Posted by Brent Stovall on March 11, 2006 at 12:01 PM
Tim, I read where you had purchased an 8mp digital point and shoot. I just ordered a fuji E900. It is a 9mp with RAW capabilities. Having not shot my 35mm gear in a couple of years, I decided to sell it all The other day I was thinking about how I never get out and just snap photos anymore and I miss that. The only time I take photos is while I am on a planned photo trip and even then I would sometimes only come back with a few sheets on bad days and about 10 on good days. Add in a 19 month little boy and my photo trips have been reduced.
So... I though get a good good P&S and have fun. With it being 9mp, if I was to capture something worthwhile, it could be printed.
I've had a Minolta A2 for several years (8mp) and always take it with me when I'm not using my real camera outfit. I've sold prints up to 3 x 4 feet from this camera and they actually look OK. A couple of my best-selling photos were shot with this camera, and I make 16 x 20 prints quite often of them that look great. Also have published a number of images from this camera and its 5mp little brother in books and calendars. Are the images as good as an 8-12-16mp dSLR? No. But hanging on the wall behind glass in someone's home or business no one really cares. If the truth be known probably 99% of all people who buy digital cameras would be better off using a point and shoot than any dSRL, and I recommend them quite often to people looking to get into digital - they just don't need the bigger cameras. Of course, it is all in the technique and the camera equipment has very little to do with the final image. I can take an image good enough for Nat Geo with my little A2, yet I've some some really crappy files from a $30,000 medium format digital camera...
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1 repliesSo... I though get a good good P&S and have fun. With it being 9mp, if I was to capture something worthwhile, it could be printed.
Anyway which camera did you get?
B.
I've had a Minolta A2 for several years (8mp) and always take it with me when I'm not using my real camera outfit. I've sold prints up to 3 x 4 feet from this camera and they actually look OK. A couple of my best-selling photos were shot with this camera, and I make 16 x 20 prints quite often of them that look great. Also have published a number of images from this camera and its 5mp little brother in books and calendars. Are the images as good as an 8-12-16mp dSLR? No. But hanging on the wall behind glass in someone's home or business no one really cares. If the truth be known probably 99% of all people who buy digital cameras would be better off using a point and shoot than any dSRL, and I recommend them quite often to people looking to get into digital - they just don't need the bigger cameras. Of course, it is all in the technique and the camera equipment has very little to do with the final image. I can take an image good enough for Nat Geo with my little A2, yet I've some some really crappy files from a $30,000 medium format digital camera...