Which is best?
At a recent shoot I decided to compare three cameras; a fully professional top of the line DSLR costing over $5,000., a mid range DSLE costing less than $1,400. and a high end compact point and shoot costing around $500. The light changed some during the shooting but I found the results fascinating! I thought it would be fun for you to carefully inspect them and try to matchup which is which, I will answer the quiz tomorrow!
Good luck!
THE ANSWER IS!!!
The top shot is a D7000 with 24-120 lens
The second shot down is the D3s with the same 24-120 lens
The bottom shot is a Nikon Coolpix P7100
The point is they were all shot with a tripod and cable release. Except for the light difference on the D3s shot, they are all very similar and you probably wouldn’t be able to tell the difference until a print of 24×36 or larger were made! Does this mean they are all equally good? On the web, at ISO 200 I would say pretty much. If they had been shot @ ISO 3200 and blown up to 40X60 you would have easily been able to separate them out. CONCLUSION: Used carefully, today’s camera are capable of amazing work! What’s best for you depends on how much you have to spend, how much you are willing the carry, and what you will be doing with your files!!!
This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 27th, 2011 at 12:06 am
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As someone considering upgrading cameras, I don’t want to know… 🙂
But I’ll be back to see.
I’m sure I will get this wrong, but I’m guessing #1-mid range, #2-Point and Shoot, #3-Pro. Unless they were all shot in Raw with no post processing and then I would guess that #2 is the Pro one with #1 the Point and Shoot and #3 the mid range.
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