On Wed, 21 May 2008 22:31:00 -0700, "Waterspider" wrote:
"Mike Russell" wrote in message
On Sun, 18 May 2008 16:40:46 -0700 (PDT), Anna wrote:
Hello
I’m trying to take some really clear good photographs and was wondering what camera anyone would recommend to take really clear photos?
Photos like those found on <http://gandoza.net/>
Does anyone know what camera that could be?
Feedback would be appreciated
As Katwoman says, those are not photographs at all, but artificial images created in a rendering program. It takes a very good artist and technician to create images like those.
Not taking away anything from the effort that went into making those shots as sharp as they are, why would anyone NOT consider those to be from photos ? Wouldn’t the end result be more to the program used to create those images ?
I’ve been following an ebay celeb artist for awhile. He’s very good. Up till I saw the trap door to the trick.
He took an actual photo or two, combined, and pastel blurred the two to make them look hand painted.
Hugh Hefner art work. No female EVER looked that good.
These specific photos done in 3dsmax just seem to be extremely sharpened versions of photos. Except for the Shuttle..
But even that could be a photo of a plastic model of the shuttle. You can see the jittery fingers painting the blue trim on the right wing. And total loss of detail in the windows where a photo of an actual shuttle would have gloss, reflection, and depth.
Also decals missing, and wing trim is wrong from the originals. Making me suspect a model vs working from an actual photo.
You can see an actual shuttle from
http://performance.toast.net/ shuttle 14k test. Get your speed tested at the same time.
As for what camera to use, you do have some learning in front of you. Pick your budget, and get the best camera you can afford. Then study books, or take lessons from a good photographer to get started, and above all be patient.
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Mike Russell – http://www.curvemeister.com
Hmmm… I wouldn’t spend much on a camera to be used just for website photos.
So a Radio shack digital spy pen $15.00 would do the job. But you’d learn nothing about taking pictures. You need something with some manual control for that angle. The difference in great shots [$500.00 camera on up $$$$$.$$] and mediocre [$100.00 – $499.00] – [cheapo [Disney pix $6.00 – $9.00 – 24 shots, – Pentax optio E30 7 MP, $94.99] is all about price. Way too many variables. Lens quality, lenses. Service, reported problems, etc..
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more pix @
http://members.toast.net/cbminfo/index.html 
