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Thread: Megapixels needed?
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09-30-2006, 04:40 PM #11
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09-30-2006, 05:57 PM #12Originally Posted by urleebird
Honestly, Bill, I don't know... I don't even own a VCam anymore. I finally discarded mine... one of the first RCA Camcorders made. It was a monster and consisted of the camera (which was about the size of the cameras you see today's news crews carrying), and a separate briefcase sized unit containing the electronics and tape being recorded, and still another briefcase sized unit for playing back the tape. It still worked, but wasn't exactly "portable" by todays standards.
Now, if you had asked about a new camera I'd have referred you to dpreview.com. But you'll have to get a recommendation for the VCam from someone who follows them. Sorry...Last edited by azjoe; 09-30-2006 at 06:06 PM.
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09-30-2006, 06:46 PM #13
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Thanked: 324The Canon PowerShot cameras from my A530 up offer a lot of outstanding features at a really remarkale price. I consider them "best in class" at this point. I did a lot of research into a camera for online images and the Macro, low light performance, automatic options, manual overrides and general function were most impressive for the Canon PowerShot dollar for dollar, in my opinion. User Group reviews on it were good and I was impressed because it performed better than expected and I had some pretty high expectations. It's low light performance for indoor photography is superb and it's FAST. It powers on and is ready very, very quickly.
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10-02-2006, 01:10 PM #14
I'll second that. I just upgraded my ancient nikon koolpix 950 to a canon powershot A530 because I wanted a better camera for my upcoming honeymoon in Italy.
It's not the best camera out there, but it's the best camera for under $200 that I could find and it's better than a lot of more expensive cameras. The pic I took of the shaving mug Scott made for me was with the 530.
-- Gary F.
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10-02-2006, 03:49 PM #15
For those camera junkies who are truly megapixel "obsessed" -- here's a 160-megapixel beauty -- yes, that's not a typo, it's 1 6 0 .
So, if you have something akin to 50 Maestro Levi razors to trade, you could own one of these!
see: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0609/06093007seitzd3.asp
[Note -- JLStorm, you don't want to read this... If you were to get the camera bug and become hooked again on "bigger is better", you'll have to open another wife-advice thread for sure, ]
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10-02-2006, 10:42 PM #16
160, posh! That's nothing.
go checkout the 4 gigapixel (4,000 megapixel) camera. The image gallery really has some spectacular images.
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10-03-2006, 01:04 AM #17Originally Posted by azjoe
If you blow it up to quadruple each dimension, you'll have a 4x4 print with a resolution of 250 dots per inch in each dimension. That's a super quality print, and about the size of what you would display. Even if you went to 6x6" you would have a pretty good print.
The reason photos with a 1 mp camera are unsatisfactory is that the other factors have had their effect. They're usually cheap and made foe snapshots. The more expensive cameras have better lenses, better focus systems and better exposure control. With the pixel counts growing you can get a fine quality 3mp camera at a very low price. That should be excellent if you get a brand that has a reputation for cameras- Minolta, Nikon, Canon, Sony, to mention a few. When you find ones that interest you go to "stevesdigicams.com" and find out about it.
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10-03-2006, 01:19 AM #18Originally Posted by azjoe
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10-03-2006, 01:26 AM #19Originally Posted by ToxIk
"It would take a video wall of 10,000 television screens or 600 prints from a professional digital SLR camera to capture as much information as that contained in a single Gigapxl™ exposure."
If your camera could capture the detail, that kind of resolution would allow you to take a family photo and crop down to a good photo of a freckle.
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10-03-2006, 03:02 AM #20Originally Posted by Joe Lerch