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 03/17/2005 12:26:12 AM · #1
Some of us have great cameras and some of us don't. All of us love photography. It is easy for just about anyone to get hold of a 3 mpx camera or lower quality for a challenge. It might level the playing field just a bit, and I think it would be a learning experience for many of us.
 03/17/2005 12:34:32 AM · #2
Hear! Hear! I'd like that. I've seen great images on this site made with small CCD cameras, and since it'll be quite a while before I move up, I'm game.
 03/17/2005 12:38:55 AM · #3
Make it 3.2 Mp and I'm in the game... That seems to be a common dviding line...

Robt.
 03/17/2005 12:49:46 AM · #4
I was thinking 3.7MP and below myself...

03/17/2005 12:53:54 AM · #5
I think that it has to be 2mp, there are far too many nice cameras at 3mp+

Of course this has nothing to do with the fact I own a Paansonic FZ2 ;)
 03/17/2005 01:11:00 AM · #6
One of the pictures was taken with a Panasonic FZ1 2.0 Mp and the other is taken with a Panasonic FZ20 5.0 Mp. Can you guess which one?


In challenges the amount of Mp don't matter that much. I think, and this is my opinion, the type of camera is what matters pro-sumer vs. dSLR because of the lens and contrast range.

Message edited by author 2005-03-17 01:17:36.
 03/17/2005 01:11:08 AM · #7
I'm ready to pull out my old Mavica FD92...now my husband's camera. I think it would be a great challenge.
 03/17/2005 01:14:05 AM · #8
My AA entry was taken with my Sony (3.14 megapixel).
 03/17/2005 01:45:26 AM · #9
Originally posted by SDW65:
One of the pictures was taken with a Panasonic FZ1 2.0 Mp and the other is taken with a Panasonic FZ20 5.0 Mp. Can you guess which one?

bump

In challenges the amount of Mp don't matter that much. I think, and this is my opinion, the type of camera is what matters pro-sumer vs. dSLR because of the lens and contrast range.
03/17/2005 01:48:32 AM · #10
cool idea but i dont think it should be the number of megapixels that should divide the challenge. Something like 3-4x zoom with no manual controls seems to be a pretty standard p/s camera catergory. I know the fuji's, olympus, nikons, canons, sony's all got those
 03/17/2005 02:09:38 AM · #11
How about making a pinhole adapter?

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 03/17/2005 02:09:54 AM · #12
Originally posted by SDW65:
Originally posted by SDW65:
One of the pictures was taken with a Panasonic FZ1 2.0 Mp and the other is taken with a Panasonic FZ20 5.0 Mp. Can you guess which one?

bump

In challenges the amount of Mp don't matter that much. I think, and this is my opinion, the type of camera is what matters pro-sumer vs. dSLR because of the lens and contrast range.


Butterfly is 5.0 Mp?

Robt.
 03/17/2005 02:18:36 AM · #13
Anything but Nikon and Canon challenge :P
03/17/2005 02:32:30 AM · #14
Yeah - I think rather than megapixels if you were going to do this it would have to be a point and shoot only challenge.... I mean there are people here with old 2.xx and 3.xx megapixel dSLR's. You could strap a 5000 dollar lens to one of those 2 megapixel nikon D1's and still be eligible for a megapixel based challenge.
 03/17/2005 02:35:02 AM · #15
March Madness style - All Sonys battle it out, and the winner will battle, the winners of the Nikons and so forth.
 03/17/2005 02:44:07 AM · #16
Originally posted by bear_music:
Originally posted by SDW65:
Originally posted by SDW65:
One of the pictures was taken with a Panasonic FZ1 2.0 Mp and the other is taken with a Panasonic FZ20 5.0 Mp. Can you guess which one?

bump

In challenges the amount of Mp don't matter that much. I think, and this is my opinion, the type of camera is what matters pro-sumer vs. dSLR because of the lens and contrast range.


Butterfly is 5.0 Mp?

Robt.

NO... Butterfly is the FZ1 2.0 mp
 03/17/2005 03:19:17 AM · #17
I won 3 ribbons and took many fine photos (one of which is being used on the front of a crisp packet!) with a 3MP Pentax Optio S...



In many ways, they have a lot of advantages over DSLRs on DPC... they're always with you, deep depth of field, more saturated colours and most of them have quite good macro functions.
It's not the camera, it's the photographer. ;-)
 03/17/2005 03:31:09 AM · #18
My little Fuji (see profile) would not be counted as low end by anyone's definition so far: it's a 4MP camera. A quick look at warehouseexpress finds it priced at £129 - hardly outside of my first camera pricing, certainly in digital terms.

E
 03/17/2005 04:28:20 AM · #19
Originally posted by BobsterLobster:
I won 3 ribbons and took many fine photos (one of which is being used on the front of a crisp packet!) with a 3MP Pentax Optio S...

In many ways, they have a lot of advantages over DSLRs on DPC... they're always with you, deep depth of field, more saturated colours and most of them have quite good macro functions.
It's not the camera, it's the photographer. ;-)


I have to agree with you that p&s cameras has there advantage. They also have there disadvantage. And the same with the dSLR cameras. So you are right - Photographer!
 03/17/2005 04:35:02 AM · #20

1.3 MP Floppy drive Mavica., circa 2001 (LOL)
 03/17/2005 05:59:58 AM · #21
I'm up for it too I shot this with my newly purchased Contax SL300R 3.2MP and would relish the chance to battle it out with the lower MP camera owners. A great idea IMO

03/17/2005 06:51:13 AM · #22
I don't see why defining MP, if most of the cameras won't have those state-of-the-art lenses! I have a 5.1mp (almost what a digital rebel has) one and it's not nearly as sharp as it!
I don't see the advantage it'll bring, namig it 3mp, 3.2, 2.0 or whatever!
 03/17/2005 06:58:42 AM · #23
As all challenges are limited to 640 by 640 the only real advantage of high mp is in cropping. What really sets aapart the high and low end cameras is features, ie shutter/ aperture priority easy use f high iso speeds and macro ability. Also drive speeds and telephoto lenses enable certain types of photographs. The mp count is mostly irrelevant.
 03/17/2005 07:09:22 AM · #24
The defining feature would have to be sensor size, but this would be a real administrative nightmare.

Maybe a 'vintage' challenge, only open to cameras that are over x years old? (I could dig out my Kodak DC-260) :)
 03/17/2005 07:13:43 AM · #25
The definition of a "low-end" camera may vary here!
Even price ranges are different.
For example, my camera, a sony W1, goes around for what? 250, 300 USD?
I paid for it R$ 1500 (my currency), which covnerted to dollars would be something like 500 USD. It's a huge difference. There might be just a few users from "low-end" countries. Users such as me. But for them, a CAMERA, with some features, if any whatsoever, is not just a LOW-END CAMERA.
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