- Digital SLRs are the best types of cameras for shooting portraits. The ability to change lenses, review photos, and quickly respond to sudden photographic moments sets digital SLRs apart from any other type of camera. Countless models of D-SLRs are readily available on the market with varying features and prices.
- Portrait mode is a useful feature to have on your camera when you are in a hurry. Exposure settings are automatically chosen for you when you press the shutter button down halfway in portrait mode. The mode aims to give you a proper exposure on subjects along with a pleasing background blur. While it is good to know these settings on your own, it is also smart to have a fallback. Most digital SLRs have portrait mode, such as the Nikon D40 or the Canon Rebel XSI. Portrait mode is not included with top-of-the line D-SLRs like the Canon 1D or the Nikon D700.
- Cameras with full-frame sensors are helpful in creating the best portraiture possible. The larger sensors capture more detail and create softer background blur. Only the high end D-SLRs have full-frame sensors like the Canon 5D and the Nikon D3X. Nikon refers to their full-frame sensors as "FX," in their product description, while Canon refers to theirs as simply "Full-Frame."
- Seek out a digital SLR that shoots in the RAW file format. This file formant holds twice as much color information as the traditional JPEG image file. RAW files make for more effective post-processing because manipulating exposure, contrast, saturation, and other slider options is far more effective. The RAW files can be converted to smaller JPEG files after they are optimized.
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