Camera

Knowing my definite final idea and how I want every shot to be framed and timing I could start shooting with a clear vision in my head. This was a very helpful task to complete before starting off making any of my stop frame animation. So I needed to decide on my use of a camera. As being a keen photographer I have access to various still cameras including small, compact cameras up to DSLRs with very high resolutions. I knew I wanted to create the most realistic type of animation and so needed something with professional levels of resolution, depth of field and speed. So I decided for my Sony DSLR which I knew would be capable of writing the images to the memory card quicker than any other camera I had access to. I had a small test shot sequence which I then replayed in action on my screen and found that this would be the most suitable camera. I also tried out a more compact camera but found I didn't have total control over the aperture and flash, resulting in poor quality images. The best thing about using this particular camera was that I had total control of how the images turned out; meaning if a particular scene was darker than expected I could change some settings that would fix the problem immediately.