April 2007 Archives

Dave asks,

Does the speed of memory make your camera shoot faster?

It depends on your camera. Faster memory allows your camera to write an image to the memory card faster. If your camera can take advantage of the faster memory, it will take less time to be ready for the next shot.

Trevor asks,

In your honest opinion is there much of a difference between manufacturers of digital SLR cameras?  Is it better to look only at the two biggest being Canon and Nikon or are the other ones worthy of a look too like Olympus and Sony?

As usual in photography, it depends :)  While Canon and Nikon dominate the professional DSLR market, other manufactuers including Fuji, Leica, Olympus, Pentax, and Sony have some nice products.  If you are looking to buy a camera and one lens for recreational photograhy, all of them are worth of consideration.

Gabrielle asks,

I always thought my pictures were pretty sharp, well up until I saw some pictures from other photographers. My photos all of a sudden don't look so sharp anymore. What does a really sharp picture really look like? And I mean without Photoshop edits. I know I'll end up editing in Photoshop, but I really would love to know what I am capable without edits.

Image sharpness is a very common issue among digital photographers.