I have a Panasonic TZ3, a point and shoot camera, but I find that the photo color of my plants and flowers appears "washed". Would a digital SLR camera give a more colorful photo and if so, why?
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Answer by selina_555
Yes and no. The bigger sensor as well as the better optics in a DSLR can and do give better results.
However, it still VERY VERY much depends on the person behind the camera.
You can put a fantastic professional camera in the wrong hands, and it will take lousy photos. A good photographer, on the other hand, can coax great photos out of even the simplest cameras.
Attend a class, borrow a few books on photography and read/ watch a bunch of online tutorials and you will learn a lot.
With some knowledge, you will take much better photos and you will know how to overcome (or at least realize) whatever limitations your camera has.
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I agree with Selena up there on this.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest factor in great pictures is the photographer not the camera. A good photographer knows their equipment and knows what it will and will not do, using them to their advantage to get the great shots.
You can use a camera's weakness to your advantage if you know what it is.
Me personally, I use both types of cameras depending on what I am doing.
Point & shoot are great for all around quick picture taking where you don't have a lot of time to compose the shot. An SLR is great for times when you have a little more time to compose the shot and want a better quality picture.
As for your point & shoot giving a "washed" appearance. You could try playing around with some of the settings in the camera and see if it helps, but I bet it won't help a lot. Panasonic just isn't a camera manufacturer.
When looking for a camera, I look at the optics first. Good quality optics are what makes the picture. I always ignore the digital zoom, too. It is useless.
Selina is right.DSLR's are nearly 15 times larger than the sensors on point and shoot cameras. Therefore the pixels are 15 times larger. Larger pixels deliver better detail and less noise than smaller ones.The image quality of even the cheapest DSLR will be far greater than even the best point and shoot cause DSLR's have much better optics, much larger sensors, better faster processors.
ReplyDeleteHowever it depend on user.
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In the right hands, yes a DSLR will give better results than the most sophisticated compact digicam. However, the old adage "Its not the camera, its the photographer" still applies.
ReplyDeleteDo the colors appear "washed out" on your monitor or in prints? If they look bad on your monitor its probably caused by a lack of calibration. If they look bad as prints then its probably a camera issue.
I really think you need to sit down and READ & STUDY the Owner's Manual for your TZ3 and learn how to use it to its fullest capability. You may have something set wrong and not even know it.
If, however, you have fully mastered the TZ3 then you might want to consider a DSLR. Don't limit yourself to just Canon and Nikon. Look at the offerings from Sony and Pentax as well. Sony and Pentax have their respective versions of Image Stabilization (IS) in the camera body. Any lens used will thus have the IS advantage. Nikon and Canon have their vesions of IS in some of their lenses but not all of them.
The learning curve for a DSLR will be much longer so plan on seriously READING & STUDYING the Owner's Manual for whatever DSLR you buy.