The Best Wildlife Camera To Take On Safari

G ood wildlife camera              And if you use film that can       equipment on safari can         become very expensive whereas      make the difference between     with a digital wildlife camera     pictures you will be proud to         you can take as many as you want   show your friends and family when     and then just delete the ones      you get back and ones where it's      where the lion has ducked behind   difficult to figure out exactly       a bush, the cheetah has blurred    what you were photographing           because the autofocus locked onto  because it's only a fuzzy black       a twig in front of it and the      dot surrounded by green               exposure of the hippo was way off  vegetation.                           because of the reflected sunlight                                        in the water.                      I take wildlife photographs for a                                        living and I have had to quickly      You can also make consistent use   figure out what the best cameras      of bracketing to get the perfect   and lenses are to get the job         exposures without worrying about   done effectively.                    cost or running out of film which                                        can be a problem in certain        Digital or Film - Which is         remote areas of Africa where       better for a safari?              safaris take place.                                                                                         Wild animals are very                 So more is better in this case     unpredictable. That's one aspect      but what about quality? The fact   of safari photography that makes      is that digital quality is fast    it so exciting because you never      catching up to film unless you     know what you are going to get        fall into the professional         but this also means that the          category and are going to be       number of pictures you need to        selling your safari pictures or    take to get a keeper increases.       entering them into competitions.                                         In that case it might be better    to stick to film because the          going to make regular use of the   trained eye will be able to spot      camera and lenses after the        the difference but in most other      safari anyway.                     cases digital quality is more                                            than adequate.                        The cost of a digital SLR                                                wildlife camera is high compared   Digital also gives you valuable       to a compact but that is only      feedback while you are still on       half the story. The lenses that    safari so that you can try and        you need to purchase for decent    improve on that elephant picture      wildlife photography often cost    with the ear cut off the next         more than the camera itself        day. You also have a lot more         making it a very expensive         control over the final product        business indeed.                   because you can use software like                                        Photoshop to enhance and fine         And a bulky camera body and        tune your pictures.                   multiple interchangeable lenses                                          do add to the weight of your       Digital SLR or Compact             luggage and the inconvenience of   Wildlife Camera                   carrying everything around with                                          you.                               A safari is the dream trip of a                                          lifetime and it's a great             Digital compact cameras on the     opportunity to get some fantastic     other hand are not extremely       wildlife pictures but it's not        expensive and the results that     necessary to buy the latest and       you can obtain from them are       greatest digital SLR and lenses       almost on a par with a digital     to get them unless you are            SLR camera and you don't have to   planning to take nature pictures      worry about any additional lenses  for a living or are a serious         if the compact you buy has a       photography enthusiast and are        decent zoom covering the range     from 80mm to about 300mm. There       all.                               are a few of them on the market                                          that do have lenses like this and     This wildlife camera is as fast    the range of the zooms increase       as you will ever need to freeze    every year.                           wildlife action and get the                                              picture in the can before the      And compact cameras live up to        animal moves off into the          their name by being relatively        undergrowth.                       small and light and one lens                                             means no additional weight or         There are other SLR cameras that   carrying and no time wasted           are nearly as good like the Nikon  changing to another lens to suit      D70 and the Pentax ist D so take   the situation.                        a look at them too before making                                         a decision.                        The Best SLR Digital Wildlife                                         Camera for Nature Photography     The Best Compact Digital                                              Wildlife Camera for Nature                                               Photography                    If you have decided to go with a                                         digital SLR then by all accounts      Canon comes up trumps again in     the best one to purchase for          the compact camera category with   wildlife photography at the           the Canon Powershot S2 IS. The     moment is the Canon EOS 20D due       factor that makes this camera      to the blinding speed of its          ideal for safari wildlife          shutter release (near                 photography is its huge 12X        instantaneous) and its continuous     optical zoom lens (36 - 432mm      shooting speed of 5 frames per        equivalent) with a built in image  second to a maximum burst depth       stabiliser which cuts down on      of twenty three frames. It also       blur when using such a massive     powers up in next to no time at       zoom lens.                                                               live with a slight shutter         A 5 megapixal sensor is more than     release lag and power up delay     enough to produce stunning safari     this compact wildlife camera is    images and as long as you can         perfect for a safari trip.         About the Author: Five essential wildlife photography tips that will help you improve your animal pictures rapidly and remarkably..http://www.african-safari-pictures.com/wildlife-photography-tips.html - The best wildlife camera to take with you on a photographic safari..http://www.african-safari-pictures.com/wildlife-camera.html Source: www.isnare.com