Archive for June, 2009

Olympus – From Microscopes To Digital Cameras And Video Recorders

In 1919, Olympus was known for its advanced technology that went from its first microscope, the Asahi, to the cameras, digital players, and voice recorders of today.
Founded originally under the name of TakachihoSeisakusho, the name Olympus has now also become synonymous with top of the line voice recorders and accessories for the consummate businessman [...]

Understanding What the Anti Dust Feature is in Digital Slr Cameras

digital cameras use a sensor known as CCD in order to convert light energy to pixels. Dust that accumulates on the CCD can result in black pixels or imperfections in the photo as it blocks light energy from hitting parts of the CCD. We will go over a few solutions for eliminating dust on the [...]

8 Tips for Protecting a Digital Camera’s Memory Card

It’s Monday evening, you’ve made it through the first day back into your routine after a much needed and memorable vacation. You pull out the memory card from your digital camera thinking you’ll download the photographs that record the spectacular sights, reunions with seldom seen loved ones, and memorable events that you experienced in the [...]

Digital Cameras That Kick it Up a Notch

In an age when printers often act as copier, fax machine, and scanner and cell phones are not content to simply communicate, it would seem passé for a digital camera to rest on its laurels simply capturing and editing great images. With the challenge laid down, the digital camera has stepped up in the form [...]

Auto and Manual Focus Modes in Digital Cameras

One of the important phases of shooting a good photo is focusing on the photo’s objects. Photos that are out of focus look bad and blurry. Sometimes shooting out of focus objects is done on purpose as an artistic effect but in most cases a sharp focused object is the photographer goal.
Most low-end pocket digital [...]

How much per hour should I charge as an art photography model?

This would be work with individual photographers. It would be a friends-of-friends type situation, not very formal, no contract probably, and I doubt they'd know what to pay anymore than I'd know what to charge. Does anyone have an idea of an appropriate basic per-hour fee? This will be in Japan, by the way, if [...]

How Digital Cameras Work: Vital Information you Must Know Before you Buy

Digital cameras are basically the same as film cameras in their handling. They both have a lens to focus the specific image, a shutter to let light inside the camera, and an aperture to control the amount of light which enters the camera.
The differences between digital and traditional photography happen to be after the light [...]

Do you consider photography to be an art?

A few of my friends and I are interested and do photography, fine art and hobby stuff. We would all like to go to an art school to expand our skills in this, but our art teacher claims that photography is not a real art. What are your views?
photography is very much an art form. [...]

Digital Cameras From The New Electronic Era

There is a wide variety of digital cameras on the international market and almost every month there are new releases. Olympus is a well known producer and a well imposed brand on the market. In January 2007 Olympus released a new model, the SP-55OUZ, which seems to be the prodigy of this line, being a [...]

what kind of job can a person who likes photography, art, and history get that pays well?

hello i love photography, art, and history. i want to get a job envolving all these subjects but i know that most jobs involving these things don't pay well, so does anyone have any ideas.
Practically speaking, I think your best bet is to get a terminal degree (that is the highest degree available for your [...]