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Change these settings before you shoot!
Having a brand new camera is an exciting time for a photographer. But before you head for the hills, the studio or a far-flung destination, it’s a smart idea to adjust a few important camera settings first. A few tweaks and adjustments up front can mean the difference between fluid work and frustration.

Advanced Compact

These cameras are designed for more experienced photographers and those who require more versatility, quality, and creative features. Options such as manual exposure mode and manual focusing features, optical viewfinders, and external flash connections, make these cameras a good option for photographers who want more control over their photos. But these features mean they are usually considerably more expensive than other types of compacts cameras. Prices can range from $400, to in excess of $700 for cameras with smaller sensors, and $700 to over $1000 for those with larger sensors.

Mirrorless Cameras

If you remove the optical viewfinder from a DLSR camera, then you get the mirrorless. So, the optical viewfinder would be missing from the mirrorless camera. This removes some amount of weight from the camera body.

Image falling on the camera sensor can be seen directly on the viewfinder. This makes mirrorless cameras lightweight and easy to handle.

You can get both Crop (APS-C) camera bodies as well as full-frame camera bodies in mirrorless cameras. Sony A1 is the current best full-frame mirrorless camera body. Nikon and Canon also have mirrorless camera bodies.

They also come with a detachable lens feature. The lens options are comparatively less since they are new to the market. Nikon and Canon have come with adapters, to mount the existing DSLR lenses onto the mirrorless cameras.

Like DSLR cameras, mirrorless also allows you to capture the image in RAW format.

Sony A1, Canon EOS R3, and Nikon Z9 are some cameras in the mirrorless category.