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« Reply #50 on: June 17, 2008, 21:37 »
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Madelaide,

The Kodak Z612 IS is a 'bridge' rather than a compact. And it says that it has Schneider-Kreuznach Variagon 35mm-420mm equivalent lens. Maybe that isn't true? Most importantly to me, I could afford it, and it had manual everything. I'm very unhappy that it doesn't have RAW or TIFF. I'm someone who'd be happy with a K1000 if it had a digital back and in-camera metering. I prefer to set aperture, shutter and focus manually, I don't really like the automatic forms. I'm not saying I'm a great photographer, or that there isn't a -lot- for me to learn.

At the present, since I take a lot of pictures when it is snowing or could suddenly cloudburst, my wish-camera is the Pentax K20D. There are better cameras out there, no doubt,(for 8 times the price) but I like the weather-proofing and that it has in-body stabilization and will use my old lenses from my film days. It is seven times the price I paid for the refurb Kodak.

I was kinda dreaming - I don't think that it is realistic, that I could make money towards that DSLR through stock sales. Ok, that is probably unrealistic, but that was my thinking.

Thank you, Adelaide :-)

Steve


« Reply #51 on: June 17, 2008, 21:46 »
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Steve41,

just submit to 7 top sites on the right side and see for yourself.

« Reply #52 on: June 17, 2008, 22:37 »
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I was kinda dreaming - I don't think that it is realistic, that I could make money towards that DSLR through stock sales. Ok, that is probably unrealistic, but that was my thinking.



That's how I financed my dslr (with microstock sales), and I doubt I am alone. However, looking back at all the effort I had to go through with the p&s sometimes, I should have gotten the dslr a lot sooner.

on another note, Alamy should just say "we require over X mpixel images saved as high quality .jpg" and save everyone the confusion. X seems to be somewhere around 16.8 mp (I had a 16.1mp file rejected as too small)

« Reply #53 on: June 18, 2008, 11:28 »
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And it says that it has Schneider-Kreuznach Variagon 35mm-420mm equivalent lens. Maybe that isn't true?

Steve, I don't think they would lie to you, but even a Canon or Nikon lens may not be very good (and if they are cheap, they are probably not so good!). Given the very long range of your lens, optical issues are likely to occur even in good brands.

Again, this may not be a hindrance, but just a limitation.  As vphoto said, try the sites (even Alamy) and see how they like it.  They can be VERY picky, and you simply have to be prepared for that. 

Regards,
Adelaide

« Reply #54 on: June 19, 2008, 18:58 »
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 :'( 

Well, even well-lit scenes show 'noise' in soft focus portions of the image, such as the sky, or leafy backgrounds. It is subtle, but it is definitely there. It doesn't compare to the hot pixels I had in my old Oly 725, and looks no worse than a friend's Rebel produces, but I am suspecting either the sensor isn't good enough, or else the jpg software, even in the 'fine' setting, is compressing too much. And only jpg is available (grr).

I'll try, but I wonder if it is possible to bootstrap up from this camera.

PaulieWalnuts

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« Reply #55 on: June 19, 2008, 19:25 »
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You can't afford what you want but how about a used DSLR off of ebay or something? You could probably pick up a Rebel 300 kit for $250. I think you could get by with what you have but it'll be frustrating.

« Reply #56 on: June 19, 2008, 19:40 »
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Interesting thought. 

Though my lenses are all Pentax K-mount. Nothing outstanding, but I do already have them.

I'm learning on a fast curve here. I looked at a demo image from a K20D which is highly spoken of for image quality, and it has the same artifacts. . . And even some mottling, which I only get when very underexposed. Maybe it was just that one image. I will keep learning (!)

Seren is basically right, just not how she said it :-)


 

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