Comments for elmphoto http://www.elmphoto.co.uk/blog Photography chat and techniques from elmphoto Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:20:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on It’s not about the camera. Or is it? by John Picton http://www.elmphoto.co.uk/blog/2011/07/its-not-about-the-camera-or-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-495 John Picton Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:20:01 +0000 http://www.elmphoto.co.uk/blog/?p=702#comment-495 "You must have a good camera!" Oooh don't get me started on that one! Honestly, I've seen the most amazing images taken on a £20 Holga, and some absolute rubbish knocked out of a five grand Hasselblad. I don't think that equipment is that important in the grand scheme of things. If you don't have an understanding of light and a little knowledge to get the basics right then the extra quality of the kit is in effect nulled. If you do know what you are doing though then that's a different story! “You must have a good camera!” Oooh don’t get me started on that one!

Honestly, I’ve seen the most amazing images taken on a £20 Holga, and some absolute rubbish knocked out of a five grand Hasselblad. I don’t think that equipment is that important in the grand scheme of things. If you don’t have an understanding of light and a little knowledge to get the basics right then the extra quality of the kit is in effect nulled.

If you do know what you are doing though then that’s a different story!

]]> Comment on It’s not about the camera. Or is it? by John http://www.elmphoto.co.uk/blog/2011/07/its-not-about-the-camera-or-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-494 John Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:43:21 +0000 http://www.elmphoto.co.uk/blog/?p=702#comment-494 An interesting read John and some very valid points. From a slightly different angle it always makes me smile when someone says ""You must have a really good camera!!" :) An interesting read John and some very valid points. From a slightly different angle it always makes me smile when someone says “”You must have a really good camera!!” :)

]]> Comment on Why I choose dynamic range over megapixels. by John Picton http://www.elmphoto.co.uk/blog/2010/02/why-i-choose-dynamic-range-over-megapixels/comment-page-1/#comment-191 John Picton Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:45:33 +0000 http://www.elmphoto.co.uk/blog/?p=12#comment-191 If you're using Photoshop or Lightroom (so the Adobe RAW convertor) then highlight recovery is quite remarkable. Apple's 'Aperture' though doesn't handle it half as well, not even the latest version 3. If you’re using Photoshop or Lightroom (so the Adobe RAW convertor) then highlight recovery is quite remarkable. Apple’s ‘Aperture’ though doesn’t handle it half as well, not even the latest version 3.

]]> Comment on Why I choose dynamic range over megapixels. by Wedding photographers in Surrey http://www.elmphoto.co.uk/blog/2010/02/why-i-choose-dynamic-range-over-megapixels/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Wedding photographers in Surrey Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:38:12 +0000 http://www.elmphoto.co.uk/blog/?p=12#comment-190 The D700 is more than adequate in low light so it's rare that I'd need it for that, but the D90 performs relatively well in that area. I also do a lot of stuff on a white background, I can imagine it would do wonders for skin tone and colour. To be honest I think I'm pretty much sold on it already, especially seeing the highlight recovery in your second example. The D700 is more than adequate in low light so it’s rare that I’d need it for that, but the D90 performs relatively well in that area. I also do a lot of stuff on a white background, I can imagine it would do wonders for skin tone and colour. To be honest I think I’m pretty much sold on it already, especially seeing the highlight recovery in your second example.

]]> Comment on Why I choose dynamic range over megapixels. by John Picton http://www.elmphoto.co.uk/blog/2010/02/why-i-choose-dynamic-range-over-megapixels/comment-page-1/#comment-189 John Picton Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:33:17 +0000 http://www.elmphoto.co.uk/blog/?p=12#comment-189 High ISO isn't bad at all, it's not so much noise that's the issue but perhaps softness of the image. Colour rendition is accurate all the way to ISO 3200 though. Personally I like to keep it below ISO 1000 if I can, and with the type of photography I do this is usually not a problem. High ISO isn’t bad at all, it’s not so much noise that’s the issue but perhaps softness of the image. Colour rendition is accurate all the way to ISO 3200 though. Personally I like to keep it below ISO 1000 if I can, and with the type of photography I do this is usually not a problem.

]]> Comment on Why I choose dynamic range over megapixels. by Wedding photographers in Surrey http://www.elmphoto.co.uk/blog/2010/02/why-i-choose-dynamic-range-over-megapixels/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Wedding photographers in Surrey Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:25:15 +0000 http://www.elmphoto.co.uk/blog/?p=12#comment-188 This is very interesting, I've been wrestling over trading my D90 for the S5 Pro for a while now to be my backup for my D700, everything points to me doing so but the high ISO performance apparently isn't that great. This is very interesting, I’ve been wrestling over trading my D90 for the S5 Pro for a while now to be my backup for my D700, everything points to me doing so but the high ISO performance apparently isn’t that great.

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