The Importance of Creative Options with 35mm SLRS

The Importance of Creative Options with 35mm SLRS

There are many reasons why 35mm SLR cameras are the ones most often used by professionals and serious amateur photographers. The main reason is due to the fact that this type of camera provides the user with many creative choices. More specifically, an SLR allows the user to vary different aspects of the camera to help create unique images. Let's go over a few of these options:

INTERCHANGEABLE LENSES

An SLR allows you to easily remove and replace the lens at any time. For example, a wide-angle lens can be taken off and replaced with an extreme telephoto lens in just a few seconds. Admittedly, the high quality of zoom lenses that exist today make lens interchangeability a less important factor than in the past. However, it is still a very good idea to have a camera that provides you with the option of interchangeable lenses.

EXTERNAL LIGHT SOURCE COMPATIBILITY

An SLR allows the user to easily connect to a wide variety of external light sources. Along with the "on-camera" flash that most SLRs feature, an SLR has what is called a "hot shoe". This feature allows the user to attach an off-camera flash. Off-camera flash is often preferable to on-camera flash because it can produce softer and more flattering light (especially noticeable when photographing people).

In addition, SLRs can be synchronized to external ("studio") flash heads. If you are serious about photography, chances are that you will eventually want to experiment with external flash sources. It is often the best way (and sometimes the only way) to create beautiful lighting.

EXPOSURE CONTROL

An SLR enables you to make changes regarding the exposure of your photographs. In contrast, a "point and shoot" camera does not allow you to do this. A photograph's exposure is determined by two factors: shutter speed and aperture size. Without going into too many details, these two factors work together to create an ideal exposure. "Shutter speed" refers to how long the aperture is open at the moment of exposure; "aperture size" refers to how wide the aperture is open at the moment of exposure. These two factors are intertwined in the creation of a photograph.

An SLR gives you the ability to alter exposure variables to create different types of pictures. For example, if you are photographing a subject that is moving quickly, you may want to use a fast shutter speed to capture the subject in sharp focus (eliminating any blur due to the subject's speed). On the other hand, you may want to bring attention to the speed of a subject by intentionally including blur. In this case, you could use a slower shutter speed.

Controlling the aperture size allows you to make significant changes regarding the "depth-of-field" of an image. For example, if you want to emphasize a person's face in a photograph, you might want to have the background a bit blurred to create more emphasis on the face. This can be done by using a wide aperture setting. I discuss this topic in more detail in my ebook, Money Shots (http://moneyshotsbook.com).

It's important to note that most SLRs can also be set to Automatic mode. In this mode, the camera will automatically calculate the correct exposure for you. Setting the camera's mode to Automatic will usually result in correctly exposed photographs. However, using this mode takes away a great deal of your creative control. In other words - when set to Automatic - the camera is making the creative decisions, not you. Unfortunately, cameras are not known for possessing high levels of creativity.

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