One of the questions I get asked most
often is “What camera should I use for blogging?” There are so many different
answers, it depends on budget, what your source of lighting is and what you’ll
be using the camera for other than blogging, for example do you want to be able
to film videos as well?
For blogging all you really need is a
camera that has at least 12 megapixels and a source of good natural light. Most
of the time images on blogs have been edited in some way, whether that is
adding effects, brightening or making the colour more vibrant. All these pretty
tools can make it a little hard to know what was the camera and what was the operator.
If you are a beginner and want to start out
with the basics of photography then go with a compact. They come in a wide
variety of prices so they are perfect for any budget but they are limited on
features, especially if you need to take pictures in low light. Despite the lack of features they are compact (hence the name compact camera) which means if you need something that will fit into your handbag and be inconspicuous then this is your man. If you twisted
my arm and said I had to recommend a compact camera, I would say look at the
Canon Powershot series. Canon cameras are good quality, reliable and usually
have other great features hiding in the menu. They do a range of compacts to
suit all budgets so maybe have a Google to find out which one suits you.
If you have a bigger budget and want to
really splash out for amazing quality and endless features, then you might want
to take a look at a DSLR camera (the really big fancy looking ones) These
beauts come with interchangeable lenses, something that is very handy when it
comes to diverse photography, and have amazing depth of field. This just means
it’s really good at giving you that blurry background effect and makes your
images seem more 3D and alive. They are also the best if you have poor light;
the options on the cameras allow you to change a number of settings to make
your images brighter without adding extra lighting. Again I would recommend
Canon, many bloggers have the amazing 600D/Rebel T3i including me and it is
doing me proud. You can also look at Nikon, the other top brand when it comes
to DSLRs.
Now if you want something that can take
awesome pictures and films top quality HD video then all of the above
recommendations still apply. When you’re looking for a compact camera you need
to look out for HD video in 1080p ideally 60fps. You can find this info in the
specifications on any website. For DSLRs it’s the same, but these tend to have
a range of different fps you can film in so don’t worry about that too much.
So as you can see it’s not quite as black
and white as you may first think. Hopefully this has helped identify which TYPE
of camera you should be looking for, but the rest is up to you. Good luck!
