Question For Togs

Hi, the content of the image is more important than the resolution.

Those figures just mean that the image will be really big. Good for editing but has no bearing on the content (or sharpness).

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It also means that they are using a Nikon camera

Peter

You should be ok as long as they have decent glass on it as well?

Is that a Bad thing?

Not at all Yellowsn0w. Like the other guys have said, it's what the person wielding it does that will dictate what's in the images and how sharp they are. Good lenses will help too but you can still take a fuzzy picture with the best cameras.

One question you might want to ask if you haven't already is what size images will be supplied to you. Some photographers don't give the clients all of the images in a higher resolution as standard...

Thats a good question - I think I will ask that ?

Not at all.........there are two main camps, Canon and Nikon....and a friendly banter between the two.......

The actual resolution of the camera is arguably one of the least important features. The lenses he/she uses will be far more important as to the quality of the photographs they create.

If you are looking for quality photos then this would be my order of importance:

1) Skill/style & experience of photographer

2) Quality of lenses

3) Camera

Assuming you are happy with 1) and you want to find out more then ask them what sort of lenses they use. They should ideally all be f2.8 or faster (ie. smaller number). If in doubt write it down and post it here. Whilst the skill of the photographer is the most important part, having good equipment is also essential and in my opinion a good indicator of whether your photographer has invested in their business.

After all, I could use the same oven as Gordon Ramsey but it doesn't mean the meal would taste the same. And I also doubt Gordon would be happy cooking on a Beko hob he got from Argos.

Thanks, the only reason I asked was for the wedding album, i didn;t want any pixalted images lol

You'll be more than fine. That size is 24Megapixel and I just printed an A4 image which is pretty good from a 4 Megapixel photo.

Thanks

Any wedding photographer worth her or his salt could photograph a wedding successfully on almost any camera and still make a good job of it. Obviously the better the camera the easier the job but almost any modern DSLR will be OK - if you do get pixiated images in your album then it's user error!

I would spend more time looking at the quality of the actual images themselves in term of content, emotion, storytelling - do you actually like the content of the pictures, is the photographer consistent, do you like the style??

Absolutely agree - we get plenty of images with a very high resolution that don't look as good as others with a much lower resolution. Lighting, composition, focus, and as Lightworks said the content are all just as important. I'm obviously not recommending camera-phone pics for your albums, but the pixel count isn't the be all and end all.

Best regards

Marc