Canon Digital Elph SD500- Manuals

Page 3 - Advantages of a Digital Camera; Left to right are Lake Magog, Sunburst Lake, and Cerulean Lake.; Compare 2009 digital camera with 2003 and Fujichrome Velvia film; Using a

A. Advantages of a Digital Camera 2009 EXAMPLE: The handheld Nikon D5000 Digital SLR (DSLR) above beats scans of Fujichrome Velvia 35mm slide film in the 2003-2004 EXAMPLE on next page. Behind Wedgewood Peak rises the pyramid of Mount Assiniboine (3618 meters / 11,870 feet), Mount Assiniboine Provin...

Page 5 - 003-2004: Film and digital cameras are compared on a tripod.; The same Fuji Velvia 50 film slide is

2003-2004: Film and digital cameras are compared on a tripod. Canon PowerShot G5 digital images look and print better than Fujichrome Velvia film scanned on a Nikon LS-2000 scanner (new in 2000), but not as good as on a 2004 film scanner. Digital cameras quickly surpassed the quality from a 2004 con...

Page 7 - At high ISO and long exposures, digital shots require special; noise; Digital noise

One of the last advantages of film was that slides make wonderfully impressive shows when projected large onto a screen. But the Canon Realis SX50 Digital Projector ($3500, SXGA+ resolution, 1400x1050 pixels, new in 2005) projects images better than a slide film projector, with spectacular multimedi...

Page 11 - PRESENTATIONS TO AN AUDIENCE:

• JPEG file format: o If you shoot with settings exactly right on a JPEG file and the image looks great without changes, then RAW file format offers little advantage. (Canon's Superfine JPEG files are initially indistinguishable from 8-bit TIF files that you Convert from RAW using Zoombrowser.) o JP...

Page 12 - For; Recommendations for nature travel photography:; Light Travel: Photography on the Go; Advantages of; digital cameras over; compact; a mirror that lets the viewfinder see; Most SLR cameras autofocus instantly, whereas many older; compact

have used Pinnacle Studio (version 8.10.4SE and version 10 Plus) on a PC to create a pleasing DVD show, but it does not allow mixing of the Movies (from Pro1 or G5) with stills, and the program hangs frequently during editing or rendering even on a powerful PC. Workaround for Movies: A compact digit...

Page 13 - versus; Noise; Disadvantages of; (while compact digital

• SLR systems offer a bigger variety of high quality interchangeable lenses (in which you may have already invested). Manufacturers have retrofitted existing SLR body designs by fitting a smaller digital sensor in place of the 35mm film, which crops the image area, using just the "sweet spot"...

Page 15 - workarounds shown below in italics; Short battery life on digital cameras:; starts up in 3 seconds.; Part of G5 lens appears in viewfinder:; 2x optical zoom

B. Disadvantages of an Older Compact Digital Camera: 2003 Canon PowerShot G5 At half the size and weight, the Canon PowerShot G5 managed to exceed overall capabilities of my SLR film camera! The G5 was so much fun that I quit using film. But the G5 had some disadvantages, with workarounds shown belo...

Page 16 - C. Camera Comparison Table: Film versus Digital in 2007; In each row of the table below, I rate each feature as follows:; Feature to Compare

C. Camera Comparison Table: Film versus Digital in 2007 For travel & nature photo subjects, look for compact, lightweight, high-quality imaging equipment on a moderate budget. In 2004, at half the size and weight of my Nikon N70 film camera, the compact digital Canon PowerShot Pro1 camera equale...

Page 19 - Digital versus Film for Travel Photography

-- Editing slides with loupe and light table is dusty, laborious and time consuming -- Annoying multiple button/dial presses required for most features on Nikon N70 (though other SLR models resolve this) Other film versus digital issues: - - bad + good -- Long delay (>2 weeks) before film is deve...