The Old Git Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Anyway - I appear to have located a mate willing to sell his EOS300D for £100 so he can buy a 400D, so for very little money I'll be upgrading from a 4mp snapper to a 6mp 'proper' camera. No question as far as I can see really! Nice one! I still have a 300D in my collection and while it may not be as fast as the newer models and the menu system isn't as convenient it's still a fine camera and a good place to start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stef Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Good work, Cret, that should serve you well. Give me a ring if you want to borrow a lens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cret Posted September 5, 2007 Author Share Posted September 5, 2007 You know what I like best? The price! They seem to generally go for a fair bit more than this on Ebay and I know the person in question will have taken great care of it too. I even said to the mrs in jest "perhaps we should buy xxxx's camera so we can do decent snaps of Cret junior when it arrives" and to my amazement got a straight yes. So it's only really costing me £50. Mint! Cheers for the offer Stef - jolly kind of you mate. And thanks to all for all the suggestions & advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
local skeet Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Local Canon 20D here. local skeet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Chip Hazzard Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 But will you notice any pixelation if it's being printed on canvas? I don't know, just wondering. Not sure, but will be able to tell you in a week or so as I am in the process of having a few done on canvas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cret Posted September 5, 2007 Author Share Posted September 5, 2007 Be interested to know how those turn out myself. Now I have a proper camera. Ho ho ho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last Ten Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 MCH interested where you are getting your canvasses made? Last 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Chip Hazzard Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 MCH interested where you are getting your canvasses made? www.transpacolor.com - I always use them for slide processing and printing too. I believe they are slight more expensive than others, but they do a fantastic job. High recommended Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stef Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Peak Imaging do a similar service: http://www.peak-imaging.com/htmls/reprint.htm#canvatex I've always found them to give excellent results and a quick turn-around. Can't say I've used them much at all since I stopped shooting film, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
integer Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 As someone who regularly prints to canvas ( www.bigprints.im ), you can definitely get away with much lower image resolution when printing to canvas than with most other media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cret Posted September 7, 2007 Author Share Posted September 7, 2007 Ace - that's pleasing to hear. I'd guess that a 6mp image would be suitable for the larger sizes of canvas that are quoted on the site? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stef Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 (edited) Remember that there's more to life than megapixels: the actual size of the photosites is important. A relatively low pixel-count sensor that's reasonably physically large (such as in a digital SLR) is much, much better than a stupidly high megapixel but physically tiny sensor that's typically found in most modern digital compacts. Unfortunately it's all about advertising, the whole "my camera has more megapixels than yours therefore *must* be better" bragging rights. You can always upscale images if resolution's an issue. You obviously can't create information that's not there, but with judicious use of stepped upscaling, or the expensive but excellent Genuine Fractals software, along with some sharpening can produce much better results than just using the original source where really high resolutions are needed (extreme crops, huge enlargements such as billboards, etc.). Mostly, as long as you can provide 300ppi you'll be fine, unless the output device (printer) is particularly good. Oh, and yes, the output of a 300D should be around 3008 x 2000. It could probably do with upscaling and sharpening if you want to print it to the larger canvases, which are around 32" x 24", as the unscaled output would be around 80ppi, but the lab may well do that for you automatically. Best to ring and ask, they're usually very helpful. Edited September 7, 2007 by Stef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langweilig Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 (edited) By all means enrol for a photographic course but try joining a camera club as well. http://www.westernphotographic.org/index.html Edited September 10, 2007 by Langweilig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Git Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 Or http://iomphoto.20m.com/ http://www.sps.iofm.net/ There's at least one more but I can't remember it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Git Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 There's a review of labs doing canvas prints on page 112 of the latest Digital Photo magazine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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