These are the advantages of professional camera bodies (beyond the sensor) and why they are worth it

The wide variety of camera models that exist on the market, between compact, bridge, mirrorless and reflex, makes it sometimes difficult to choose. There are many types, with a great difference in sizes between certain models, and many times when deciding we only think about the differences in the type and resolution of the sensor, when there are other characteristics that are also important. These are the advantages of professional camera bodies (beyond the sensor) and why they are worth it.

The most common is to see how Micro Four Thirds sensors, APS-C and full-format sensors are discussed, dealing with topics such as image quality, dynamic range, low light performance or noise levels in high ISOs. But the benefits of a professional-grade camera body are not usually talked about much.

This is something that does not directly improve the quality of the final image. If anything, the speed when focusing or shooting, but not the final result of the image in a lot of situations. And it is that today almost all modern digital cameras allow to obtain excellent photos, but when we pay more for a professional-level camera we are doing it for a series of functions or characteristics that do not necessarily contribute to obtaining better photos but to achieving functionality major operational.

By the way, when we talk about professional-level cameras we are not referring exclusively to the huge models with built-in grip that we all have in mind when imagining a photojournalist. We are talking about advanced models with professional orientation whose body is designed to provide a series of very interesting advantages that we propose to list.

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Focus and visualization

This is one of the fields in which clearly the most advanced cameras help to make work easier. For example, thanks to viewfinders with greater coverage, in the case of SLRs, where it is common for less advanced models to offer viewfinders with less than 100% viewfinder coverage, generally around 95%, which implies that the final image does not be exact to what is displayed.

Another important advantage is that, in general terms, the more advanced the camera is, the more points and focus groups it will offer, which is very useful in many situations, especially with moving subjects.

In this sense, the most professional bodies also offer a better tracking focus since their AF systems are more sophisticated and by having more focus points they have a greater ability to track objects. This does not mean that a œminor camera cannot have a very sophisticated system inherited (as is usual) from a higher-end model.

Shooting speed and storage

Another section in which the advantages of a professional-type camera are clearly noticeable is the speed they offer, both at the time of shooting and in the subsequent recording of the photos that we take.

In this sense, of course, we must talk about the ability of many professional cameras to shoot bursts of many photos per second. Thus, if a beginner camera will rarely go above four or five frames per second, a professional-grade body will easily beat those levels to shoot at 20 fps. This may not seem like a big difference, but when it comes to shooting sports or animals, the divergence can be very important.

Associated with this characteristic we also have the issue of the buffer, which is logically also higher in professional bodies. Thus, professional-level cameras can usually take many more photos without rest than lower-level cameras, in which there will come a certain point that the camera locks up and stops taking photos while the data is being written to the memory card.

Finally, when we talk about shooting speed, we should not only think about the burst, but also that the higher level cameras have more areas and measurement points, which also helps to be faster (and more accurate) in the shots.