Here is a more complete explanation of crop factor in lenses and how it can lead to misleading information from camera manufacturers:
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NoiseDesign - Jan 09, 2009 1:19:57 pm PST #8774 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
Polter-Cow - Jan 09, 2009 1:24:34 pm PST #8775 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Both the SD880 and the SD890 are 10 MP, but I wasn't thinking I would be shooting at that high resolution anyway because the file size would be so goddamn huge. My A530 is 5 MP, and that seems to do pretty well (they're pretty gigantic at 1 MB already!). I don't really know how to do much photo editing beyond the standard resize and crop. I like to just use what I shoot. I might shoot some hi-res photos and see what you mean about crop-and-zoom, though.
Here is a more complete explanation of crop factor in lenses and how it can lead to misleading information from camera manufacturers:
I don't think I understood any of that. But since I don't know much about photography, I guess it won't affect me.
megan walker - Jan 09, 2009 1:31:48 pm PST #8776 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
God, I haven't even opened the box to my new digital camera, and already I'm missing my Pentax K1000.
NoiseDesign - Jan 09, 2009 1:32:48 pm PST #8777 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
Both the SD880 and the SD890 are 10 MP, but I wasn't thinking I would be shooting at that high resolution anyway because the file size would be so goddamn huge
The memory cards are so cheap that it really makes sense to shoot at full resolution. Take a shot at full resolution and then just crop and resize. You'd be amazed how tiny an area you can crop down to and still keep very sharp detail. Much closer than you would ever get with an optical zoom system inside any compact camera.
§ ita § - Jan 09, 2009 1:38:12 pm PST #8778 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I know I've asked this before, but I'm curious about any change: who here shoots in raw? Why? What's the resolution of your camera?
javachik - Jan 09, 2009 1:58:02 pm PST #8779 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
who here shoots in raw?
I am usually at least wearing socks.
NoiseDesign - Jan 09, 2009 1:58:12 pm PST #8780 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
I occasionally shoot in RAW but to be honest don't end up using what it gives me very often. If I'm shooting in really low light or something like that I'll shoot RAW so that I can do some extra tweaking to the image in Aperture after the fact.
Liese S. - Jan 09, 2009 2:15:41 pm PST #8781 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
We shoot in RAW from time to time, but it really depends on what we're after. Are we shooting desert landscapes to blow up and sell? (Err, that didn't sound like I meant it to sound.) Then we might choose RAW. But not all that often.
§ ita § - Jan 09, 2009 2:47:05 pm PST #8782 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Drafty, java, drafty.
I think I need to experiment in RAW more, but I never think about it until after the fact. Not much point to use RAW for well-lit portraits.
Anyone done HDR?
Polter-Cow - Jan 09, 2009 5:57:22 pm PST #8783 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Haaaa ha ha ha, wow, Adorama must really want to get rid of these things. I'm glad I didn't buy the SD890 earlier in the day; it just went down from $202 to $196. It's "We can't show you the price" low now. I guess that six bucks I saved paid for the fish burrito I just had.