I like to walk a distance of a few subway stations at Yonge Street and carry a small camera, Sony T10. Sony T10 digital camera (bought in 2006) has 3x optical steady shoot zoom (38mm-to-114mm-equivalent, f/3.5-to-f/4.3 Carl Zeiss lens) 7.2 mega pixel ccd sensor. Though this camera is kind of outdated, but it still takes good quality picture. Along Yonge Street, there are many interesting and beautiful scenes for picture taking. Carrying a small digital camera gives me the convenience of portability and opportunity to catch this moment of interest. Every time using a camera, I think of George Eastman how he and Kodak made picture taking so simple, especially the digital camera. Imagine, if George Eastman and his Kodak company (Click here for Kodak's History) has never invented the digital camera or the portable film camera/film, we may not able to look back to see the past recorded by so many pictures, photography and movies. It is a pity to see Kodak winding down.
My 2006 vintage Sony T10 Digital Camera
Here are some of the pictures took with this camera today and a few days ago.
Saw this Piano near Mel Lastman square and North York subway station
A supermarket Near North York Subway Station
Near Finch Subway Station
North York Library (Yonge Street) Photo books
New residential high rise building under construction near Finch subway station
On the right is a popular place for bubble tea at lunch or at night
Residential building under construction between Finch and North York subway station
Love Pepsi Cola with an vanilla ice cream
This was my favorite MacDonald near North York Subway a few years ago , what a pity becoming a real estate agent
The Nikon D3200 digital camera has is newly designed 24.2 megapixel DX-format APS-C sensor. This model replaces the popular entry level Nikon D3100 DSLR. D3200 DSLR has Full HD (1080p) movie recording, in-camera tutorials and much more. Nikon claims that D3200 captures sharper and richer images using the new sensor.The built in tutorials help users to learn the camera's key features and controls while shooting. It has a choice of Scene Modes like Portrait, Night Portrait,
Landscape, Close up and more to preset the setting for taking the best pictures. In Live View, Scene Auto Selector automatically
sets the D3200 for the most suitable Scene Mode for the situation. The kit lens is a AF-S Zoom-NIKKOR 18-55m. Optional WU-1a wireless mobile adapter can automatically send photo to smartphone. Suggested retail price is CAD$619.95.
Nikon D3200 DSLR Digital Camera
Features
Type
Single-lens reflex digital camera
Lens Mount
Nikon F bayonet mount
Picture Angle
Nikon DX format (Effective picture angle 1.5x [Approx.] conversion factor)
Compressed 12-bit NEF (RAW) JPEG: JPEG-Baseline Compliant with fine (approx 1:4), Normal (approx 1:8) or Basic (approx 1:16) Compression NEF (RAW) + JPEG: Single Photograph Recorded in both NEF (RAW) and JPEG Formats
Picture Control
Landscape Monochrome Neutral Portrait Selected Picture Control can be Modified Standard Vivid
Storage Media
SD SDHC SDXC
Card Slot
1 Secure Digital (SD)
File System
Compliant with DCF (Design Rule for Camera File System) 2.0 DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) EXIF 2.3 (Exchangeable Image File Format for Digital Still Cameras)
Olympus OM-D E-M5 micro 4/3 digital camera was announced at start of 2012. The OM–D's mirrorless design has a compact and lightweight body with dust-proof and splash-proof technology. The styling of the camera is based of the OM film camera developed in 1970's by Olympus. the built in Electronic View Finder (EVF) system enables photographers to check exposure levels, white balance and preview Art Filter effects in real-time. The new M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12-50mm F3.5-6.3 EZ lens is also dust-proof and splash-proof. It has a new 16-megapixel Live MOS image sensor for a maximum 25,600 ISO. The E-M5 is equipped with 5 axis image stabilization system which compensates for vertical, horizontal, and rotational camera
shake. It has a 3 inches titling touch screen OLED to control the camera setting, focus and play back pictures.
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Micro 4/3 Digital Camera
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Micro 4/3 Digital Camera
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Micro 4/3 Digital Camera Tilting OLED Touch Screen
FEATURES: Image Sensor:16.05 million effective pixels. Metering
: Digital ESP, centre-weighted, spot, spot highlight and shadow control. Lens Mount
: Micro Four Thirds mount. Exposure Modes
: iAuto, Program AE, shutter and aperture priority, manual. Effective Sensor Size
: 17.3x13mm Live MOS. 35 SLR Lens Factor
: 2x. Shutter Speed
: 60 to 1/4000 second, Time and Bulb. Flash sync: 1/250 sec. Continuous Shooting
: Up to 9 fps. Memory
: SD/SDHC/SDXC, Eye-Fi cards. Image Sizes (pixels)
: Stills: 4608×3456 to 640×480. Movies
: 1920×1080, 1280×720, 640×480. Viewfinder
: Turret 18mm (1.44 million); 7.6cm LCD screen (610,000). File Formats
: JPEG, RAW, JPEG+RAW, MPEG4. Colour Space
: sRGB, Adobe RGB. ISO Sensitivity
: Auto, 200 to 25,600. Interface
: USB 2.0, HDMI mini, xxx. Power
: Rechargeable lithium ion battery, DC input. Dimensions
: 121×89.6×41.9 WHDmm. Weight
: 425 g (inc battery and card).
OM-D EM-5 Digital Camera Commercial
Language in Cantonese
Language in Japanese
OM-D EM-5 Digital Camera Hands On Review
CONCLUSION FROM PHOTOGRAPHYBLOG Photographyblog reviewed the OM-D digital camera with rating of "Essential".
Required Features of the Digital Camera:
2012 Olympics game will soon be started. If you go to see the game, you should bring a camera with at least the follow features:
1. A zoom lens (at least 70mm-200 mm )
2. Large aperture F2.8 or less. (the lesser the number of aperture, the larger the aperture)
3. Good quality of photo even at ISO 1600 or up.
4. Fast auto focus with tracking of moving object capabilities
Camera such as the following may be good for taking pictures at 2012 Olympic Games:
1. MILC (mirrorless interchangeable lens camera) with high power zoom lens e.g. Olympus E-PM1 with M.Zuiko 14-150 mm (equivalent to 24-300mm in 35mm format) zoom lens or M.Zuiko 40-150mm (equivalent to 80-300 mm). If you have higher power zoom lens, it would be even better.
2. Any DSLRs with high power zoom lens and large aperture would give good results.
3. Mega zoom Point and Shot digital camera (e.g. Canon SX40, Nikon P510) may be fine but the pictures may be grainy from ISO 400 to ISO1600.
Conclusion:
For convenience in terms of portability and weight, a MILC camera with zoom lens in the range of 70mm-200mm or more than this range. If you require quality pictures, carry a DSLR with a high power zoom lens.(e.g. 70-200 mm) or at least the MILC mentioned above. A point and shoot mega zoom camera are still good if grainy pictures not a concern.
If you do not have camera with the above features, do not worry about it. Take whatever camera you have and go to take pictures of the game. As long as you know the constraints of your camera
