Nick Wilkinson, Merseyside
Who Needs a Zoom?
At Christmas, I received a Nikon D5100. I have a Nikkor 50mm f/1·4 G lens. Together they make a beautiful, lightweight camera.
This snap shot is full frame and has not been cropped. In Photoshop, the small area to the left of the front door was copied, enlarged and placed in the red box. The overall resolution has been reduced for posting on the internet. If you enlarge the whole image, that you now see on your screen, the detail is lost. However, the image in the red box is an indication of the resolution, over the whole of the picture, available in the original file.
Last year, with a Fuji S5, I carried out a similar exercise. It is interesting in that it shows the difference between 6 megapixels and 16 megapixels. With the Fuji image it is possible to view the whole image pixel by pixel. This is not possible with the image of the cottage because I suspect that you would not be pleased with a 12 megabyte file. Click here to view the 1 megabyte version.
This camera and lens will be living in my rucksack. And, ‘thank you’ to my benefactress.
Nikon D5100, 50mm f/1·4 G. 1/1500s, f/2·8, ISO 400, hand held. _dsc0201
Who Needs a Zoom?
At Christmas, I received a Nikon D5100. I have a Nikkor 50mm f/1·4 G lens. Together they make a beautiful, lightweight camera.
This snap shot is full frame and has not been cropped. In Photoshop, the small area to the left of the front door was copied, enlarged and placed in the red box. The overall resolution has been reduced for posting on the internet. If you enlarge the whole image, that you now see on your screen, the detail is lost. However, the image in the red box is an indication of the resolution, over the whole of the picture, available in the original file.
Last year, with a Fuji S5, I carried out a similar exercise. It is interesting in that it shows the difference between 6 megapixels and 16 megapixels. With the Fuji image it is possible to view the whole image pixel by pixel. This is not possible with the image of the cottage because I suspect that you would not be pleased with a 12 megabyte file. Click here to view the 1 megabyte version.
This camera and lens will be living in my rucksack. And, ‘thank you’ to my benefactress.
Nikon D5100, 50mm f/1·4 G. 1/1500s, f/2·8, ISO 400, hand held. _dsc0201