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<blockquote data-quote="Nethfel" data-source="post: 851176" data-attributes="member: 89124"><p>Just some food for thought...</p><p></p><p>Some magazines and stock photo places have min resolution/file size submission requirements. Some cameras may require upsizing to meet those minimums. I'd say look into where you are submitting to and find out what those might be before you jump and purchase.</p><p></p><p>For more info on crop and magnification theory (although I realize Phototini already described it well) there is a good article here with pictures that show the different crop ratios:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/dslr-mag.shtml" target="_blank">DSLR Magnification</a></p><p></p><p>And although VaughnA has a certain point about the body/megapixels/etc. - there are some important things to consider - some bodies/sensors do not perform well in certain situations which may affect you depending on what you shoot. Some cameras have better low light performance that has nothing to do with the lens, but rather the capabilities of the body and sensor. Some bodies clip highlights. Some bodies tend to degrade the pictures so bad at higher ISOs (ie: smearing for noise reduction, or just so much noise that it looks terrible, or stuck pixels (I had a Fuji before that would tend to get stuck pixels at higher ISOs (S5 Pro) and a Fuji that tended to have a green cast (S1Pro)) that they are just unusable. In terms of subject and ability to visualize your photo and capture your visualization - as long as you're within the capabilities of the body - is all you, light and glass, and there VaughnA is 100% correct.</p><p></p><p>I would recommend you to go to <a href="http://www.dpreview.com/" target="_blank">Digital Camera Reviews and News: Digital Photography Review: Forums, Glossary, FAQ</a> and look at the camera reviews for the various models you're considering, see what kind of performance they have under various conditions and consider that against what you will be doing with the camera. Perhaps you'll always be in awesome lighting situations where you might want to consider a foveon based sensor camera (captures all three colors in a single pixel area by a form of filtering (beautiful pictures, terrible low light performance or long exposure performance) - normally digital cameras (canon, nikon, sony, etc.) use a bayer pattern where it will interpolate the color for a given pixel based upon the surrounding pixels which really does work well).</p><p></p><p>Other things to consider - if you're going to buy used, be sure to check on problems of various body models, some have banding issues, some have failure issues that you'll want to investigate before spending your money. </p><p></p><p>I've used canon, nikon, kodak (kodak used to have a pro line body set that used a nikon or canon film body attached to the kodak back), fuji (uses a nikon body with fuji circuitry) - all have been good and bad cameras; all have had their quirks.</p><p></p><p>Realize that your big investment will be your glass. It's easy to drop $1-$6K on a camera when you consider the glass - depending on the style and quantity of lenses you get can run ~$1K-$30k (there used to be a $100K lens from canon, but I think it's been discontinued. This price range assuming you look at higher end lenses and ignore the low end consumer lenses) so choose your manufacturer carefully as it's quite expensive if you decide later to switch.</p><p></p><p>You may want to see if there are any places that will rent you cameras from Nikon or Canon that way you can get a real feel to see which style fits you better.</p><p></p><p>Just my $0.02 <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nethfel, post: 851176, member: 89124"] Just some food for thought... Some magazines and stock photo places have min resolution/file size submission requirements. Some cameras may require upsizing to meet those minimums. I'd say look into where you are submitting to and find out what those might be before you jump and purchase. For more info on crop and magnification theory (although I realize Phototini already described it well) there is a good article here with pictures that show the different crop ratios: [url=http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/dslr-mag.shtml]DSLR Magnification[/url] And although VaughnA has a certain point about the body/megapixels/etc. - there are some important things to consider - some bodies/sensors do not perform well in certain situations which may affect you depending on what you shoot. Some cameras have better low light performance that has nothing to do with the lens, but rather the capabilities of the body and sensor. Some bodies clip highlights. Some bodies tend to degrade the pictures so bad at higher ISOs (ie: smearing for noise reduction, or just so much noise that it looks terrible, or stuck pixels (I had a Fuji before that would tend to get stuck pixels at higher ISOs (S5 Pro) and a Fuji that tended to have a green cast (S1Pro)) that they are just unusable. In terms of subject and ability to visualize your photo and capture your visualization - as long as you're within the capabilities of the body - is all you, light and glass, and there VaughnA is 100% correct. I would recommend you to go to [url=http://www.dpreview.com/]Digital Camera Reviews and News: Digital Photography Review: Forums, Glossary, FAQ[/url] and look at the camera reviews for the various models you're considering, see what kind of performance they have under various conditions and consider that against what you will be doing with the camera. Perhaps you'll always be in awesome lighting situations where you might want to consider a foveon based sensor camera (captures all three colors in a single pixel area by a form of filtering (beautiful pictures, terrible low light performance or long exposure performance) - normally digital cameras (canon, nikon, sony, etc.) use a bayer pattern where it will interpolate the color for a given pixel based upon the surrounding pixels which really does work well). Other things to consider - if you're going to buy used, be sure to check on problems of various body models, some have banding issues, some have failure issues that you'll want to investigate before spending your money. I've used canon, nikon, kodak (kodak used to have a pro line body set that used a nikon or canon film body attached to the kodak back), fuji (uses a nikon body with fuji circuitry) - all have been good and bad cameras; all have had their quirks. Realize that your big investment will be your glass. It's easy to drop $1-$6K on a camera when you consider the glass - depending on the style and quantity of lenses you get can run ~$1K-$30k (there used to be a $100K lens from canon, but I think it's been discontinued. This price range assuming you look at higher end lenses and ignore the low end consumer lenses) so choose your manufacturer carefully as it's quite expensive if you decide later to switch. You may want to see if there are any places that will rent you cameras from Nikon or Canon that way you can get a real feel to see which style fits you better. Just my $0.02 :D [/QUOTE]
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