There are several of purposes that a camera can provide for an ordinary individual. It could capture and take those important memories that life can give.

There are a few types of cameras; the basic 35 mm camera is widely used by beginners. However, professional photographers would carry several different sets of equipment with them which would appear strange to other people.

Equipments such as tripods, mounts and camera stands would appear strange yet attractive to average people but the camera would always look familiar to them. Cameras are the vital equipment of photography.

If you are going to pursue a hobby or career in photography, you should be able to identify the types of camera. Read this article to be able to identify the types of camera.

• SLR camera. SLR is the abbreviation for single lens reflex camera which is best suited for outdoor photo shoots especially weather photo takings. SLR cameras are usually used by beginners and amateurs for it contains the basic and vital features plus its functions can be understood easily. However, professionals also would use this type of camera because of its availability, durability and adaptability.

There are tripods and stands that are available for this camera. Even with the emergence of the digital cameras, it is still one of the most popular cameras today. Due to its compact size and high quality results, the SLR camera has been very helpful for starters and is an important necessity for professionals and skilled photographers.

• Box cameras or viewfinder camera. It is very basic, simple and cheap but it could still produce good results but not as good as what an SLR camera could do. It is best suited for amateur photographers for it has only a limited range to control and contains a single speed shutter. Nevertheless, it was very popular for several decades but has now been considered as unpopular due to the emergence of the other several types of camera.

• Medium format cameras. This type of camera is very useful for those high resolution photo shoots. These are widely used by professionals for their quality and high resolution outputs. However, this camera is quite expensive and only those serious photographers would buy such a camera. It has a larger size than the SLR camera; it usually has the size of sixty by sixty millimeters or sixty by ninety millimeters.

• Digital camera. It is the complete and most distinguished camera in the world today. It can contain the features of an SLR camera and the medium format camera. It doesn't require any film; you only need to have storage space such as memory cards and storage disks. Photographers would only need to use printers to develop captured photographs and there is no need to set up a dark room for developing those photographs. It could be useful for amateurs and to professional also. However, this type of camera is expensive especially those cameras of top quality. Several professional photographers and beginners would still buy digital cameras (especially digital SLR cameras) even with the high prices for such cameras are worth investing for.