Saltgator
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Does it matter when looking at a dslr's mp or is it all about the lenses? This would be my 1st dslr, coming from camera pics and common point and shoot cameras. Suggestions ate greatly appreciate and pics are too. Thanks y'all
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LetItReef
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High mp's and very good lenses are always great combos but prepare to spend some $$.
Depends on the budget. You can get a starter dslr body and get high-end lens you will capture good photos.
Once you are comfortable with it upgrade to a higher dslr's, full frame.
Depends on the budget. You can get a starter dslr body and get high-end lens you will capture good photos.
Once you are comfortable with it upgrade to a higher dslr's, full frame.
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Saltgator
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Sounds great. What starter dslr would you suggest?
LetItReef
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I am a Canon user, I suggest Rebel T3. Check out B&H photo online and browse other brand dslr's or your local shopping area for easy returns.
This is what I bought for a starter.
The lens is more important than the camera more important than the mps. Invest in 1 or 2 great lenses and your set.
Makena95GT
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If you plan on doing ANY cropping at all.. youll need MPs. Low MPs means low resolution. Essentially it means when you zoom in on a photon or crop it.. you wont be able to see details.
My camera only has around 12 MPs (Sony Alpha 330) but takes pretty decent shots. I can take a shot and heavily crop it.. and it still looks good enough to show up on a computer fullscreen.
My camera only has around 12 MPs (Sony Alpha 330) but takes pretty decent shots. I can take a shot and heavily crop it.. and it still looks good enough to show up on a computer fullscreen.
skulls_and_sparrows
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MP's are marketing hype now...quality and sensor size matters WAY more than the mp count.
For example ill take a full frame d700 with 12mp over that cell phone with 42mp.
Do some googling on "do megapixels matter?"
For example ill take a full frame d700 with 12mp over that cell phone with 42mp.
Do some googling on "do megapixels matter?"
ReeferRookie
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I use a cellphone. Works great for me
skulls_and_sparrows
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Please actually do some reading on MP...just google "why megapixels don't matter" and get ready to read.
Your going to see camera manufacturers put the brakes on MP number war here soon...it's purely samantics and boasting rights, currently. Low noise at crazy high ISO is the next big thing...
Ill take a full frame sensor with 7 mp over a point and shoot and 25mp ALL DAY LONG.
Nikon's D700 has just now been replaced with the d750...after 7 years and it's been rocking 12mp since it's release and is WIDELY popular amoungst many, many top pros.
You can fall into the pit of MP numbers, but it they are for the most part a very small piece in the overall puzzle.
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Makena95GT
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Megapixels arent everything, but they do go hand in hand with sensor size, lenses, etc.
My main point as stated in my first post if you didnt catch it, is that if you are shooting in a low resolution (with low megapixels) and you plan on doing any heavy cropping or blowing up your photo for prints, you're going to have a bad time.
Now a camera with around 10-12MP will be completely fine for most users. You'll still be able to crop and zoom while retaining resolution and quality.
Nobody ever said you need to go out and buy an 82MP camera lol.
If you also do your research on MPs you will see that they can be very important when it comes to prints or displaying your photo.
skulls_and_sparrows
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I guess I'm a firm believer in shooting exactly what you want in the frame and excluding what you don't want....major cropping to me doesn’t make sense.
Yes, if you want to crop to an excessive level then i guess worry about MP's...as for printing...i have produced gallery displayed prints in 50"+ with viewing as close as nose level and it didn't matter.
Terrible control of noise can ruin an image at crazy high MP #'s well before lack of MP's would have.
Look at this way....think of mega pixels like containers that collect the information of what you are shooting, think of the scene as water and MP containers as buckets.
A 12 megapixel full frame sensor, might have less containers than a 24mp point and shoot sensor...BUT the 12 megapixels are like 5 gallon buckets on such a big sensor and the 24 megapixels are like shot glasses on the small sensor. The 12mp will COLLECT WAY MORE data in it's 5 gallon buckets vs. the 24 mp and the tiny amount of data that they collect in it's shot glasses...once those sensors are full it just dumps the rest of the data or overflows the containers.
Makena95GT
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As previously mentioned.. in case reading comprehension is hard or something.. 10-12MP is perfectly fine for most applications. Nobody is arguing that you need a 24 MP camera. I don't get how we haven't agreed on that if were saying the same thing lol
Not sure if youve ever taken a photo on a whim then gone in and found there was a much better composition inside of the original picture. A majority of cropping should be done in frame but not every single photo taken will be planned and you wont always have the time to set up a whole photoshoot or stand around trying to get certain things in frame exactly where you want it.
Sports photos are a good example. When I shot at football and basketball games, there was never a time when I framed the subject whilst he was speinting to the goal line or going up for a layup. Things happen quick. Better to get a decent amount in the frame and then crop, rather than risk accidentally cutting off someones head or something to thay effect.
Not sure if youve ever taken a photo on a whim then gone in and found there was a much better composition inside of the original picture. A majority of cropping should be done in frame but not every single photo taken will be planned and you wont always have the time to set up a whole photoshoot or stand around trying to get certain things in frame exactly where you want it.
Sports photos are a good example. When I shot at football and basketball games, there was never a time when I framed the subject whilst he was speinting to the goal line or going up for a layup. Things happen quick. Better to get a decent amount in the frame and then crop, rather than risk accidentally cutting off someones head or something to thay effect.
juggalogentry
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