March 2008
Beginner
230 pages
7h 45m
English
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PROS AND CONS OF A DSLR
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When shopping for a lens for your DSLR, keep in mind that you might have to factor
image magnification into the equation. e Canon 40D, for example, has a 1.6X image
magnification, which means that a 17–85mm zoom lens will become a 27–136mm lens
when mounted on the 40D.
BUYING TIP ▼
e first lens for your DSLR should be one made by the same manufacturer that built
your camera. is will help you set the standards for performance and reliability.
Down the road, you can experiment with third-party lenses.
Finally, always keep portability in mind when lens shopping. You can spend hundreds
or even thousands of dollars on a wide-aperture lens with an impressive zoom range,
but if it’s too heavy to cart around or it won’t fit in your camera bag, you’ve defeated
your primary purpose: to buy a lens that you like to shoot with and will have with you
when you need it.
Electronic Flashes
Most compact-camera shooters, and even many advanced amateurs, live and die by the
flashes that are built into their cameras. As you get more serious about your photogra-
phy, you should consider using at least one external flash unit.
e most basic application is mounting a single flash in the hotshoe of your DSLR. (We’ll
discuss hotshoe in more detail later in this chapter.) is alone will improve your shots,
because you will have moved the light source (the flash) far ...
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