Is my camera a dslr ?
I am saving up to get a dslr and in the time being my grandma is letting me borrow her camera. I want to use it for a photography class but I am not sure if it is a dslr. It is a Kodak EasyShare P850. It is a bit old, from around 2004 or 5. It doesn't have a removable lens but the viewfinder seems like one of a dslr and it has tons of settings. Is ir a dslr ? If not what type of camera is it.
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Update:It also shoots in raw.
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No.
Although Kodak stopped making dSLR's in 2005, your camera isn't one of them. What you have there is a bridge camera. It's a souped up point-and-shoot with an extra eyelevel viewfinder on top of the regular LCD. That small viewfinder is electronic which goes dark when the camera is off. True dSLR's have optical viewfinders that work even if the camera is off.
No, no, no! That camera is not a DSLR. It is not a matter of settings, it is a matter of viewfinding arrangements. If that camera has full control over all functions it would do for a start to teach you what the settings mean and how they can work for you to get the photos you want, but you must ask the college if it is acceptable for serious use. To my mind it is not a 'serious' camera. Really only true DSLRs are 'serious' cameras.
Check here a good photography course online:
http://photography-course.info/
You can be like the masses of humanity and buy a camera you can afford that has auto this and that for worry free picture taking. And learn through trial and error how to use something like aperture or shutter priority auto modes or even attempt to use the thing on full manual mode.
You seem to know already there is some thinking to using a camera and to take pictures. A good place to start is by reading the owners manual that comes with a camera. Read the information and look at the illustrations with part names and look at the real camera. Handle the camera and take pictures. Let me rephrase that. Take pictures to learn how to use the camera and maybe even to keep some. Don't start with important stuff you cannot photograph over again such as birthdays, a toddlers first steps. That puts picture taking out of the learning phase and puts the pressure and emphasis to taking pictures for real and to keep.
These first pictures are for you to learn how to use your camera. And you have learned how to use your camera when you can take pictures with it and can teach others how to use it. Honest. You can also go to a college in your area and take a beginning photography course. There you will be taught the basics even a pro must learn and do in their work. Camera handling and use, taking exposures with film and/or digital cameras, and maybe even some photo assignments to get some real time learning. In this learning do not take serious pictures you must keep as that detracts from the learning aspect of the class. Do so only if you have mastered the use of your camera before class is over.
It's like growing up in a way. And I am happy you know there is a way to learn how to use a camera and take pictures. It's like learning how to drive I suppose. Someone can teach you or you can get taught at a driving school. Both will get you a drivers liscense. One though will really teach you the fundamentals you can use for the rest of your driving career.
No, it is not a DSLR camera...All DSLR cameras allows you to remove their lenses and in most instances has a wide variety of lenses for different purposes
If it has manual exposure controls, it might pass for a camera in your class. I would hold off buying anything until you get a chance to ask your professor. Some are quite picky about these things, and others realize college kids can either buy beer, bread, or books, but not all three; as they are basically broke.
It is an old crap Kodak. If the course requires a DSLR the Kodak will NOT be acceptable. You need to ask the instructor, not us.
for the wikipedia, apparently it's not
you can view this page about dslr
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dslr