I decided to end this composite series with some images from the Panasonic LX5. These to me are quite remarkable because when take the sensor size into account (it's a 1/1.6" sensor) you realize that you don't need an expensive camera and/or lens to get some great images today.
One of the questions you must ask yourself today is "What am I going to use the camera for?". If you're just going to post to the Internet or on one of the social media sites then the lowliest of today's cameras would be enough for you. Take the Panasonic LX5 for instance, a 10MP camera. Nowadays when posting to the Internet an image will be either 800px or 1200px on it's longest side because you also have to cater for those with older monitors. When posting something to a forum or when introducing images to a blog post, the aim is not to show images at full resolution (you can't really anyway), but to supplement the text with some visual content. Personally, I keep a photoblog here and I use text to supplement my random images, but the maximum size I post is 1200px, and that very rarely.
So why do we tend to buy cameras that are mostly overkill in terms or resolution? One reason is that the newer cameras come with massive resolution. A good example of this is the Sony RX100II which is undoubtedly a very fine camera but do you really need that 20MP resolution? I certainly don't and I can't see professionals using this camera to make large prints or posters either although that may be possible. I would think that the professional would use the appropriate equipment if the intended output is print. One possible advantage to these images could be of course cropping. A 20MP image will allow you to crop and still have enough resolution to print an image at a reasonable standard size, or, if you want the compost ion to be slightly different then the resolution is there that allows you to do this.
Now, saying that professionals would use the appropriate equipment to some serious work, I read an article some time towards the end of last year that really opened my eyes as to what is possible. It was an article by Ming Thein and you can find it here. All his images in that post were maid my an iPhone,really. If you don't know Ming Thein, pop over to his blog and take a look, it has a plethora of information and some videos to purchase. He is a very good photographer that could create far better images than myself with a throwaway camera. Can you see me turning green with envy :-)
People are different, some are very musical, some can draw and paint Ming Thein is for me an extraordinary photographer and I know that I won't reach his level of excellence it doesn't matter what camera I own. So, the next time you're thinking about purchasing a camera, just ask yourself what you're going to get out of it. Personally, I just wish I had half the talent of a lot of photographers.
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03/24/14  Panasonic LX5972
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