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welcome to the alienplanet blog section...plse feel free to have a look around and get involved.
my idea is to use the space to add pretty much anything that intrigues me - writings by photographers, shoot ideas, shoot breakdowns, technical stuff etc.
it's intended to be a searchable dumping ground, which hopefully adds value to anyone who wants to improve their photography, or is looking for a shot of inspiration.
Tag Archives: Digital
The Great Pixel Race
Quantity of pixels:
Quantity of sensor pixels is just not as important a measure as people seem to think. In reality as long as you have a camera that’s 8mb+ you’re good to at least 8″X12″print sizes (roughly A4) at serious resolution! I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve needed to print larger than that for a client…a commercial photographer working on campaigns has vastly different imaging needs, and for them enlargements may be the rule rather than the exception…which is why we have medium format digitals!
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