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hi, a friend of mine is travelling us. he will be in miami for a week.

can someone tell where to buy this camera there? online, or directly

from a shop.

thanks if you help...

anurag

Hi,

I read this in ken rockwell's site:

"Nikon makes files of relatively fixed size for any given quality

setting, regardless of subject. The advantage is you'll be able to

predict how many shots you'll get on a card regardless of your

subjects. The disadvantage is that you may want to use a higher

setting for complex subjects and may be making larger files than

necessary for relatively flat subjects. Note: Nikon's firmware is

defective and underestimates how many images you can fit or are

remaining on the card.

Canon makes JPG files that vary widely in file size depending on the

subject. A normal JPG at full resolution will vary from less than 1MB

for an image that is mostly sky to as much as 3MB for a contrasty

image of a busy forest. The advantage is that you don't have to tweak

your settings depending on your subject. The disadvantage is that you

may get fewer images than you expect if photographing very strongly

textured subjects, or many, many more if photographing images with

large defocused backgrounds."

My question is...

DOESN'T BIG FILE SIZE MEAN BETTER DETAIL? ISN'T IT WEIRED THAT NIKON

FILES, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHEATHER YOU ARE SHOOTING A TREE OR A PLAIN

SKY, REMAIN THE SAME SIZE, WHERE AS CANON FILE SIZES VARY ACCORDING TO

SUBJECT DETAIL. THEREFORE, ARE YOU COMPROMISING WHEN SHOOTING A TREE

WITH A D70. PLEASE CLARIFY. OR AM I MISSING SOMETHING AND IT'S NOT AS

IMPORTANT...

anurag

hi...the confusion continues...

Is there a difference in image size requirements when we do 4 color

machine printing in books/magazines vis-a-vis making photogrpahic prints?

Lemme put it this way....A 6MP file is said to be good for 8x10

prints...does this apply to 4 color machine printing in magazines and

books as well or is it true for normal photographic prints only?

Do you need a bigger file for 4 color machine printing?

regards,

anurag

Arnab,

I checked j j mehta's website...they will give a warranty of 3 months...its not nikon warranty...its their own warranty...

How much cheaper u get it if you get it from singpore thru' a friend compared to J J mehta/gray route...Any idea? Singapore, you'll be buying from nikon, right, so maybe you don't need to check it like the gray market piece...and anyway someone else will be buying it for you...

regards,

anurag

Hi this is anurag.

Just wondering if there are any real pros and cons of buying D70 from

gray market? I won't get service/warranty i know, but how do i insure

i don't land up with a bad camera/lemon....what r the things i must

check on the spot when buying one? Or do you think i should spend more

and buy it from official nikon shop? Arnab Pratim Das had a bad

experience of a similar kind i remember.

regards,

anurag

I visited Ken Rockwell's site. He is a prolific writer who likes to 'emphasise' his point. He sees things in black and white.

When a camera gives you the option of shooting both ways, why not actually do it, depending on the task at hand.

Given my constraints, i will shoot JPEGs for the sheer joy of photography, the way i've known it to be.

regards,

anurag

Hi,

May be it was wrong on my part to say, "what if you're a lazy D70 owner"....let me say, "what if you shot as if shooting TPs"...

Basically what i wanted to ask was somewhat echoed in Mr. Bhasin's answer....I have had these F80s, FM2s and Oly stylus epic...and i didn't have to do any post on whatever pictures i shot with them....okay, someone else did it for me, agreed, but then, the fact remains that a well exposed TP/negative was all i needed to concentrate on....

Is it asking for too much if you just shot like you did TPs and just printed them....I thought since you all have shot on various digital cameras, let me ask you if there were settings on a D70 (that's the camera i am gonna buy soon) which allowed you to get crisp pictures without the extra hassle of going thru' the comp exercise....

I am not too sure that coolpix or the auto settings on D70 will give me straigt out of the camera prints...at least my powershot G2 images can't be printed without post at whatever settings. My powershot G2 doesnt' have any settings whatsoever where you can just shoot and print....images are great for monitor viewing, but the prints come out flat...

i don't mind the post per say, but my day job keeps me busy most of the time and i have accumulated a huge backlog of images that i hope i will work on someday and print them eventually.

I raalise now, that its been three years since i own a G2, and i have shot loads of images but rarely printed them...actually my wife keeps reminding me that with the film cameras at least she got to see the pictures in flesh and blood and was able to send it to people...she thinks that my camera is as good as 'not having one' because of this shortcoming.

I want to make sure that the camera i buy tomorrow, at the least, has this ability. I can always work on images i like and when i have ample time etc...

Is asking for this simple convenience that you have in 35 mm film cameras a complete no no with digital?

what do you say?

Suppose you want excellent prints...

reagrds,

anurag

Hi all,

Its said that shooting on a digital camera is like shooting a

transperancy. What if you really shot as if shooting TPs....

You're not allowed to do any post-tweaking on your images.....you've

to get it right when you're clicking away....and you've to print the

images straight out of the camera.

Now, what kind of settings will you use on a D70....? Is it 100%

necessary to post process your images in some way?

regards,

anurag

hi all, thanks a lot. I got it.

anurag

Hi,

Thanks for all the replies...It was really helpful...

I chatted with couple of commercial photographers and my collegues about this, and it turned out that they all shoot on digital backs or Canon 1ds (if 35 mm) so that they can get bigger files to start with...for A1 A2 size machine proofed posters and billboard which are even bigger, they can't be shooting on a 6mp camera...however, as Ellis said, they will not shoot on 35mm film either, except in rare cases. Also, they said, for photographic prints, 6mp is good, but machine proofs, it may not be sufficient.

Anyway, i feel that my camera should have enough resolution for an occasional magazine double spread ad which i can shoot if i ever want to...and it should be enough for producing A3 sized pulls/proofs bulk printed on machine. Am i making sense? I guess from what you all said, that may be possible with probably some tweaking in the studio...thanks a lot,

anurag

ps: from what i have seen here in bombay, literally each and every commercial photographer has a Canon 1ds body, or works with one for commercial assignments. This camera, because of its resolution, has become a bread n butter equippment for them.

Thanks for the answers....am i still confused?

I got that a JPEG is a compressed file and the TIFF is non-compressed which is why the file size difference in megabytes....

but then, why are both 3000x2000 pixels? Isn't pixel height width a measurement of size?

regards,

anurag

Hi all,

If i have two files, one 3MB JPEG file (3000x2000 at 300 dpi) and the

other 18MB TIFF file (3000x2000 at 300 dpi) from the same camera, say

D70, will the prints look same? Howcome the image size different when

they both are the 3000x2000 at 300dpi files?

A riddle to me, please someone solve it..

regards,

anurag

Hi all,

I have read couple of threads on the print sizes you can do with a

Nikon D70. I downloaded one 3000x2000 JPEG and realised that at 300

dpi the image size is hardly A4 (8x10). But so many people seem to

suggest that they have made excellent prints up to A3 and even bigger

sizes.

May be that's possible, but can i safely put it this way, "D70 or a

6MP digi slr can give me up to A4 prints if i want to print them in

national geographic magazine quality". Suppose you want to publish a

D70 image in national geographic or time or economist magazine

quality, is it possible to do prints bigger than A4?

I work in advertising industry and my art director collegues work on

big files to produce big posters, like a 50MB file or 100MB file made

from a digital back...they tell me that all these 6MP cameras are not

for serious printing....which is quite contrary to what i have read on

internet.

Please help me out in this cause i don't want to buy a camera and

regret it later the way i did in case of Powershot G2. I will then

wait for the right camera whenever it comes along.

regards,

anurag

hi i just saw a review of this camera in luminous landscape site. very

interesting write-up...i would love to buy the similar kind of thing

if it was cheaper than that. reagrds, anurag

hi,

prerna enterprise in south mumbai is the official nikon dealer. you may like to speak to them regarding this...they may help you get it serviced....i hope your problem is solved by now...

anurag

I want to post this question again...please answer.

anurag

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0404/04040801eos300dblack.asp

anurag

Kudos to Bjorn...

Very nice review indeed...quite informing and written with certain authority.

All of us will be benefitted beyond doubt if he says something on the issue of moire/color shift problems which so many people are reporting. Should this deter one from buying D70?

anurag

Just what kind of minimal lighting you need for this?

Is it possible to shoot ones' artworks in daylight?

thanks,

anurag

Sorry,

Mani and Gurpreet...

anurag

Sitaraman and Sodhi,

With the kit lens the price is 60000 rupees.

However, this is 'market' price, not the official nikon price, so probably no legal warranties etc.

I don't know whether nikon is selling it here officially.

anurag

I would love a EPSON rangefinder sorts camera in Nikon or Canon mounts.

anurag

Hi

Actually, if you compare D-rebel with say, A2, the only, and big advantage rebel holds is the sensor size. Apart from that, almost everything is nicer in a A2 kind of camera...for instance, live LCD image feed/viewfinder when shooting, ability to shoot at the waist level, video playability, fixed lens, no bulk, image stablization, Live histogram, spot meter, electronic shutters (without the fear of mechanical shutters wearing off due to typical heavy digital camera usage). Today, even an average digicam is intimidatingly feature rich, leave alone the A2 which has mindboggling features. Shutter lag is no issue now with these digicams. Only noise factor is there which can be solved with a bigger sized sensor.

I wish there was such a camera!! BTW, EPSON rangefinder is very very interesting!

anurag