M1 Camera and Software Comparison

Camera Comparison

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W830

• Affordable compact camera
• Costs under £100 (£70-£90)
• 8x times optical zoom
• High resolution 20.1 megapixel image sensor
• Records HD video in 720p

Canon EOS 700D

• Mid-range DSLR camera
• Costs under £500 (£450-£480)
• 18.0 megapixel image sensor
• Records video in full HD 1080p

Canon EOS 5D Mark III

 

• Top-of-the-range DSLR camera
• Costs over £1000 (£1500-£2000)
• 22 megapixel image sensor
• Records video in full HD 1080p

 

Each of these cameras have their own benefits and limitations and have their own predetermined uses. The Sony Cyber-Shot is an affordable compact camera with a 8x times optical zoom. In terms of professional usage, this will not be efficient to capture the best quality images from a distance. This is when the Canon EOS 700D and the Canon EOS 5D Mark III are much better in this field because these have interchangeable lenses which allow each of these cameras to increase the zoom as much as the owner wants. This means the zooms on these cameras are much more advanced than the Sony Cyber-Shot.

The Canon EOS 700D is a mid-range DSLR camera and has an 18 megapixel image sensor. This is usually more than efficient to produce high quality images but the Sony Cyber-Shot has a better image sensor and it costs considerably less than the Canon EOS 700D. The Canon EOS 5D Mark III costs a lot more but has a much better image sensor. This means that the EOS 700D will not produce images in better quality than the other two cameras.

The Canon EOS 5D Mark III is a top-of-the-range DSLR camera that records video in full HD 1080p. This is the highest quality video recording possible on a DSLR camera but this same feature can be found on the considerably cheaper Canon EOS 700D. Also, the cheap compact camera records video in a similar 720p HD. This means that the limitation of this model is the price as many of the features that it possesses can be found on other cameras.

 

Graphics Software Comparison

MS Paint

• Developed by Microsoft and has many different versions.
• Open-Source Software (Available for free)
• Uses very basic editing and modification tools

 

Adobe Photoshop

• Uses Bitmap graphics
• Cost over £1000 (Can be rented for a set amount of time)
• Top-of-the-range software that is mainly used by professional graphic designers
• Can have many different uses

 

Adobe Illustrator

• Uses Vector graphics
• Costs over £500 per year
• Top-of-the-range software that is mainly used by professional graphic designers
• Used to create final graphic designs

 

MS Paint is a basic open -source editing program. It is an editing program that is created by Microsoft to allow people with limited computer experience, to edit and create simple graphics. However, this software program is very simple and it is likely that it will not have enough tools to effectively edit even the most basic of images. This is because it does not have nearly enough tools to to a job that looks professional, this is why the Adobe products would be much more suited to this. It would only be able to produce graphics that are good enough for home use which means it cannot be used by businesses.

Adobe Photoshop is a complex graphical editing software usually used by professional graphic designers. It’s main purpose is to edit and modify existing images for some type of commercial use. This product is extremely expensive to pay for, whether it would be paying for it completely or renting it from Adobe. This is a limitation of Adobe Photoshop as most people and even small businesses may not be able to afford this product which massively reduces the number of people that will be able to use the product. Another limitation of Photoshop is that it only uses bitmap images. Although this can be good for editing, they lose quality when they are re-sized. This can mean that when they are exported as a JPG for example, they may lose quality which will not happen with something like a vector graphic that is used on Adobe Illustrator.

Adobe Illustrator is another complex graphical editing software usually used by professional graphic designers. It’s main purpose is to produce graphical designs from scratch. Although it is not as expensive as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator is still very expensive for many people to use. A lot of graphics that are created on this will only need the use of simple tools, unless the user is working on a very big project. There are a lot of cheaper software programs that offer the same basic features for a lower cost. This makes open-source software such as MS Paint and other cheaper alternatives more attractive to people with less money to spend because of how expensive Illustrator is. Another limitation of this software program is that It can only work with vector images. This is a limitation because these are graphics that need to be created from scratch such as cartoon images which requires a very specific skillset. This can make it very complicated to use compared to something like MS Paint which is very simple to use and even Photoshop’s basic functions can be easily learned.