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Mar 13, 2017 20:54:27 #
Welcome to the forum. There are lots of great cameras and lenses, but if you like wall sized prints you will likely want a full frame camera. My favorite old film enlargements are Yosemite Falls and Brice from 1980. My new favorite is a 20x30" enlargement of Machu Picchu from 2016 taken with my Canon 5DSr and 24-105 lens.
Mar 14, 2017 08:00:39 #
Mar 15, 2017 09:43:22 #
Welcome! Looking forward to your posts and pictures. Happy shooting!
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Mar 19, 2017 18:08:55 #
TBPJr
Loc: South Carolina
Dave327 wrote:
My first priority is a camera. Second (in time) is a scanner and software to save my archives. From my time in film I have saved prints and just about all the negatives.
Seems to me that Nikon & Cannon rule the day with Sony bringing up the tail. Very little mentioned about Olympus or others. Market share?
Seems to me that Nikon & Cannon rule the day with Sony bringing up the tail. Very little mentioned about Olympus or others. Market share?
You will need software for your photos; if you use Photoshop (CC or Elements), you will have what you need for your archives, too, if you scan to .tiff (most retained data, but the files are huge). I think you ought to consider copying your archives with your new camera (the Canon 24-105 has a macro capability, but Canon offers great macro lenses, too, as does Nikon). For the prints, a copy stand would be easiest; for the slides and negatives, a copy stand with the right holder will work, or you can even build your own, like a member (brent46) posted today--http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-448681-1.html. For what it's worth, I have copied a picture or two with a copy stand, but I have not tried the slides or negatives yet. I have had scanners for years; hardly anything is offered now that I think will do a good job, because the optical resolution is relatively low (without spending a fortune). Scanning is a pain (the physical shuffle, aligning, etc.) and the software that comes with the scanners is not nearly as good as the Adobe products, generally (there are some on this forum who recommend some older Epson scanners--I have no experience with them). My biggest complaint about scanning prints is that there are some many things that can mess up a scan and they take forever, too, at higher resolutions; de-skewing is less satisfactory than one would prefer (I have not used the Adobe products to deal with that, only the scanner software that has come with my HP and Canon scanners).
I think you have gotten it right about Nikon and Canon--the others make good products, but none make the lenses that Canon and Nikon offer. Olympus has only mirrorless cameras with small sensors; Pentax and Sony only offer one full-frame each, and have limited lenses available (the third-party lens makers have offerings to cover some of the range). Anyway, you can do a comparison of features/numbers, etc. here: https://www.dpreview.com/products/compare/cameras. Checking lens availability takes a little more effort (manufacturers' individual websites). None of this is to say that you can't get great pictures and really enjoy yourself with the other options--smaller, lighter, less-complex cameras with a fixed lens or only a few choices--but the options to expand the capabilities of your equipment will be the most expansive with Nikon or Canon. As long as you buy Nikon or Canon lenses, you can probably keep using them as you upgrade your cameras in the future.
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