so..uh... Nikon wins.. hands down.

jamie wrote:

well ya you can.. its just the focus

basically all small cameras take pics of things ...flat

SLR just means... depth /  burred BG but focus on object...

* sometimes you wish you could get flat on them though

Ion Todirel wrote:



phreaks wrote: Ok, thanks. Not sure if I understand exactly, but the premise is that a nice SLR will give me noticably better pictures... ?

considering how small your camera sensor is, of course it will! (much more better)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:SensorSizes.png

Some Reviewer Person wrote:

Bottom Line: Very cool super zoom with very good picture quality but the wimpy small sensor brings the camera’s overall score down.'

Ion Todirel wrote:

so yes size does matter not mega-pixels

Ion Todirel wrote:

no, who said that? what I've meant is that sensor size is a more important thing to consider than MP

dbl

GoddersUK wrote:



Ion Todirel wrote: no, who said that? what I've meant is that sensor size is a more important thing to consider than MP

Surely the sensor size is determined by the number of light sensitive areas on the ccd, and surely each of those light sensitive areas translates directly to one pixel (forgive me if I'm wrong, but that's just what seems logical ).

are those your kids? they are beautiful.

CannotResolveSymbol wrote:

Sensor size is determined by the physical size of the sensor.  This does not necessarily mean that there are more pixels on the sensor (the D40 is only a 6 MP camera, for example), and more pixels are not necessarily better--  at the same sensor size, fewer pixels mean each light sensitive area is larger, which means more light's hitting each element and the camera's more sensitive (this means lower noise and better low-light performance)

Ion Todirel wrote:



CannotResolveSymbol wrote: the D40

it's great to see more D40 owners who are also niners

what kind of lenses do you have for D40?

GoddersUK wrote:



CannotResolveSymbol wrote: Sensor size is determined by the physical size of the sensor.  This does not necessarily mean that there are more pixels on the sensor (the D40 is only a 6 MP camera, for example), and more pixels are not necessarily better--  at the same sensor size, fewer pixels mean each light sensitive area is larger, which means more light's hitting each element and the camera's more sensitive (this means lower noise and better low-light performance)

So bigger sensor > More light,

the size on the sensor=1 pixel is variable

correct?

I'd like to buy a digital camera too. There are a lot of mariages and other things coming up in our family and maybe it's time for something decent. I've never taken many pictures with the old cheap family camera but I did learn in school about photography and how to work with a reflex camera.

Would the D40 be a good idea for an amateur/wannabe like me or should I go for a cheap Sony Cybershot with a Carl Zeiss lens?

ZippyV wrote:

I'd like to buy a digital camera too. There are a lot of mariages and other things coming up in our family and maybe it's time for something decent. I've never taken many pictures with the old cheap family camera but I did learn in school about photography and how to work with a reflex camera.

Would the D40 be a good idea for an amateur/wannabe like me or should I go for a cheap Sony Cybershot with a Carl Zeiss lens?

Bah! You point and shoot types.

Me <3 Sony A100 (yes yes, I know they're on 700 and 350 now, but I was an early adopter and I love my camera )

Also, Me <3 my flickr pro account.