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Originally Posted by jennie
thank you so much inkista..btw, that is a beautiful photo..  |
Thanks! I got very lucky that the guard didn't move, and that the bench was right where I needed it to be.
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i have to confess though that i am not a heavy PP user..i dont have the patience for it..i just do the basic cropping, darkness, contrast and saturation..(now, you are asking what kind of photographer i am..a lazy one i suppose..lol.. )
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That's what most of us do. I would, however, urge you to learn about
Curves adjustments if your software lets you make them. It can give you far more control than simple contrast or exposure adjustments, since you can treat the shadows, midtones, and highlights separately.
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...i guess that is -the marketing strategy of Canon - to not pack all the goodies in one camera..every series has its own special feature..plenty of options but it doesnt really make the decision easier to make..quite the contrary in fact...
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Well, part of it is also what your priorities are. If your priority is image quality
über alles, then you probably don't want a superzoom range, because of the inherent optical compromises. If you're a feature-creature you may be willing to compromise on image quality for a little more versatility. If you want wide angle capability, you probably don't care too much about supertelephoto capability. Etc. etc. I'm sure that's how they're reasoning. We're just unreasonable greedy little gremlins who want it all.
There is a third option, but I'm not sure it's the right fit for you, since it's just as expensive as going the SLR route and less versatile, but there are the new
micro four-thirds cameras, like the Panasonic GF-1 and the Olympus EP-1 (micro four thirds is distinct from four-thirds which is the sensor size/format used in Olympus's dSLR lineup). The sensor is a four-thirds sensor, so larger than P&S, smaller than a crop-body SLR (but not much). Interchangeable lenses, but smaller camera bodies. Given that you don't need shallow DoF or high iso for most landscape photography, it could be a compact system for you. The only problem right now would be getting good wide angle lenses: because it's new technology and a new mount system, the lenses are really limited.