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Iain wrote:
I think that even as pros we get caught up in the megapixel race. The big thing was always having good glass and a capable camera and the ability to see and compose the image.
Now people take the shot and compose on the PC and need the mp to crop, I've found myself doing it as well. We/I have got lazy at the taking stage.
Like you Eric I have shots taken with an old,in my case, 1Dh and they still. Now print up to a3 and look good as they filled the frame.
I think unfortunately you are right.
Laziness is infectious!
Not sure it's laziness? Maybe it is? I think it's an over reliance on the technology. As Iain eluded to, when your equipment is limiting, you have no alternative but to maximise the image quality at capture. For example getting in closer to have more pixel coverage, using tripods and optimum quality settings.
With the improvements and advancements of DSLRs we don't have to buy exensive long lenses, or get in as close... because cropping low ISO shots gives adequate quality...to a point.
And that's perhaps where laziness comes in. Because we can get 'acceptable' out of the bag, we perhaps don't strive for 'optimum' as much as he HAD to do when DSLRs were in their infancy,
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Eric