Amateur looking to take good photos with a bridge camera (really!)
Feb 17, 2018 17:09:07 #
If I missed this my second time reading through the responses, I apologize. F/8 is typically the smallest lens opening for cameras with a small sensor. These sensors have really tiny pixels on the sensor, and as a result start encountering diffraction around F/8. If they provided even smaller apertures, even f/11, there would be a danger that diffraction would reduce sharpness of the image.
Feb 17, 2018 20:37:59 #
Last November while shooting the Ms Senior Universe Pageant in Las Vegas, my newly purchased d7200 began to go south on me. With limited time I struggled with the 7200 and had someone run to my gear case for my 'back up', my d5300. She came running back with my 'Nikon p520, P & S'. (oh crap, I thought) that I had not used in over a year, altho out of habit I charge all batteries before a job. Running out of time, and having lost some expertise with this P&S, I threw it on 'Auto', used the onboard flash and .......
This is just one of many, with equal results, for some reason It won't let me put more images in here .... it is untouched, and of course was edited in post. Later, I got some of the nicest cards from them. The p520 saved my fanny. V
This is just one of many, with equal results, for some reason It won't let me put more images in here .... it is untouched, and of course was edited in post. Later, I got some of the nicest cards from them. The p520 saved my fanny. V
Feb 17, 2018 21:01:16 #
rehess wrote:
If I missed this my second time reading through the responses, I apologize. F/8 is typically the smallest lens opening for cameras with a small sensor. These sensors have really tiny pixels on the sensor, and as a result start encountering diffraction around F/8. If they provided even smaller apertures, even f/11, there would be a danger that diffraction would reduce sharpness of the image.
Cameras with small sensors often provide an internal ND filter to give you effective Fstops down to F16, but the physical aperture is usually limited to F6.5 to F8 for the reasons you cited.
Feb 18, 2018 23:29:17 #
My biggest problem with bridge cameras is the time delay between when you push the button and when it takes the picture and the lag time in between pictures. That was my biggest reason for wanting a DSLR of my old coolpix cameras.
Feb 19, 2018 00:16:07 #
nauticalmike wrote:
My biggest problem with bridge cameras is the time delay between when you push the button and when it takes the picture and the lag time in between pictures. That was my biggest reason for wanting a DSLR of my old coolpix cameras.
Maybe your camera is old and needs to be replaced with a newer model. My first digital camera took one minute to process a picture before I could take another one.
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