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glen

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Link to 4 or 5 meg shots which are close to film quality?
I have a friend who is, so far, unimpressed by digital snap shots. I think that that can be very good, and I have a Canon i950 printer, so show me your best, and I will print it out.
 
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edro

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Tell your friend to take a look at a National Geographic. Many of the photographers in there use Digital (Canon 10D or Nikon D100).

Hell... here are some 2MP shots that are close to film quality.

Give a good photographer a crappy camera and he will produce pics that are far better than a newb using a really nice SLR 35mm camera.

The actual limitation of the camera is usually not a factor.
 
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glen

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Originally posted by: edro13
Tell your friend to take a look at a National Geographic. Many of the photographers in there use Digital (Canon 10D or Nikon D100).
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Those are SLR 10 plus mp

 
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edro

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Originally posted by: glen
Originally posted by: edro13
Tell your friend to take a look at a National Geographic. Many of the photographers in there use Digital (Canon 10D or Nikon D100).
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Those are SLR 10 plus mp
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They are both 6MP...
 
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I don't know if you think any of these are film quality but I have had some of these printed on 8x11 professionaly for my father (he is a pilot in some of these pics). They came out better than my shots from a 35mm Canon film SLR the last time I went. These were shot with a 6.3 mp digital cam.

List of shots.

All are in JPEG unfortunately and unedited, thus colors and sharpness on some are pathetic.

Some are crappy mind you, off center, out of focus, etc., its hard to shoot aircraft flying by at 150 knots. Also I'm a fairly new photographer.

They also appear to be a little grainy. :/
 
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Originally posted by: edro13
Originally posted by: glen
Originally posted by: edro13
Tell your friend to take a look at a National Geographic. Many of the photographers in there use Digital (Canon 10D or Nikon D100).
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Those are SLR 10 plus mp
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They are both 6MP...
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While there are many professional publications that use digital, NG is not the greatest example. I understand that they have just started to accept some digital work in last couple of years. Most of their stuff is still film though. I'm also reasonably sure that the DSLR used were not 10D or D100's. NG used a lot of MF film, which some of the high DSLR have only recently been able to compete with.

Does your friend realize that practically ALL photos they encountered on a daily basis whether in weekly magazines, daily newspapers or on the web are all taken w/ DSLR cameras?


 
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glen

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Originally posted by: DBL


Does your friend realize that practically ALL photos they encountered on a daily basis whether in weekly magazines, daily newspapers or on the web are all taken w/ DSLR cameras?
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He never disputed DSLR cameras, just everyday point and shoot digicams, which I content can make awfully good photographs, he just has not seen them.
 
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randomlinh

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what is he "not impressed by" exactly? snapshots are nothing... i really don't believe he could tell the difference between film/digital if they were both from a lab. inkjet print outs, yes, you can tell sometimes. Usually the paper gives it away ;) But say you get something from dot photo... unless your camera sucked, it's virtually impossible to tell.
 
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I can send you a couple 4 mpix shots of my recent trip to Hawaii... I printed out 4x6s from them and no "regular person" would assume that they didn't come from a film camera. And to be honest, they looked far better than film photos from a cheap developer.
 
MrChad

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Originally posted by: edro13
Tell your friend to take a look at a National Geographic. Many of the photographers in there use Digital (Canon 10D or Nikon D100).

Hell... here are some 2MP shots that are close to film quality.

Give a good photographer a crappy camera and he will produce pics that are far better than a newb using a really nice SLR 35mm camera.

The actual limitation of the camera is usually not a factor.
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Those are some beautiful pics. Are those A40 pics with the stock lense?
 
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richardycc

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Originally posted by: MrChad
Originally posted by: edro13
Tell your friend to take a look at a National Geographic. Many of the photographers in there use Digital (Canon 10D or Nikon D100).

Hell... here are some 2MP shots that are close to film quality.

Give a good photographer a crappy camera and he will produce pics that are far better than a newb using a really nice SLR 35mm camera.

The actual limitation of the camera is usually not a factor.
Click to expand...

Those are some beautiful pics. Are those A40 pics with the stock lense?
Click to expand...

what other lens can you use with the A40?? :confused:
 
edro

edro

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Originally posted by: richardycc
Originally posted by: MrChad
Originally posted by: edro13
Tell your friend to take a look at a National Geographic. Many of the photographers in there use Digital (Canon 10D or Nikon D100).

Hell... here are some 2MP shots that are close to film quality.

Give a good photographer a crappy camera and he will produce pics that are far better than a newb using a really nice SLR 35mm camera.

The actual limitation of the camera is usually not a factor.
Click to expand...

Those are some beautiful pics. Are those A40 pics with the stock lense?
Click to expand...

what other lens can you use with the A40?? :confused:
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Actually... the macro shots are using a +10 diopter and the A40 Tube Adapter... :)
 
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DBL

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Originally posted by: glen
He never disputed DSLR cameras, just everyday point and shoot digicams, which I content can make awfully good photographs, he just has not seen them.
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This is true. Digital P&S are just as good as or better than their film counterparts. I say better b/c of the ability to control the ISO. Also, remember that film labs post-process your film by pushing the exposure automatically for an under-exposed picture for example. These are things that most people are not aware of. Either way, there is really little difference between equivalent film and digital. It really comes down the person taking the pictures.




 
Metron

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Current digital technology EXCEEDS the maximum resolutions possible with film, even when using the most expensive film cameras.

Tell your friend film died a few years ago when 10 megapixel CCD's appeared on the scene, which is why you see so many used high end film cameras for sale.

I took these pictures with my trusty Canon S500 (5MP) in Hawaii:
Sunset 1
Sunset 2

I'll reinterate, film is dead.

Metron
 
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DBL

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Originally posted by: Metron
Current digital technology EXCEEDS the maximum resolutions possible with film, even when using the most expensive film cameras.

Tell your friend film died a few years ago when 10 megapixel CCD's appeared on the scene, which is why you see so many used high end film cameras for sale.

I took these pictures with my trusty Canon S500 (5MP) in Hawaii:
Sunset 1
Sunset 2

I'll reinterate, film is dead.

Metron
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What digital camera would I need to exceed the resolution contained in a 4"x5" or 8"x10" negative from a Large format camera?
 
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DeafeningSilence

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Originally posted by: DBL
Originally posted by: Metron
Current digital technology EXCEEDS the maximum resolutions possible with film, even when using the most expensive film cameras.

Tell your friend film died a few years ago when 10 megapixel CCD's appeared on the scene, which is why you see so many used high end film cameras for sale.

I took these pictures with my trusty Canon S500 (5MP) in Hawaii:
Sunset 1
Sunset 2

I'll reinterate, film is dead.

Metron
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What digital camera would I need to exceed the resolution contained in a 4"x5" or 8"x10" negative from a Large format camera?
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Haha, nicely done. :)

I'm a fan of digital, but this man wins.
 
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