Amateur camera

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As amateur camera is referred to in the photograph a camera , which for use by the amateur photographer was designed.

  • Snapshot camera in a cell phone

  • Typical amateur camera

  • A camera for semi-professionals

  • A purely professional camera

The target group

The amateur photographer carries out an activity that neither has to meet objective quality criteria nor serves to secure a livelihood. The amateur camera gives him the opportunity to pursue his personal interest in photography. His focus is often on the price and a selected functionality (example: motif programs ).

Differentiations

The typical amateur camera is characterized by simplified operation (at the expense of individual setting options), low weight, low price and, in some cases, also by permanent readiness for exposure. From an economic point of view, it is also often characterized by a quick model change and a low degree of integration in a camera system . Other amateur cameras have more features, but may be more difficult to use and more expensive, and are therefore designed for amateurs willing to spend more.

The contrast to the amateur camera is the professional camera for professional photographers ; Typical designs here are the higher quality single lens reflex cameras , the medium format cameras and the large format technology . Simpler SLR cameras are often tailored to the ambitious amateur photographer (semi-professional), such as the Canon EOS 1000D .

The boundaries between professional and amateur photography are often blurred, especially in the area of ​​single-lens reflex cameras mentioned, just as the boundary between professional and amateur photography is often not defined too precisely. As an example, the cameras can from the M series from Leica apply that expressed in the 50's and 60's Professional and preferred implement of press reporters were, but today mostly bought by amateurs and used, despite almost all the features of professional camera systems via the Years have persisted.

history

Cameras specially designed for the requirements of amateur photography were first created in the middle of the 19th century with handheld cameras that could be used without a tripod . With the subsequent differentiation of photo technology , the box cameras emerged around 1880 , the prototype of which is the Kodak No. 1 .

In the 20th century, then broke from the 60s , the compact cameras for small picture and pocket film from the box cameras as typical amateur cameras.

See also: camera shape