Digital Camera Techniques

The best photographs start with proper attention behind the camera before you take them. Jon Tarrant shows you how to achieve this by explaining how digital cameras work to achieve professional-looking results without having to resort to image manipulation on a computer.

The book explains all the basics of digital cameras: their anatomy; an outline of broad classes, indicated by price bands and features offered; and a comparison with existing families of film cameras is included as a useful guide to newcomers. He also provides a buyer's guide pointing out features to look for on a digital camera before you make your purchase.

Coverage includes detail on lenses, exposure basics, "correct" exposure, using flash, the chip and the implications of this "restriction", image quality and retaining this quality, as well as discussion of the difficulties of digital cameras and sections on specific types of photography with digital cameras. The book also offers coverage of printing, storage and filing, the Internet as a medium of images, picture software and digital enhancement, always keeping the emphasis on the fact that the most important consideration is how you take the photographs and the vision you had then and knowing when to stop tinkering with your image.