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Old 28-01-2004, 17:01   #45 (permalink)
tomson
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Originally Posted by BureauConform
Now to get technical, cheap cameras optics are often not on a par with it's 35mm equivalent, this is because the ccd or cmos sensor is actually the size of 16mm film and NOT the full frame 35mm film this means that minor imperfections in a lense will show up more easily. This starts to become noticable above 5MP because the optics aren't improved for this type of use.

Hence me mentioning L series lenses - I'm sure your 'Photo Team' will be familiar with these even if you aren't.

Sigh

But oqpo's original post included the phrases "first digital camera" and "I dont understand all those megapixel settings" and also let not forget the old "I dont want to spend mega dollars". Now pardon me if i'm mistaken but this doesnt sound like a guy whose after a 7 grand camera (apparently "you NEED to spend at least £7000" to get professional results - which is funny cos dSLRs like SD9 and 10s, 10d, *ist D, D2H etc etc are used the world over by pros and they're all waaay below that sorta money... maybe they're just amateurs pretending eh?!). You know what? I'd even go as far as to hazard a guess that oqpo aint a professional.

See where i'm going with this?... cos I really cant be bothered stating the obvious anymore.

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