bugmeister

Slightly tongue in cheek I ask why there has been a megapixel race?

 

Interesting question and it does come down to a number of factors.

On a personal basis, I use a 21Mp camera that lets me print at A0 if I really want to (I've used that for posters) without any problem.

The other main thing is that it allows me to crop-zoom if I can't get close enough to a subject and still have enough left to get a decent print. I occasionally break this but generally if it wouldn't print at A4 I don't keep it.

More generally, I would agree that the megapixel race is all about headline grabbing, few people will ever use the capability or capacity of a monster, but it sounds good. My first DSLR was 6Mp which gave good A3-A4 prints, my current phone has a 13Mp camera, but i've never even thought about printing from it.

Conversely, the larger the count, there tends to be a lower frame rate/buffer size which a number of people have said to me is of more consequence when they were choosing.

No arguments here, that's a very good picture for the wall, and a very good choice as well.

Well done Leon

If you are after a record shot, then by all means lose both the leaves and the people. The leaves are just an eye-catcher, there's not enough to form a frame, and the people aren't needed for scale since you already have other people being dwarfed by the buildings.

I'd also be tempted to lose the plastic- and scaffold-covered building at the extreme left

Hiya and welcome.

Go for it, there's lots of good pictures in the sunset thread that might not have had their own posting and it's good fun as well. It'll be interesting to see who comes up with what.

Well done Paul. Good observation and excellent photography

OOh pretty bugs

Glad to hear you're on the road to recovery.

Well done PaulN, a great capture and a very good choice, Kate

Greetings and welcome

p.s.....    what is 'growing up'?

Well done, BP 

The whole set was very professionally done and is well worth a look

Hello Heidi and welcome

I don't know about official lens failure rates but my experience is quite the opposite to yours. I would say, though, that a sample of two is not really statistically relevant in either your case or mine. You may have just been unlucky, and I may have been lucky with mine. It would be interesting to see if any official data is available anywhere.

I have a Sigma 105 that I bought over 6 years ago and it's still my portrait lens of choice and my walk-around macro lens (I use a specialised macro lens when the opportunity arises).

I also have a Tamron 28-300 superzoom that I bought in 2004 and it's still sitting on one of my spare camera bodies as a 'grab' kit. That one went to tropical Australia with me and performed extremely well in the humidity and ever since..

Neither are as fast focussing as the Canon originals but I wouldn't expect them to be. They are a lot cheaper after all.

Hi, Ash,  Welcome to one of the friendliest places around

Hi Jeff, and welcome from the relatively sane part of the country

Well done Annie (and Sophie), great choice Chris

I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with each week as the seasons turn

Very odd. Here's hoping they get it sorted

Definitely a good service from the shop as well, although they will send it off to a Canon service centre (6 in England and the nearest to you is in Stoke on Trent) so three weeks isn't bad at all.

I'm with John on being a bit surprised at your 70D needing a service so soon. ok my 5D mkII is a level up from the 70D but I'm currently on 55K shots in 5 years and it's going fine. I do get the occasional overexposure but that is normally down to the button pusher not getting settings right.

Please do let us know how it performs when you have it back and whether there's much difference. I had a lens serviced a couple of years ago and it came back better than when I first got it, although it was very good originally.

Well done John

Well done, not only on getting to the tops, but on achieving something you've wanted to do!

Hello Dee

You mean that it's been peaceful, Fug? Lol.

Peaceful??  With Fuji here????

Welcome back from me too

Hiya Paul and welcome from East Anglia

btw, what's an 'oly'

Well done, Paul