This is a collection of pieces of advice to make your everyday photos more enjoyable to look at; a little more with every post. These are only bits which do not claim to be complete, but are rather all you need to know at that moment.

I assume my readers are non-professionals who are interested in capturing their memories in the way they have experienced them, instead of how their camera device automatically suggests an output, thereby speaking of using anything from a mobile phone to an auto-set DSLR.

About the author: I am Mareen Fischinger, a professional photographer, living and working in Düsseldorf, Germany.

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April 2
Let’s talk about sensor sizes! Sensors have different sizes, as you can imagine by taking a look at the different camera sizes and models. The smallest ones are smaller than a fingernail and have the same 12MP resolution as a APS-C (22,5 x 15,0 mm) sensor built in in a semi-pro DSLR. The smaller a sensor is, the higher is the effort required to amplify the information it gathers from the scene it is photographing. But more calculation leads to more errors, which means more noise. The bigger a single physical “pixel” on a sensor, the less noise it produces. Take a look at the different sensor sizes. (graphic above from wikipedia.org) —- (first contribution from Martin, edited by Mareen)

Let’s talk about sensor sizes!

Sensors have different sizes, as you can imagine by taking a look at the different camera sizes and models.

The smallest ones are smaller than a fingernail and have the same 12MP resolution as a APS-C (22,5 x 15,0 mm) sensor built in in a semi-pro DSLR.

The smaller a sensor is, the higher is the effort required to amplify the information it gathers from the scene it is photographing. But more calculation leads to more errors, which means more noise.

The bigger a single physical “pixel” on a sensor, the less noise it produces. Take a look at the different sensor sizes.

(graphic above from wikipedia.org)

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(first contribution from Martin, edited by Mareen)