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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 06:46 PM
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Buying a DSLR at this point is like me buying a guitar with 1 year prepaid lessons.
It's great if I put it to use, but will I? I'll find out in a few weeks/months.
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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by gr?
If you got yourself a DSLR, you'll find things to take pictures of, especially your car =)

Photography is a hobby I enjoy to relieve stress from the 9-5 M-F grind and a way to make additional $$$ on the weekends.

If any of you guys are ever up in the Lancaster, PA area (1 hour west of Philly) and want to mess around with a DSLR, shoot me a PM. I've got a third body (350D) that I don't use since it's a back up to my other 2 bodies. If anyone wants to get into the DSLR and need help with camera stuff, I'm more than happy to help anyone; I can talk camera stuff all day long.

jeffie, here are a few shots to push you towards a DSLR =)
Any of those pics could have been taken with a P&S. Not sure why you were surprised at the A620 pics, either. You won't get poster size prints out of most P&S cameras due to limitations of the relatively small lenses, but you can certainly get beautiful pics that will more than fill your screen. It does help to have the Canon colors, though.

Here is a gallery of pics from the old, slow, 4MP Canon G2. Proof that the camera is only a tool.

http://www.visuelweb.dk/galleri.htm
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Old Jul 18, 2006 | 03:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Them Bones
Any of those pics could have been taken with a P&S. Not sure why you were surprised at the A620 pics, either. You won't get poster size prints out of most P&S cameras due to limitations of the relatively small lenses, but you can certainly get beautiful pics that will more than fill your screen. It does help to have the Canon colors, though.
At web sizes, most people won't be able to tell much of a difference if the photographer knows what they are doing but there are noticeable differences at larger resolutions between a P&S and an SLR (or 20"x30" prints). Plus, shooting in RAW > .jpeg. Give a pro a P&S and the pics should turn out nice; give the same pro an SLR and the pics will come out better. Colors will be more vibrant, images should be sharper (depending on the lens), yada yada yada.
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Old Jul 18, 2006 | 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by gr?
At web sizes, most people won't be able to tell much of a difference if the photographer knows what they are doing but there are noticeable differences at larger resolutions between a P&S and an SLR (or 20"x30" prints). Plus, shooting in RAW > .jpeg. Give a pro a P&S and the pics should turn out nice; give the same pro an SLR and the pics will come out better. Colors will be more vibrant, images should be sharper (depending on the lens), yada yada yada.
True about large prints. I said that. RAW is not limited to SLR. The Canon G series has it, and even the S series had it prior to the current S80. SLR has many benefits, but some talk like you HAVE to use one to get good pics. I'm only stating that it's the photographer that determines the quality of the photo moreso than the camera (barring cheap junk with bad lenses and inaccurate colors).

SLR should give a little better dynamic range, quicker focus, more control of DOF, choise of lenses, etc. Images are typically NOT sharper, though. But that only means the SLRs typically do less processing in camera. This also means more post-processing, which may or may not be desirable to some.

To each his own, but I don't think anyone who is not a serious hobbyist or pro needs a digital SLR. The high-end P&S cameras have very good lenses and full manual control. There is plenty of quality and versatility to allow your creative juices to flow.
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