentax and Sony.
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