2007-03-26 14:36:19 · 5 answers · asked by Phillip 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
It's not so much the pixels, but the eye and skill behind the lens that is most important.
2007-03-27 01:20:58 · answer #1 · answered by Ara57 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As long as you don't plan on printing larger than 8x10 (without cropping), you should be fine. For professional portrait work, you will probably need a minimum 12 megapixel. 16 megapixels is where it begins to match the resolution and range of medium format film.
The other thing to consider is your sensor size. The smaller the sensor, the more limits you will experience in terms of which apertures you can use without losing sharpness. E.g. a small digital camera at f/11 will have diffraction issues (less sharpness) regardless of how many megapixels you have. True, small apertures have greater depth of field, but the gains in DOF are overridden by the softening (ghosting) effects of diffraction.
For small digicams, diffraction begins smaller than f/4 (and f/4 is a large aperture setting!)
For 35mm, diffraction begins smaller than f/8 or f/11, depending on whether you have a crop factor (just smaller than 35mm).
For medium format, it looks like you can go all the way to f/22 or smaller.
2007-03-26 15:35:48 · answer #2 · answered by Ken F 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I would say yes. My uncle does some photography and his company asks for 8 I believe. Seven should be fine...
2007-03-26 14:44:29 · answer #3 · answered by chazzer 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on how big you plan to print your photos.
2007-03-26 16:50:50 · answer #4 · answered by Aubrey T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on what kind of work your doing and what exactly the camera is. include more details
2007-03-26 14:41:06 · answer #5 · answered by csoup70 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋