Image stabilisation – Chinese style

Recently I’ve been checking out photography. If there’s a couple of things I’ve learnt it’d be this (in order of significance):

1. Focus on the artform – shooting, composition, developing an ‘eye’.




2. Lenses – When buying a camera it’s all about the lens system. Decide which brand lenses you like and design an upgrade path that suits your finances/creative needs.




3. Body – For a beginner that just wants to take good photos, any DSLR is a big step up from a point and shoot. Advanced features like HD video, 11 point AF and ISO 12800 are moot.

Despite knowing this, before I splash out the cash I continually ask myself if I’m seeing the big picture (pun intended) – lest be doomed to buying a highly advanced paperweight.

Filed under Random on Sunday, September 20th, 2009