Who is in to... Photography?

[Route 66]

For the consumer they are. You get some great 8x10's with point and shoots at this point, because of how far the tech has come.

The idea of higher mega-pixels is for people who want the flexibility of going bigger and keeping it clean and high end printing.

To add to this point-if you set your megapixel very high and later on downsize it to fit say your background on your wallpaper, it will degrade the image. The more you downsize it the greater the breakdown.

 

[ethiostar]

That's a sweet camera and I love Nikon.
I'm really looking forward to walking into B&H Photo and getting my hands on the D3, or D700 very soon.

BTW, when you buy consider them. They're in New York, but if you're not, I'm pretty sure you don't pay sales tax (at least my buddy didn't when he bought his) and they have free shipping.

I've heard about B&H and i will definitely look into that when i'm ready to buy one. I will have to go to a store nearby and try a bunch of them out in person, pick one and then order one online if they are that much cheaper.

 

[ethiostar]

great job!

Thanks!

 

[CliffnDallas]

Thanks. I look forward to the day when i can get a really nice camera, like the Nikon D90 and some lenses. It's just a hobby but i love taking pictures.

And that's what it's all about...

 

[CliffnDallas]

I do almost all of my photo business with either B&H or Adorama in New York. Mostly Adorama. No sales tax is a good thing.

 

[CowboysFan02]

I'm too, been off and on for the last couple of years, just recently got a Canon 450D(XSI).

A shot from my recent vaction to Yosemite.
http://i16.***BLOCKED***/albums/b29/frozen208/Scott/IMG_0388.jpg

 

[CliffnDallas]

I'm too, been off and on for the last couple of years, just recently got a Canon 450D(XSI).

A shot from my recent vaction to Yosemite.
http://i16.***BLOCKED***/albums/b29/frozen208/Scott/IMG_0388.jpg

That's a great shot. How long was the shutter open?

 

[Meat-O-Rama]

Just recently got a Nikon D80 and a couple of lenses. Been snapping photos like crazy and playing with the settings, reading up and trying to figure out how things work.

 

[ethiostar]

I'm too, been off and on for the last couple of years, just recently got a Canon 450D(XSI).

A shot from my recent vaction to Yosemite.
http://i16.***BLOCKED***/albums/b29/frozen208/Scott/IMG_0388.jpg

That's an awesome shot.

 

[ethiostar]

Just recently got a Nikon D80 and a couple of lenses. Been snapping photos like crazy and playing with the settings, reading up and trying to figure out how things work.

Great shots. Where were those taken?

 

[theogt]

That was kind of tongue in cheek, but for simple 8x10's 4-6 mp is sufficient.

I know. I was kidding myself. But I recently blew up some photos for my office and was surprised at how much even 12 MP begins to degrade.

 

[Meat-O-Rama]

Great shots. Where were those taken?

Thanks. The first was taken heading out of Los Angeles Harbor, and the second was taken leaving Mazatlan, Mexico.

 

[Meat-O-Rama]

You know, seeing all of these pics of Tony and Jessica together in LA, I'm thinking I might have to quit the day job and turn into paparazzi. Wonder how much a picture of the two goes for? I live just south of LAX, so it shouldn't be hard to go hang out and snap pics all day long.

 

[vta]

I know. I was kidding myself. But I recently blew up some photos for my office and was surprised at how much even 12 MP begins to degrade.

How big did you blow them up and what kind of camera did you use?
You're limited with the 35mm format (and a lot of people don't realize that a lot of digital cameras are not even that), regardless of mega-pixels.

Hassleblad and Mamiya make great large format cameras, but they cost about as much as a Honda in some cases.

 

[theogt]

How big did you blow them up and what kind of camera did you use?
You're limited with the 35mm format (and a lot of people don't realize that a lot of digital cameras are not even that), regardless of mega-pixels.

Hassleblad and Mamiya make great large format cameras, but they cost about as much as a Honda in some cases.

I have a Canon 450D (or XSi). I blew them up to, I think, 18 X 24.

Granted, they were landscape photos taken without a tripod, so it makes sense that some of the distant images would be grainy/blurry after blowing up. I just expected a little better, I guess.

 

[Kevinicus]

Some older ones my wife did:

http://i44.***BLOCKED***/albums/f20/alphie06/alleydoorway.jpg

http://i44.***BLOCKED***/albums/f20/alphie06/gatesignedited.jpg

http://i44.***BLOCKED***/albums/f20/alphie06/tiresedit1.jpg

http://i44.***BLOCKED***/albums/f20/alphie06/firetruckfront1.jpg

http://i44.***BLOCKED***/albums/f20/alphie06/hcfrontbwsepia1.jpg

http://i44.***BLOCKED***/albums/f20/alphie06/oldbuilldingbusbwradioedited1.jpg

http://i44.***BLOCKED***/albums/f20/alphie06/restsidebw1.jpg

I'm not sure where the original of this one is, so this version will have to do:
http://i44.***BLOCKED***/albums/f20/alphie06/davesonapaint1letters.jpg

http://i44.***BLOCKED***/albums/f20/alphie06/timepostcard.jpg

http://i44.***BLOCKED***/albums/f20/alphie06/beatuptruckbwse1.jpg

 

[vta]

I have a Canon 450D (or XSi). I blew them up to, I think, 18 X 24.

Granted, they were landscape photos taken without a tripod, so it makes sense that some of the distant images would be grainy/blurry after blowing up. I just expected a little better, I guess.

Are you shooting in RAW or JPG?

 

[vta]

Some older ones my wife did:http://i44.***BLOCKED***/albums/f20/alphie06/hcfrontbwsepia1.jpg

Nice pics. I love this one.

 

[theogt]

Are you shooting in RAW or JPG?

These were in JPG. Space was more of an issue at the time -- I took a couple thousand photos on that particular trip, filling up multiple SD cards.

Does raw make a big difference?

 

[vta]

These were in JPG. Space was more of an issue at the time -- I took a couple thousand photos on that particular trip, filling up multiple SD cards.

Does raw make a big difference?

Yeah. JPG is a compression format and shouldn't be used if you're going to do anything further with the image. It's basically an end product for something that will not be edited again and most definitely never be sized up.

With Camera RAW, you have plenty of options and it's most important in your conversion from the start. You do need Photoshop, though, with the CR plug-in, which is free. When you open it in Photoshop, you're presented with the Camera Raw window and all the settings...

There you set the Max resolution and image and color correction, sharpness, etc.

Like I said earlier, a lot of the consumer Digital SLR's are not full frame (the digital equivalent of 35mm), so printing big won't be perfect, but you can get some very good stuff from them, using Camera Raw. Your particular camera can definitely get you nice prints at that size you mentioned.

Just don't do it from a JPG.

Also, RAW is not an end Format either.
You'll have to save the file as something else when you're done. Tif, Photoshop, or final JPG. I know space is an issue, so you'll have to consider you'll have two files of the same image: the RAW, (digital negative) and the processed file.