Photogs: Those who take 'em and those who love 'em

Originally Posted by Yellow band

mega pixels has NOTHING to do with it. Absolutely the glass is important. Thats the bad rap the Canon Rebels I asked about earlier have (poor glass quality) I'm mostly interested in Depth of field.....you can't modify that with a computer. P&S will still have a purpose.

I wasn't aiming the megapixels comment at you really Yellow band. It was a general sorta whinge about digital cameras because I believe the obsession with megapixels is just a marketing ploy to make folks upgrade.


I love mucking with dof too dee but use fast(ish) fixed glass to get the pics I like. My favourites are an old Sigma 28 2.8 and another old 35 1.4!!! Nikkor.

[girl_dee]

Originally Posted by Incubus

I wasn't aiming the megapixels comment at you really Yellow band. It was a general sorta whinge about digital cameras because I believe the obsession with megapixels is just a marketing ploy to make folks upgrade.


I love mucking with dof too dee but use fast(ish) fixed glass to get the pics I like. My favourites are an old Sigma 28 2.8 and another old 35 1.4!!! Nikkor.

Yes and although I notice a difference in the quality of photos between my Canon 40D and 60D, I don't contribute any of that to the increase of megapixels... my 10 megapixel camera had just as a sharp image as my 2 megapixel.

[ButchEire]

Unless you have some keen interest in blowing up your pictures to a massive level, 5 megapixels is plenty. Keep in mind that you are comparing apples and oranges when talking about digital versus film. Digital is based on interpolation and is a very different medium than film. Even top of the line digital prints are not acceptable by National Geographic, who continues to only accept film-based images.

Originally Posted by Incubus

I wasn't aiming the megapixels comment at you really Yellow band. It was a general sorta whinge about digital cameras because I believe the obsession with megapixels is just a marketing ploy to make folks upgrade.


I love mucking with dof too dee but use fast(ish) fixed glass to get the pics I like. My favourites are an old Sigma 28 2.8 and another old 35 1.4!!! Nikkor.

[girl_dee]

I suppose I will need to break down and get Photoshop, but I don't want to.

[ButchEire]

Ummm, torrents?

Originally Posted by Cajun_dee

I suppose I will need to break down and get Photoshop, but I don't want to.

[girl_dee]

Originally Posted by ButchEire

Ummm, torrents?

Excuse my ignorance here but what is Torrents?

[ButchEire]

A way of downloading software.

Originally Posted by Cajun_dee

Excuse my ignorance here but what is Torrents?

[girl_dee]

Originally Posted by ButchEire

A way of downloading software.

Well my fear is that I will become less concerned about taking a good pic, which is an adrenaline rush for me and not interested in spending more time editing photos than I do taking them.

My other issue is that it's so expensive.

So how do you use Torrents?

Originally Posted by ButchEire

Unless you have some keen interest in blowing up your pictures to a massive level, 5 megapixels is plenty. Keep in mind that you are comparing apples and oranges when talking about digital versus film. Digital is based on interpolation and is a very different medium than film. Even top of the line digital prints are not acceptable by National Geographic, who continues to only accept film-based images.

I'm not comparing apples with oranges. I'm not comparing digital to film in any way. I'm talking megapixels and digital only. My Nikon D100 is only 6MP...I've had large prints from it. Ex.Mrs.I is a fine art medium format photographer so I sorta 'get' the difference about how they look when compared

Originally Posted by ButchEire

Ummm, torrents?

Isn't that illegal?

[ButchEire]

Originally Posted by Incubus

I'm not comparing apples with oranges. I'm not comparing digital to film in any way. I'm talking megapixels and digital only. My Nikon D100 is only 6MP...I've had large prints from it. Ex.Mrs.I is a fine art medium format photographer so I sorta 'get' the difference about how they look when compared
HUGE difference, isn't it?


Isn't that illegal?

Um, not as such, no.

Originally Posted by ButchEire

Um, not as such, no.

I do believe downloading copyrighted material is actually illegal.