Photography: Camera sensor size difference

Great post, Ed. Counterfactual rep.

So in short my Olympus E400 (first DSLR) is shit and I need to spend more money.
This is Great News.

Cheers to Ed and All for the insight. It was all so much easier with film.

So in short my Olympus E400 (first DSLR) is shit and I need to spend more money.
This is Great News.

Cheers to Ed and All for the insight. It was all so much easier with film.

Just shut up and buy my Nikon D80.

Love to. Wife and bank said NO!

Right now I hate them both.

PM me price though. I may get a nice end of year bonus.

Love to. Wife and bank said NO!

Have them both arrested.

Right now I hate them both.

They are challenging your manhood, your innate right to own a Nikon D80.

I may get a nice rear end bonus.

:O

I feel safe in the knowlege that you are never likely going to turn up at my house, however I do worry that you have my address.
Just send the camera and we shall say no more about it. It will soon by Tynmas afterall.

I feel safe in the knowlege that you are never likely going to turn up at my house

I am quite a decent swimmer when I have had a couple of pints.

however I do worry that you have my address.

• film of you leaving your house in the morning.
  
  
  

It will soon by Tynmas afterall.

Oh joy ! the day baby Tysus was born and we all were saved from 'original sin' by god's intercessory action, except that it didn't work, despite his omnipotence and omniscience - It almost sounds nutty if we didn't all know it was all real.

(mosque 4.5 - 5.2)

Anyone going to the Nikon expo in Olympia tomorrow?

Can't wait until easter - Your dad (which is also you in a fatherf/son/goat kind of way) nailed you to a tree. What a cunt.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tnwf2RShNV0

that is all I can say

Holy shizzle ma nizzle batman, that is possibly one of the funniest videos I have ever seen, achhhhhmed the dead terrorist almost pales into insignificance now!

Oh and nice post Ed explaining the techno-babble, Ben I just did some of that paintball site job I was talking about yesterday, I have never laughed so hard whilst trying to get my friend who was modelling as a spoof James Bond to keep a serious straight face for the shots haha!

Can't wait until easter - Your dad (which is also you in a fatherf/son/goat kind of way) nailed you to a tree. What a cunt.

I know ! What a tosser !

Imagine nailing yourself to a tree in your underpants to offer a blood sacrifice to yourself to save the souls of your own creation from the fires of your own hell.

It would sound mad if it wasn't true.

So in short my Olympus E400 (first DSLR) is shit and I need to spend more money.
This is Great News.

Cheers to Ed and All for the insight. It was all so much easier with film.

No. It's got a Kodak sensor which gives good natural colours, most of the Olympus types prefer it to the late 420s with the Panasonic sensor, and Olympus make great lenses.
If you've got a smaller sensor you obviously get a greater depth of field, which is useful in many situations such as street photography. Shallow depth of field photography gets very boring, very quickly. Think of a great photograph; i bet it didn't haven't a shallow depth of field.

"Think of a great photograph; i bet it didn't haven't a shallow depth of field."

one of Sally Manns. more photographic talent in her little finger than the whole of this forum put together. all shot on 10x8 or larger with bugger all depth of field

can anyone of you excellent photo nerds suggest a good place to get some prints done? i've got some landscapes i want to get printed at about A4 size, and I don't trust my usual online print service not to crop the images weirdly or some other bollocks.

3872x2592 resolution (not sure what the best paper/size is).

suggestions?

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Not nerdy enough to know. (But would like to.)

^ yep, andy.w, e400 gives you great colours like 606 says. And, as well as not breaking the bank, won't break your back. Pick up an old OM lens (like the 50mm f1.8 or 1.2) and adaptor if you want some cheap (and manual focus) narrow depth of field.

RE sensor sizes see also ppl coming out of Maplins with a '10 mega pixel' pen camera (or camera phone) and thinking its gonna be better than a mid range 2mp p&s.

In short Mega Pixels don't necessarily mean much.

No. It's got a Kodak sensor which gives good natural colours, most of the Olympus types prefer it to the late 420s with the Panasonic sensor, and Olympus make great lenses.
If you've got a smaller sensor you obviously get a greater depth of field, which is useful in many situations such as street photography. Shallow depth of field photography gets very boring, very quickly. Think of a great photograph; i bet it didn't haven't a shallow depth of field.

Not nerdy enough to know. (But would like to.)

^ yep, andy.w, e400 gives you great colours like 606 says. And, as well as not breaking the bank, won't break your back. Pick up an old OM lens (like the 50mm f1.8 or 1.2) and adaptor if you want some cheap (and manual focus) narrow depth of field.

Handy Tips

Chees people.

no point worrying about if a sensor has great natural colours if you only shoot jpegs in sRGB and view on an uncalibrated monitor and not printed properly.

use photobox for prints.....good quality and they send you a calibration print with your first order, so you can adjust your monitor.

no point worrying about if a sensor has great natural colours if you only shoot jpegs in sRGB and view on an uncalibrated monitor and not printed properly.

whats better than sRGB?

whats better than sRGB?

adobeRGB(1998) or proRGB but if it's only for web use then sRGB unless you run a colour profile aware browser like safari or have it enabled in firefox.

where is the option in firefox? or is it an add-on?

no. you have to type in 'properties' 'settings' or something like that in the address bar then have a twiddle
you will have to google it.