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Last post 13 Jun 2008 by

devian

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devian

I got a wedding coming up, which of course means money. I plan to use a chunk that we get on a camera so I can *gasp* stop relying on restriction free stock photography for my manipulations.

My choices as follows are:
Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Nikon D80
Nikon D300

Leaning more towards the Rebel since I've heard so many good things about it.

What are your suggestions?
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I don't control my emotions. I just make them digital.

Reply 08 Jun 2008

mork

Why not the 40D? But rather go for a cheap camera, to spend more money on the glass.. And why not last years model for much less, and better glass in return?

Quote 12 Jun 2008

devian

Well the Rebel is much cheaper than the Nikons. I don't know much about the 40D or even what glass is.

Got a link anywhere for me?
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I don't control my emotions. I just make them digital.

Quote 12 Jun 2008

mork

I was just trying be hip and use another word than lenses ;)

Quote 12 Jun 2008

devian

mork said:

I was just trying be hip and use another word than lenses ;)

Ah, well my thing is, I'd like to start working in highly large format. Now, I'm quite ignorant when it comes to Photography, but I need a camera that can take 600DPI or larger pictures.

Not sure if that's possible or based on megapixel.
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I don't control my emotions. I just make them digital.

Quote 12 Jun 2008

mork

It is meaningless to talk about DPI with cameras. If you are talking about resolution on a print (PPI, pixel per inch) it is only relative to print size. Print a microscopic needletip picture and you can theoretically have a zillion PPI. Obviously the limitation is the printer's max DPI.

DPI and PPI don't have any meaning in itself. The PI "per inch" part means you need the "how many inches?" info as well for it to make sense.

Just simply think about megapixels with DSLRs.
You want many megapixels, or large format film.
Sony has an interesting 24MP (A900) later this year.
There is also quite usable stitching software available.

Quote 12 Jun 2008

mork

Funny how many misconceptions there are about this. I've designed a few posters and every time when asking the client or offset print people how many pixels they want, they say "we want 300dpi". This contains *no* information unless I know how large they are going to make it. I have to guess.

I have no idea how the poster/design/print business are able to communicate with each other.

Quote 12 Jun 2008

devian

mork said:

It is meaningless to talk about DPI with cameras. If you are talking about resolution on a print (PPI, pixel per inch) it is only relative to print size. Print a microscopic needletip picture and you can theoretically have a zillion PPI. Obviously the limitation is the printer's max DPI.

DPI and PPI don't have any meaning in itself. The PI "per inch" part means you need the "how many inches?" info as well for it to make sense.

Just simply think about megapixels with DSLRs.
You want many megapixels, or large format film.
Sony has an interesting 24MP (A900) later this year.
There is also quite usable stitching software available.

My mistake, didn't know we were getting critical and to the book :P
Keep in mind, my knowledge of photography and cameras are pretty much nothing.

So I'm looking for a digital camera that can take large format pictures, which can be brought into Photoshop and used in large format pictures if I wish.

As of now, the max size I can create via photomanip is somewhere around 11x17. I want to be able to do some as 20x30, and some even larger.
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I don't control my emotions. I just make them digital.

Quote 12 Jun 2008

devian

Er, rephrasing the last bit:

"As of now, the max size I can create via photomanip due to my stock photos is somewhere around 11x17. I want to be able to do some as 20x30, and some even larger.
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I don't control my emotions. I just make them digital.

Quote 12 Jun 2008

mork

I've made a few nice 24x36 prints using an 8mp dslr the last years. But I try to stitch 2-4 exposures together if that object should cover the entire frame. But my works are usually composited by many small objects. Stitching is a lot of work. I now use a 13mp camera and would still appreciate more resolution so I won't have to stitch.

Quote 12 Jun 2008

devian

That pretty much answers my question on mp. Thanks Mork
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I don't control my emotions. I just make them digital.

Quote 13 Jun 2008

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