In early days photography was practiced by very few, specialized photographers. Because photographic film development was used to create a photograph. It was a complex chemical process, not within the reach of many. But now-a days, with advancement of technology, photography techniques has been drastically evolved. These days digital photography has completely taken over film development art. Photographs are stored in hard drives, and printed as required. New generation cameras are provided exciting features. There are different types of cameras available in the market. Some of them are discussed in this article.

Different types of cameras are as follow

1. Compact Digital Camera

Compact digital camera, also known as point and shoot camera, is quiet user friendly and simple version digital camera. This type of camera is widely used by amature or beginner photographers. Because it is easy to operate.

Sony RX-100 20.2 Megapixel Premium Compact Digital Camera

Compact digital cameras are designed with various important inbuilt settings. No further settings are required. It is also enabled with auto focus. Therefore to take a photograph, photographer just needs to frame the scene and click the shutter. Even lenses can be changed in some of the expensive products. Another advantage is, these are light weight and easily portable cameras.

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2. Digital Single Lens Reflex

As film camera came to obsolescence, digital single lens camera came into popularity. In this type of camera light passes through the lens to a mirror, within the camera, and the mirror reflects the light to the viewfinder or came’s LCD screen.

Nikon D3500 DSLR Camera

As different types of cameras got variety of features, digital single lens reflex camera is compatible with different lens variants. This is the main advantage of this variant. both amature and professional photographers are comfortable with this type of camera.

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3. Mirrorless Camera

Mirrorless camera is a type of digital camera, that is compatible with varieties of lenses. The definition is very clear from the name. It doesn’t have a mirror to reflect the light that traveled through the lens to the sensor.

Cannon EOS M50 24.1 Megapixel Mirrorless Camera

After passing through the lens, the light directly hits the sensor to create image. This type of cameras are tinier than DSLRs and portable as well. It is also known as compact system camera or CSC.

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4. Action Cameras

Action cameras are quiet different than other digital cameras. It is typically made to capture high quality photos and videos. This type of cameras are used during action like sports, swimming, mountaineering, diving and more.

Teconica KL-5000 Full Hd Action Camera

Usually this type of cameras are quiet hardy, compact and waterproof as well. Thus these are vastly used for underwater photography. Action cameras can be easily fit in the helmet as it is of light weight. This type of cameras are also known as adventure camera.

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5. 360-degree Cameras

360-degree Cameras are also known as omnidirectional camera. Unlike other different types of cameras, it has the capability to cover the entire horizontal plane. Therefore the name derived. It can capture entire 360 degree angle.

Insta360 Air 360 Degree Dual Lens Video Camera

This types of cameras are mainly used to capture pictures and videos of panoramic landscapes. It is often used for security purpose and robotics technology as well.

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