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Digital SLR for beginner
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John, firstly thanks for picking up on the point I was making.
John Griffin wrote:
telling somebody that has little experience of photography to go into a shop and pick what feels right is a bit silly, why not just say go in and pick what you think is cool or trust the salesman, now thats crazy!
Going on a whim or trusting the saleman is crazy but picking what feels right I don’t think is silly. This is the reason I switched brands from Nikon to Canon, as I found Canon’s more intuitive to navigate and felt better in my hands. This helps me take better pictures (not that anyone can tell :? ). I would hope that the OP is reading this thread and others with interest, as well as reviews, learning about the different brands and which brands to consider. Reading and heeding advice is good groundwork and should contribute to the final decision, rather than make it.
John Griffin wrote:
Kinda sick of the childish mine is better than yours arguments, it could go on forever.
Sush children :shock:
:lol: :lol:
I love a good Nikon/Canon argument ;)
Seriously, although I’m a a Canon fanboy through and through, that doesn’t mean I hate Nikons. I do like the argument that Nikon are a camera maker, Canon are a consumer electronics maker. So Nikon should be better, although their woeful lack of full-frame options is IMHO what’s lost them a lot of the pro market.
What I want is a 1.3x crop cam with a huge Pentax viewfinder, Canon low noise, Nikon punchy sharp image quality and Fujifilm colour rendition. Oh yes, and a lensmount that’ll take every lens ever made in the last 50 years.
Now come on, that can’t be so hard can it? :-)
6.1 MP on the D70s sounds quite low compared to the D80 and the 400D etc, all up around the 10 mark. Is 6.1 MP enough?? Is it actually all down to the amount of MPs that will dtermine the picture quality? What size could a print from a 6.1MP be blown up to before losing quality?
Lumpy wrote:
Is it actually all down to the amount of MPs that will dtermine the picture quality?
Good glass, good technique and correct exposure are more important!
Lumpy wrote:
What size could a print from a 6.1MP be blown up to before losing quality?
I have D70 images printed at 18″x12″ and they look great, I have no doubts they can be printed much larger, but the only larger size i have printed (30″x20″) has been with the D200
v4honda wrote:
I have D70 images printed at 18″x12″ and they look great, I have no doubts they can be printed much larger, but the only larger size i have printed (30″x20″) has been with the D200
So, essentially 6.1 is plenty if I ain’t gonna be printing any bigger than A3 size (roughly)?
Lumpy wrote:
So, essentially 6.1 is plenty if I ain’t gonna be printing any bigger than A3 size (roughly)?
Yup :) I have some super A3 prints (well biased opinion obviously) that I took on my old D70. Even though I upgraded to 12MP I genuinely think that 6 is enough for most applications
SteveFE wrote:
So Nikon should be better, although their woeful lack of full-frame options is IMHO what’s lost them a lot of the pro market.
The slight edge in autofocus performance probably won Canon most market share, well before digital. Most people who cared enough about resolution did, and still do in a lot of cases, stick to larger format film. The full frame debate will probably be a minor blip shortly anyway I think as there are some noises coming from Nikon about the possibility of a FF in the near future. If Canon cram in more pixels into their FF sensor (as is rumoured) the pixel density goes way down and the noise issue will no longer be a decider (unless they steal some of Fuji’s amazing sensor noise reduction technology). People who actually need that kind of massive resolution will probably be watching the sliding price of medium format digitals as we speak so who will be the market? Landscapers will be lusting after the medium formats instead and journalists wont need or want the massive resolution.
What I want is a 1.3x crop cam with a huge Pentax viewfinder, Canon low noise, Nikon punchy sharp image quality and Fujifilm colour rendition. Oh yes, and a lensmount that’ll take every lens ever made in the last 50 years.
Now come on, that can’t be so hard can it? :-)
Fuji will have a large viewfinder 1.5x with market leading noise performance, Nikon engineering and Fuji colours next year, and best of all it will take Nikkors! The question now is will they improve sensor resolution before launch as they’ve done before or will the 6/12MP still offer any bragging rights :)
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