6 or 8 MPIX?

Drifter wrote:

Digital Cameras, A short analogy...

You need an oil change.


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Alan Browne wrote:
Drifter wrote:

Digital Cameras, A short analogy...

You need an oil change.

I think it is more a case of retarded tining.

David J Taylor wrote:


If I look on my screen at 100% magnification 8MP images (3264 x 2448),
then as my screen is 1280 pixels wide and 14.8 inches wide, the equivalent
print size I am looking at would be 37.7 x 28.3 inches. Something to bear
in mind when looking at 100% zoom!



Exactly... And even if you made a print that size, you'd use some sort of
"smart" interpolation to get the DPI back up to 300DPI so even in this
worse case senerio, much of this still wouldn't be seen. I just don't get
why people get so hung up on stuff they see in 100%+ crops that will never
show up in a print or a full screen image. I look at 100% when I'm
sharpening but that's about the only time I do. For any other comparison, I
look at the output.

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Skip M wrote:


For prints that size, 3 1/2x5 or 4.6, 3mp is sufficient, frankly. The
difference between 8mp and 6mp for even an 8x10, if you're not cropping
much, is mostly in the bragging rights. We're printing up to 24x36, for
that, 8mp is the bare minimum, in fact, maybe a bit under minimum.
There's an interesting article in this months Digital Photo Pro about this
very subject.

I hadn't thought about cropping much becasue I never do that with my
film prints. But since it's so easy in photoshop I guess it would easy.
I can get the 300D downtown for about $800 without waiting, so it's
very tempting. I don't know when I can get the 350 and it's only a
couple hundred more from what I see.

Thanks,
Ck.

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In article , says...
I don't know when I can get the 350 and it's only a
couple hundred more from what I see.

The 350D should be available in the next couple of weeks.

Rumors have it in Australia already, but I haven't seen anyone posting
pics yet.

In article , Brian C. Baird
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The 350D should be available in the next couple of weeks.

They have started to be available at some Best Buys in the US today.
Some samples from purchased XT's have just been posted on dpreview.

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Charles

In article , says...
The 350D should be available in the next couple of weeks.

They have started to be available at some Best Buys in the US today.
Some samples from purchased XT's have just been posted on dpreview.

I just noticed that right after I posted.

The test images show noise that looks to be comparable with the original
DRebel. Which means I might just hold off until I can afford the 20D or
I see samples/tests that show similar noise levels to the 20D.

Even if the noise is the same as the 300D, that isn't really all that
shabby to begin with - considering the extra two million pixels and a
slightly smaller sensor. Should shake up the market a bit.

Charles wrote:

In article , Brian C. Baird
wrote:


The 350D should be available in the next couple of weeks.


They have started to be available at some Best Buys in the US today.
Some samples from purchased XT's have just been posted on dpreview.

I've decided that it's probably the 350D that I'm getting. I was
looking at Minolta A1 and A2 and Panisonic Lumix, Canon G6 and the Sony
DSC-V3 and 828, but it's looking more and more like the 350D now. I
have a lens for it and I hope my flash works on it too.

Ck.

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On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 17:49:48 -0500, Chuck Deitz wrote:

I've decided that it's probably the 350D that I'm getting. I was
looking at Minolta A1 and A2 and Panisonic Lumix, Canon G6 and the Sony
DSC-V3 and 828, but it's looking more and more like the 350D now.

ZLRs have much to recommend them, but I do not think you will regret
going the DSLR route.

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