Persevering with my Digicam Speak sequence, throughout my intervals of chemotherapy when ready bodied I discover myself tidying up previous picture albums on-line.
It has grow to be clear to me a few of my finest images have been taken with modest spec sensors while extra megapixels haven’t delivered me higher outcomes. A standout from the previous was my Olympus E-PL2, a 12MP Micro 4/3rds digicam.
My ideas drift to does the worth of your images lie of their technical high quality or on them being your personal distinctive inventive means of seeing a scene?
The E-PL2 with pancake lens was very compact. Thus all the time with me. It was in a position to be turned on and operated one handed and I may nonetheless see rear screens with out glasses then (kinda). I didn’t take into consideration the digicam or pixel depend, simply on being inventive, the picture in my thoughts.
I’ve taken technically higher images since then with double the megapixels and bigger sensors and higher submit processing software program. Nice for pixel peeping however uninspiring photos.
There’s a tsunami of strain on-line about needing full body and excessive megapixels however whenever you look again at recollections do you concern your self with pixel peeing? I not too long ago acquired some scans of previous print images from 80’s from a mate. It was an incredible pleasure to see these for me and being low res mattered by no means.
After which who pixel peeps photos on Fb or Instagram or truly clicks to view your larger res weblog images (should you even provide them like I do)
Personally I don’t purchase all of the fluff. There are picture technicians and there are photographers.
Looking for ever extra technically appropriate images for me grew to become a course of. I feel my images ought to be emotive and never about sensors. The worth lies in my distinctive minds eye view and a second I captured not within the absolute particulars.
With this in thoughts I’ve gone again to the digicam market to search for a physique that isn’t too huge (however all of them are for a rider), has compact lenses, good maintain, function one hand, has a big and correct hello res EVF (uncommon besides excessive finish FF) and I’m trying with out considering of sensor specs – as a lot as that’s doable immediately.