"Mike Russell" <groupsRE@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:08:49 GMT, Dirty Harry wrote:
>
>> Exactly! There are those who wish to learn the craft and those who
whish
>> to
>> point and click.
>
> I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire 21 megapixels or only eight?"
> Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track
> myself. But being as this is a .Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III SLR Digital
Camera,
> the most powerful DSLR in the world, and would blow your head clean off,
> you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya,
> punk?
>
> The point is, Callahan, that the mayor's office wants you to start
playing
> by the book. Judge a photographer by his or her pictures, not the
> equipment, or we're going to have to throw your whole case out again.
>
> Equipment is not the be all, nor are all non-SLR's automated toys. If
you
> believe that, then you're playing the role of a photo snob. DLSR's are,
> IMHO, an odious legacy from a now ancient 20th century analog world of
> gears and moving mirrors, only the film has been yanked out and a
digital
> sensor put in.
>
> All that said, I'll put up with a lot of poor attitude and behavior,
even
> the type you've shown, if your images are excellent. So you've got to
ask
> yourself one question: do you have any pictures on line that might
> impress?
> Well, do ya ... ?
> --
> Mike Russell - http://www.curvemeister.com
I'm glad you asked as I'm a huge fan of night time photography. Darn, you
cant do that on a point and shoot because most of them have a max open
shutter time of 15 seconds and even at 15 seconds the sensor noise is
BRUTAL! Why? It's a physical limitation because of the sensor size,
they're trying to pack all those mega pixels on to an area the size of my
thumb nail. The small sensor also leads to a very small lens on the
front.
Guess what that means? It means you're not going to be taking any photos
with a nice background blur (unless you're in the macro range, not so good
for ****traits). The depth of field on a p&s is about equivalent to f 16
on
an slr (look it up if you don't believe me). You might not want
background
blur for everything but its nice to have the option, I don't know how many
people have asked me "can you do those pictures with the blurry
background?"
http://www.dustingodwinphoto.com/bird.jpg
see the nice cage cause it was
shot in a zoo? Nope but on a p&s you sure would!
Some night shots that would be IMPOSSIBLE to take on a p&s:
http://dustingodwinphoto.com/landscapes/images/img_1425.jpg
- judging by
the
star trails that was at least a 5 min exposure.
http://dustingodwinphoto.com/landscapes/images/img_0689_5x7.jpg
this was
probably only 10-15 seconds but it's completely noise free.
http://dustingodwinphoto.com/landscapes/images/fireworks_img_2715_4x6.jpg
http://dustingodwinphoto.com/landscapes/images/framed_img_7461.jpg
http://dustingodwinphoto.com/edmonton/images/pyramids100007_rt8.jpg
http://dustingodwinphoto.com/reddeer/images/IMG_8026.jpg
- 30 seconds...
I could dig up another 100 images taken at night that wouldn't be possible
on a p&s but I haven't updated the site in forever...
Now don't get me wrong, even I say to myself it would be nice to have a
little camera I could throw in my pocket but for anything serious I'd be
chocked at myself if I saw something awesome and I was stuck without my
slr.
ARGH how do I get a shallow DOF on this thing? What? I can't take my
night
pictures unless I want more grain then the local wheat pool? Why am I
pressing the button and nothing is happening (waits for 2 seconds for the
camera to finally take the picture)? I love it when I let someone try my
camera and they take about 10 pictures the first time they press the
button
because they're not expecting the camera to work so fast, followed by a
"holy ****!"
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