Hi, Chip I did start with a canon d60 right when they came out, beside having a small viewfinder which was bugging me from the d30 days, it was a very slow camera. so i sold it and got a 1D and even though it is a 4 meg camera, the pictures are great and the camera is wonderful. it took me a while to get use to the camera and be able to produce the right picture but now i love it. i also got the S2 and am going through the learning curb with it. as far as full frame is concerned, i think neither canon or nikon can do it because of the large ccd/com size and the small mount size and only contax with the n system has a full size digital but all the n lenses are so big as big as medium format lenses. i have heard rumors that canon is coming out with a new 6meg 1d. that would be the ideal camera, we should also expect nikon to put out some great stuff sincre they are now behind canon and trying to catch up or take the lead in digital.
------------------------------------------------------ Regards, Mehrdad -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chip Louie Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 10:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: EOS Thinking of Going Digital > > Friends, > > Having just had a discussion with a professional photographer > here at work, > he was telling me that he is able to create a life-size image of a young > lady of 5'-8" in height. He is using a Fuji S1 (going for S2 > shortly). I was > also impressed when he told me that of two studio portraits of > 24"x20", very > few people could tell the difference between one taken with the S1 and the > other with his Hassie. Now I realise that there must be some digital > manipulation and he has a top-quality printer, but has anyone here managed > this size of print with their Canon Digital? > > Would I be better waiting for the next Canon (D120?) or go with the D60? > > Regards, > Bob Turner > Project Engineer > Merpro, Montrose > Tel: +44 (0)1674 662221 > Fax: +44 (0)1674 662266 > Hi Bob! After working with some D60 images and playing with the camera a bit even I'm giving digital serious consideration! I thought that I would not be really happy with a 6MP sensor but I'm having to back up a bit. The only real problem I see with the current affordable (YIKES! $2,200USD), Canon EOS body is that the AF is horrible even with all f/2.8 and faster lenses. I borrowed an EOS 1d for an afternoon and this is the way I want a digital body to be except for the smallish CCD sensor and the detector noise that comes with it at any speed over ISO 100. I'd be very happy with an EOS 1d and a 12MP CMOS sensor! As far as large image size output goes I think that even working with a D60 image saved as a TIFF file that you'll find you can really only get to 11x14 (MAYBE 16x20 with the right subject), before it will start to look "digital." The problem is that most people are over processing their images and then the resize and the image falls apart. Better slightly soft that over processed. Cheers/Chip * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
