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With the arrival of several new digital SLR cameras from Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Polaroid, there’s no better time to buy a digital camera than right now. Digital cameras with optional zoom lenses are getting smaller and lighter, making them a better portable option for vacation and photography enthusiasts than ever before. And there’s no better quality camera line to choose from than Canon Rebel. Canon’s digital SLR cameras are designed both for beginners and seasoned photographers alike, though someone with experience will adapt to this camera and appreciate its features more than the average beginner. So how do you know if you’re a good candidate to buy Canon Rebel cameras or not?

1. If you like quality photographs, you need a Canon Rebel. Sure, you can take pictures with your iPhone, but does it really do your photographs justice? Not hardly.

2. If you like to be in control of your camera and its features: Not only can you play around with white balance, lenses, custom settings, and lighting adjustments, the Rebel line of Canon cameras provide the most comfortable photography experience, according to experienced users.

3. If you like a big preview screen, you need a Canon Rebel. Unlike its Nikon competition, Canon Rebel DSLR cameras come with a 3″ preview screen that lets you preview a shot before you take it, not just after you’ve taken several shots.

4. If you like huge photos, you need a Canon Rebel. Starting at 12.2 Megapixels, this line of Canon cameras delivers high quality photos in huge proportions, allowing you to print even larger prints than ever before.

5. If you want a great overall camera experience: This line of cameras is very user-friendly, even though it’s not necessarily beginner-oriented. It’s a great option to take photos of wildlife, outdoor stills that would ordinarily turn out fuzzy, and even professional model shots of family members in both indoor and outdoor settings.

By: Cameron Connery

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Made in Japan, Canon cameras are designed at the company’s headquarters in Shimomaruko. They are renowned for their quality and offer excellent value for money. What are they like though?

Canon cameras are widely used throughout the profession of photography for taking excellent pictures and stills for magazines, newspapers, and even modern art and are actively endorsed for their consistent ability to create the highest standard of film quality, however challenging the brief.

These cameras are the best choice for photographers at any level, newbie or seasoned, enthusiast or professional, and are available in many varieties starting from compact ultras to digital SLRs (full size). They are usually compared with their group-mates from Panasonic, Sony or Nikon and are so extremely well built while their support is excellent.

With strong roots in the film and sporting world, Canon cameras are a staple at any event where you’re likely to see a group of professional photographers clicking away, their signature white lenses and red rings dominating the sidelines at sporting events worldwide.

So why should you choose a Canon digital camera? A retailer in the UK once said that he could vouch for the fact that these cameras are amongst the hardest to keep in stock due to their popularity, which of course speaks volumes in itself. Also, if you take a look at digital SLR camera reviews, you’ll see that these beauties are typically at or near the top of the ratings charts.

Put all of that together with one of the lowest repair ratios in the business and its easy to see why Canon cameras are always a good choice.

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Thinking of joining the ranks of the greatest photographers of all time? Well, it might be a good idea to check out a few of them and the works they’ve done so you know just what it is you’re up against.

Probably one of the most famous photographers of all time was Ansel Adams. Adams was born In San Francisco California in 1902. He lived in Carmel until he died in 1984. His most popular photo was titled “Moonrise Over Hernandez, 1944″. This is a breathtaking photo showing a beautiful night view and the small town below it. Other famous photos by Adams were “Clearing Winter Storm” and “Winter Sunrise”. Adams did a lot of outdoor photography with some breathtaking views. His most popular photo has about 1000 copies in print. The price range of these photos, depending on condition goes from $5,000 to $175,000 if you can find one.

Moving from outdoor photography of landscapes to nude women on beaches we have the works of Jock Sturges. Sturges was born in the big city of New York in the year 1947. He currently lives in Seattle, Washington. His most popular images, all of beach nudes, are “Misty Dawn 1991″ and “Northern California, 1991″. His prints range in price from $1,000 to $3,000. His most expensive print sold for $4,000.

Herman Leonard was known for taking great photographs of jazz legends. He was born in Allentown, PA in 1923. He currently lives and works in New Orleans. His most popular images are photos of great jazz legends Dexter Gordon, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday. Herman Leonard was one of the more active photographers even when not working at his craft. He often traveled with great entertainers like Marlon Brando, who he hung out with in 1954. His photos range in price from $950 to $5,500.

Another great photographer was Irving Penn who was born in Plainfield, NJ in 1917. Penn was actually known for a number of different styles of photography including fashion photography and provocative life style portraits. His most famous work was “Cuzco Children” which sold for as much as $175,000 at the turn of the century. Penn worked for some of the most popular magazines of our time including Harper’s Bazaar, Saks Fifth Avenue and Vogue Magazine.

Another great photographer, who most people have actually heard of, was the one and only Helmut Newton, who just recently passed away in 2004. He was most known for photos involving fashion and nudes illustrating themes of mass media, glamour, sex and theater. Newton’s work was often categorized as bizarre. He was once quoted as saying “My job as a portrait photographer is to seduce, amuse and entertain”. He most certainly did that better than just about anyone else. His most popular image is “Sie Kommen I, II”. His photographs are in such demand that some go for as much as $400,000 each.

The list of famous photographers goes on, literally forever. So if you are thinking of joining the ranks of these greats and many others, then you’re going to have to work hard at your craft.

Very, very hard.

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Digital SLR comes from digital single lens reflex, which is named this way because of the mirror that sits behind the lens of the camera and sends the light to the viewfinder.

The digital SLR’s are designed in such a way that you can use a lot of different lenses, with different focal lengths. This versatility is the reason why digital SLR cameras are so popular among professionals. When you’re using a camera that is not a SLR, you need to match the angle of the viewing lens with the angle of view. If you’re doing short-range zoom or you have a fixed lens, then it’s OK, but at different focal lengths it can be much more difficult. The SLR is better because the viewing and taking lens are the same.

While entry level digital SLR cameras don’t always have Live View, advanced models usually do, and they let you compose the photos just like you do with a snapshot camera. The basic models will lock the mirror, and the prism will divert the image towards a sensor that is small. Then, instead of sending it to a capture sensor, it will be sent to the LCD screen, which can take down the performance a bit. If you’re getting an older model you might need to focus on the image manually when you are in Live View, though contrast autofocus is available in newer digital cameras.

Digital SLR Camera Types

Digital SLR With Interchangeable-lens

These models are those considered as SLR’s by most people. They’re also the ones that we’ll be talking about in this article. Just like the name says, in these SLR cameras you can change their lenses. This way you’re able to switch from a supertelephoto lens to an ultra wide angle.

Examples: Basically, most digital SLR cameras that are sold today belong to this type.

Digital SLR With Fixed Lens

On these digital SLR’s, the versatility is limited by the fact that you can’t change the default lens. The mirror that bounces the light towards the viewfinder is nonmoving and semi-transparent in most of these models.

One example of a camera with fixed lens is the Olympus E-20N

Camera similar to SLR’s

Cameras that look like digital SLR cameras are usually digicams that have either an optical finder or a small LCD. You can’t consider them as digital SLR cameras since the mirror is missing, and the quality of the photos isn’t even close to what you can do with a true SLR. Usually, this type of camera has a very long zoom, and another name for them is magazooms or ZLRs.

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