Johan W. Elzenga schreef:
>>Hans Martens wrote:
>>Well, that would depend on the type of shooting. If you are shooting
>>animals and specially birds for books or magazines, the 1.3x factor is
>>an added bonus and mostly 8Mp will be enough.
> The problem is in the word 'mostly'. For example: Most stock libraries
> want 48 MB images nowadays. If I use an 8 Mpixel camera, I'll have to
> interpolate, which always goes at the expense of quality. If I shoot
> 16.7 Mpixels, my images can be submitted as they are.
What kind of files do these stock libraries want: 48MB in 24bit colour
(16 megapixel) or 48MB in 48bit colour (8 megapixel)?
The biggest file I ever needed myself for a magazine publication (A4
covershot) was only 6 megapixel (scanned Velvia slides). That's why 8Mp
is enough for me.
>>Having two 1Ds2 bodies would be great, though they are rather expensive.
>>For the difference in price you could also get something like a very
>>nice 300/2.8L IS.
> Fortunately, I already have that lens and buying a second one doesn't
> make sense. ;-)
Great lens, isn't it? Together with the 500/4 my favourite for Africa.
> They work flawlessly and you do not have to keep the engine running. I
> never tried how long they work before your car battery is depleted
> though. ;-)
Wouldn't you want to get stuck in the bush??? :-)
> The best method is to charge the laptop and/or the camera
> battery while you drive, so you have two to three hours working time in
> the evening.
Just make sure the laptop is secured so the harddrive is being bumped
around.
>>>summer I will probably do an assigment in Zambia, where I may spend
>>>quite some time in several bush camps. I'll certainly need the converter
>>>in that case!
>>Need an assistant? :-)
> I'm married to my assistant. ;-)
Can't compete with that! :-)
Before I make such trips also with my wife. That got her interested in
photography too. So now we can fight over who gets which lens and the
best view. :-)
But since we have two little children now, I guess we won't be able to
make such trips into the African wilderness anymore for a while. A year
and a half ago we made a trip to South Africa with our one year old son.
But now with a 7 month old girl as well, we'll have to stay closer to
home for a while.
Regards,
Hans
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