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05/16/2005 02:43:08 PM · #1 |
"Unless you're going to be printing really large prints, like 30+" then the extra resolution is pretty meaningless!"
I often read this, and I wonder if these people realize that you can "crop" a photo. And there is a great advantage in having an 8mp camera if you want to crop a section and still be able to print out in good quality.
Sure you can zoom, but sometimes...there just isn't enough "zoom" and you can't dish out $4,000 for a 600mm lense. And being able to crop & print makes a great solution.
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05/16/2005 02:46:03 PM · #2 |
I agree! Excellent point! Also the extra real estate allows you a wider range of cropping choices. You sometimes even find unintentional subjects in the details that can themselves become their own image.
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05/16/2005 03:00:31 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by kpriest:
I agree! Excellent point! Also the extra real estate allows you a wider range of cropping choices. You sometimes even find unintentional subjects in the details that can themselves become their own image. |
You mean like this?
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05/16/2005 03:16:49 PM · #4 |
Good example Grand, taking a part of an image has worked for photog's for years, film and digital.
Some photog's feel cropping into a small portion of the image is "against their religion" so to speak. Others have no issue. Should remember though, smaller the portion_smaller the maximum print size before degradation starts to set in. |
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05/16/2005 03:22:16 PM · #5 |
| By the way; Grand, I see your ribboned image is still up.... hope it is staying there. |
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05/16/2005 03:27:04 PM · #6 |
hows this as an example ppl. thought i was a great macro freek but i really just used a good lens and a better crop....-  - 
+ how was i to light it well if i couldn't get my shadow out of it....true i could've taken it up close like that but it was far more efficent the other way.....
i support your point 100%
_brando_
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05/16/2005 03:49:42 PM · #7 |
This line is also a pretty funny one
"digital cropping should not be a replacement for good composition"
make sense of course... but in the world of advertisement a centered images are an imperative, leaving the art department space to add their touch. |
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05/16/2005 04:02:55 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by Gil P:
This line is also a pretty funny one
"digital cropping should not be a replacement for good composition"
make sense of course... but in the world of advertisement a centered images are an imperative, leaving the art department space to add their touch. |
That's not necessarily true at all. Every design company that I have ever done work for already have the concept in mind and know exactly how they want the shot composed. They would rather not crop if at all possible, with the image being set for the layout they envisioned.
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05/16/2005 05:00:21 PM · #9 |
| The one that makes me cringe is hearing a salesperson telling a potential new photographer about the virtues of how much better digital zoom is over optical zoom for a still camera. |
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05/16/2005 05:03:08 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by 3DsArcher:
The one that makes me cringe is hearing a salesperson telling a potential new photographer about the virtues of how much better digital zoom is over optical zoom for a still camera. |
Or at least using the digital zoom as a selling point.
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05/16/2005 05:04:32 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
Originally posted by 3DsArcher:
The one that makes me cringe is hearing a salesperson telling a potential new photographer about the virtues of how much better digital zoom is over optical zoom for a still camera. |
Or at least using the digital zoom as a selling point. |
Exactly |
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05/16/2005 05:36:22 PM · #12 |
"The one that makes me cringe is hearing a salesperson telling a potential new photographer about the virtues of how much better digital zoom is over optical zoom for a still camera."
[[[I have never heard this one - thankfully. I have heard them used digital zoom to try to make a zoomless camera "seem" like it has zoom. But if I ever saw someone tell a customer such a statement, I would correct them.
Lord knows how many times I've helped camera/computer buyers. (sometimes to the dismay of store salesmen).
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05/17/2005 05:33:59 PM · #13 |
| Someone made the point that thier grandfather passed away, and the only recent picture of him they had was a group shot, but it had enough resolution that they were able to crop a picure of him out of it. |
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05/17/2005 05:42:44 PM · #14 |
I can vouch for the disadvantages of having a low res cam :D - it's fine for studion vein shots and portraits but to spontaneously capture something that fits perfectly in the frame isn't always easy. Thankfully, something new this way comes.
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