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razor sharp photos, how? Anonymous
What sort of equipment would I need to take photos that are as crisp as the pictures in national geograhics magazine? Obviously the really expensive gear works, but how low can you go and still get extreme clarity and sharpness?

I own a digital ultra compact 6mp samsung, but even if the pictures got many pixels they don't look super sharp.
>> Butterfly !xlgRMYva6s
any dslr/slr body and a 50/1.8 lense
>> Anonymous
bright sunlight, f/8
>> Anonymous
would picture take with a dsl really be that much better than one taken with a digital compact?
>> Butterfly !xlgRMYva6s
>>119886
when you have a lense on it that costs 10x that of the compact, yes there is going to be a massive difference.
>> Anonymous
what about a cellphone with a digicam that has a Carl Zeiss lens? those are some of the best lenses there are right?
>> Anonymous
>>119892

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>> Bewer
i really hope you are trolling now
>> Anonymous
>>119886
In low light, yes. In broad daylight, it depends on the lens on the SLR and the lens on your compact whether you'll see a difference.

>>119892
Carl Zeiss is one of the best optical houses in the world, yes. But the lens on the camera phone isn't really a Zeiss lens; the company paid the Zeiss company some money to use the name, figuring that people who have heard of "Carl Zeiss" but don't know much about photography will think exactly as you did.
>> Anonymous
You need to get a really steady shot, probably by using a tripod. You'd probably also need a small aperture, like at least f5.6, preferably f8 or higher. You'd also need plenty of light.

A lot of point-and-shoots just are constructed quite as well as SLR cameras. And not all SLRs are built the same, either. Wobble in the unit is an issue. Much moreso for a cellphone cam or point-and-shoot, but even for an entry level DSLR.

It also depends on the post processing. You can do a bit right after taking the photo to give it an extra sharp look. You have to have really good material to start with, but some judicious post processing will really help. Also, sizing down an image both removes some blur as well as removes the detail you need to really notice blur. Blur that's almost painful at 100% of a 10MP image may not even be noticeable when scaled down to a 2MP image.

And finally... yeah, it's the lens. A canon L lens will be much better than any Carl Zeiss cellphone lens. You can get away with prosumer level lenses for SLRs, but, there's a reason people who take photographs for a living go all out and get $2000 lenses.