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Apr 23, 2024 14:55:27   #
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Apr 23, 2024 14:50:09   #
Welcome to the forum.

If you can get to a camera shop and hold some and see how they feel, the control access, and how they function, that may be helpful in deciding.
Keep in mind that most people are biased to what they use, for various reasons.
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Apr 23, 2024 13:05:04   #
domcomm wrote:
I get 588 up, 118 down with Xfinity, even though I only pay for 300 up.

Usually download is the higher number.
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Apr 23, 2024 10:47:41   #
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Apr 23, 2024 09:21:22   #
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Apr 23, 2024 09:17:58   #
CHG_CANON wrote:
I discuss it all the time ...

What defines a pixel-based digital image are the pixels. That is, the pixel resolution, or more exactly, the total pixels wide by the total pixels tall, such as 6000x4000 or 24MP.

What defines the file size is a) the data being stored and b) the compression (if any) being used to minimize that total storage. An 8-bit file, all JPEGs, stores more color data than the human eye can actually 'see'. That is, more shades / combinations of Red with Green with Blue than our eyes can actual discern (RGB).

RAW files are 'bigger' for two reasons: a) they are 12- or 14-bit files containing even more data about the RGB colors and b) they're uncompressed.

TIFF files are 'bigger' for two reasons: a) they are typically 16-bit files and b) they're uncompressed.

But, a 24MP JPEG has the same 24-million pixels as the 24MP RAW as the 24MP 16-bit TIFF. The conversion from the sensor's typical 12-bit data stream into the 8-bit JPEG format is typically the largest 'loss' of data ever performed on the image file. The software performing this conversion 'maps' the colors of the higher bit-depth to the same (or closest) color defined by the 8-bit format. The JPEG format is 'compressed' in a fully reversible format, just like ZIP files contain the exact same files when 'inflated' during the extract from the ZIP 'container'.

So, looking at the file size of an image tells you next to nothing relevant about the pixel resolution, nor quality, nor usefulness of a digital image. You need to know the pixel resolution to determine how well the image might fill a target pixel-based display device and / or might print to a given physical size.

Your image here reports 2434x1952, more than enough pixels to fill my 1920px 'wide' display monitor, a screen 21-inches wide. The image would print to about 8-inches at the 300ppi 'gold standard', and would easily print wider at a lower ppi ratio, if desired. Both example usages are based on the pixels of the image, not the bytes.
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Apr 23, 2024 09:10:19   #
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I wish people would pay attention to what they are deleting when they use Quote Reply....
Chopping off ANY piece of the [/quote] at the end really screws up the post.
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Apr 23, 2024 09:06:58   #
DaveyDitzer wrote:
Interesting that you raise this point today. Yesterday I lugged my D850 and a couple of lenses through a short, but difficult hike to get some shots of a waterfall. My purpose is to end up with a larger (for me) print to set into a beautiful 24"x36" frame. This will be my first chance to see if carrying 45mp is worth the weight. If I had thought about it, I could have brought my Df along to compare 16mp to 45mp. Maybe next time.

Obviously there will be a difference.
The point is does it really matter?
(Mostly to the obsessed.)

Given an image, ONE image, people will either like it or not.
Only the obsessed will wonder if it was taken with a 20 or 45MP camera.
And any difference is only noticeable when there is something to compare with.
It really only matters to the photographer, not the observer, and what the photographer wants to do with the image. Does 20MP meet HIS needs or desires.
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Apr 23, 2024 08:34:09   #
CHG_CANON wrote:
The flower looks great. However, 'bytes' has nothing to do with pixel-based digital images. Rather, the important issue is simply the pixels, because they're pixel-based images ....

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Apr 23, 2024 08:32:26   #
jerryc41 wrote:
On the plus side, they don't weigh as much a C cells.

I'd rather go with longer lasting power......
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Apr 23, 2024 07:45:51   #
BebuLamar wrote:
Yes many rechargeable C batteries are just AA batteries. ...

THAT's nasty!
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Apr 23, 2024 07:42:47   #
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