Monday, March 8, 2010

Photo Challenge Day 25: Miniature

Miniature - A representation or image of something on a small scale; a breed of dog; anything you would consider miniature will work for this challenge. However, be creative and have your people vote!

Daily Photo Tip: Digital Sensor Size - In the world of digital photography, bigger IS better when it comes to the sensor size. When shopping for a digital camera, do some research on digital sensors. Generally point and shoot digital cameras will be manufactured with around the same size sensor, which are much smaller than a DSLR camera. If you want a quality image, you also should want a good megapixel per digital sensor area. When you push the shutter release button, the image that was in the viewfinder, is now arranged in many different pixels on the digital sensor. Keep in mind also, the greater the megapixel count the larger the sensor should be! Each pixel is developed by the amount of light exposure brought in by the camera settings. If you buy a camera with a small sensor perhaps built for 8 megapixels and it is really 12 megapixels, they just squished an extra 4 megapixels into the sensor to up-sell the product. The image quality may not be noticeable to the untrained eye, but most often the 8 megapixel sensor will out perform the 12 megapixel sensor of the same size because more light was able to touch each of the 8 megapixels vs. the 12. Obviously the larger the sensor, the more you are going to pay! Next time you are at the local camera shop, ask the dealer to show you the difference between a point and shoot sensor and a DSLR sensor...it's astonishing!

#1 - Nettie - West Jordan, Utah - Miniature Pumpkins

#2 - Josh Spray - Heber, Utah - Mini Palms



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