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<blockquote data-quote="spb_stan" data-source="post: 670267" data-attributes="member: 43545"><p>I would approach the list and talk very differently. What and how do ANY features produce better images? Cameras now are sold based on long feature lists which frankly have almost no impact on the results or are used so rarely as to be insignificant. </p><p>View any photo by camera updaters, those who are on constant update cycles and you will see flaws in technique and composition that should have been resolved 4 cameras ago and never were because the effort and limited spare time for photography was spent learning a new system. </p><p>The list of essentials in a camera really is pretty short but the race for higher ISO seems the most over-inflated in importance when one compares results and conditions. There is a generation of photographers who seem to think it is a goal worthy of pursuing to turn a camera into a nightscope far more sensitive than the eye and getting fake color and detail as if a dark scene is daylight. They ignore much about the nature of light and its data conveyance. Information Theory undermines that belief.</p><p>If someone wants a list of priorities for improving their photography, a camera body is pretty far down the list. Any camera made in the last 5 years is perfectly capable of much more than what we see produced with them or any camera. I conduct photowalks for tourists and do some workshops and have to say there is far too much emphasis on buzzwords and feature lists than basic knowledge of visual arts, and it seems to be universal between societies since my clients are from all continents, all seem to share the same camera-is-the-hobby approach. At the end of the day, regardless of camera, the shared and compared images favor the same people, those with a basic understanding of exposure and composition. Those with an iPhone and those with D5's and 15kgs of lenses is no predictor of who came up with images worth looking at.</p><p>Can anyone think of a camera by any company in the last dozen years that is not perfectly capable of producing gallery worthy images? Feature list keep getting longer but the number of view-worthy images never increases. </p><p>My recommended feature list includes:</p><p>Low enough price to not hurt the budget for other more important things</p><p>Low enough weight to encourage frequent use</p><p>Small enough to be taken with someone more often</p><p>Easy access to full manual control</p><p>12 mpx or larger</p><p>sensor size at least the size of a pin-hole camera</p><p>and a good lens or two available for its mount type</p><p>Being quiet is helpful for some styles.</p><p>At least one media slot, dual or triple slots are a lot less important than some claim</p><p>Suitable for at least a couple gb cards.....the trend to large cards is a beginners mistake </p><p></p><p>That list might be overly detailed but it is enough for award winning photos.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spb_stan, post: 670267, member: 43545"] I would approach the list and talk very differently. What and how do ANY features produce better images? Cameras now are sold based on long feature lists which frankly have almost no impact on the results or are used so rarely as to be insignificant. View any photo by camera updaters, those who are on constant update cycles and you will see flaws in technique and composition that should have been resolved 4 cameras ago and never were because the effort and limited spare time for photography was spent learning a new system. The list of essentials in a camera really is pretty short but the race for higher ISO seems the most over-inflated in importance when one compares results and conditions. There is a generation of photographers who seem to think it is a goal worthy of pursuing to turn a camera into a nightscope far more sensitive than the eye and getting fake color and detail as if a dark scene is daylight. They ignore much about the nature of light and its data conveyance. Information Theory undermines that belief. If someone wants a list of priorities for improving their photography, a camera body is pretty far down the list. Any camera made in the last 5 years is perfectly capable of much more than what we see produced with them or any camera. I conduct photowalks for tourists and do some workshops and have to say there is far too much emphasis on buzzwords and feature lists than basic knowledge of visual arts, and it seems to be universal between societies since my clients are from all continents, all seem to share the same camera-is-the-hobby approach. At the end of the day, regardless of camera, the shared and compared images favor the same people, those with a basic understanding of exposure and composition. Those with an iPhone and those with D5's and 15kgs of lenses is no predictor of who came up with images worth looking at. Can anyone think of a camera by any company in the last dozen years that is not perfectly capable of producing gallery worthy images? Feature list keep getting longer but the number of view-worthy images never increases. My recommended feature list includes: Low enough price to not hurt the budget for other more important things Low enough weight to encourage frequent use Small enough to be taken with someone more often Easy access to full manual control 12 mpx or larger sensor size at least the size of a pin-hole camera and a good lens or two available for its mount type Being quiet is helpful for some styles. At least one media slot, dual or triple slots are a lot less important than some claim Suitable for at least a couple gb cards.....the trend to large cards is a beginners mistake That list might be overly detailed but it is enough for award winning photos. [/QUOTE]
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