How many pixels???? Help!! SLR versus Digital

dmcd wrote:
 > I once owned a SLR camera - an olympus OM10 - which took really good
 > shots but was heavy! I now have a nikon coolpix 3100. My old camera
 > took better pictures and I was wondering how many pixels did the old
 > SLR camera's have?? my coolpix is 3.2 effective megapixels I am
 > wondering if I invested in a 4 or 5 megapixels would it be up to the
 > same quality as my old camera? thanks!

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"dmcd" <dorothy.mcdowell.DeleteThis@ntlworld.com> schreef in bericht
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 > I once owned a SLR camera - an olympus OM10 - which took really good
 > shots but was heavy! I now have a nikon coolpix 3100. My old camera
 > took better pictures and I was wondering how many pixels did the old
 > SLR camera's have?? my coolpix is 3.2 effective megapixels I am
 > wondering if I invested in a 4 or 5 megapixels would it be up to the
 > same quality as my old camera? thanks!



I think you have to handle your new digital camera better.
It's less weight, then possible you shake the camera when shooting. Also
it's a compact-camera and no reflex. I don't know the Coolpix, I have a
Canon A75 with 3,2 Mp, also a compact , but with al lot possibilities of
manual attitudes. I am very satisfied of this camera, but I could use
more optical zoom then 3x optical zoom I have now. Also there's a Stitch
or Panorama-function on my camera, and with this I can make photo's with
many more than 3 Mp ! The Mp only says something about how big you can
print your photo, not about the quality. It takes some more time
between shooting and the photo with a lot of digitals, so you need a
quiet hand or with less light a tripod. ( Some other digitals have
solved this problem now). And trie out al the posibilities from your
camera, you can see immediately the result and it cost you nothing ! I
also use a nice program for optimalize my photo's on the computer, I got
this with my Canon scanner : ArcSoft PhotoStudio 5 (it looks like
PaintShoppro) . In fact this is a doca on the computer. To see your
digital photo on paper you have the choose between a printer or a
digital photoshop. A good photo-printer is expensive, so I sent my
photo's to a shop, these photo's have often a better protection for
light. Before I look with a cheaper printer how it looks on paper,
because colours can look different (lighter)on the monitor then on
paper. I also have a Minolta reflex, and I find it also too heavy to
carry on my long walks. But often I had made even better photo's with a
good compact analoge camera (very pity that it was stolen), that I used
before my digital, then with my reflex ! Succes !

Re:
Thank you..........that is really good advice.
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