Comments on: now *that’s* backwards-compatibility http://whacked.net/2007/01/05/now-thats-backwards-compatibility/ thoughts on open spaces Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:30:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Digital Photography Other Film Photo http://whacked.net/2007/01/05/now-thats-backwards-compatibility/#comment-85670 Digital Photography Other Film Photo Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:52:34 +0000 http://whacked.net/2007/01/05/now-thats-backwards-compatibility/#comment-85670 <p><strong>Pixel Color Depth Or Bits Per Pixel In Digital Photos</strong></p> <p>Digital photos are built of many pixels. Each pixel has a unique value which represents its color. When you are looking at a digital photo your eyes and brain merge these pixels into one continuous digital photo. Each pixel has a color value that is on...</p> Pixel Color Depth Or Bits Per Pixel In Digital Photos

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]]> By: dan http://whacked.net/2007/01/05/now-thats-backwards-compatibility/#comment-24253 dan Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:42:00 +0000 http://whacked.net/2007/01/05/now-thats-backwards-compatibility/#comment-24253 <p>I just saw your beagle pictures with the MF 50/1.4. Nice work. Photography is awesome, isn't it? :-) I <em>love</em> available-light photography, and the 1.4 goes a long way in that respect (and don't be shy to bump up the ISO rating up to 800 or so... it still looks very good).</p> I just saw your beagle pictures with the MF 50/1.4. Nice work. Photography is awesome, isn’t it? :-) I love available-light photography, and the 1.4 goes a long way in that respect (and don’t be shy to bump up the ISO rating up to 800 or so… it still looks very good).

]]> By: SwitchBL8 http://whacked.net/2007/01/05/now-thats-backwards-compatibility/#comment-24041 SwitchBL8 Sat, 06 Jan 2007 19:09:54 +0000 http://whacked.net/2007/01/05/now-thats-backwards-compatibility/#comment-24041 <p>Watch out with older lenses. DSLR's have the CCD/CMOS closes to the lensmount than the traditional film was. Some lenses will not fit because of that, or zoom-lenses might damage the CCD/CMOS when zooming. </p> <p>Other than that: it's the other way around with lenses. The newer DX lenses probably won't work on the old SLR's since the projected image does not fill a full-frame negative.</p> <p>As for the 50mm f/1.8 or f/4. Go with the f/1.8. With a 50mm and f/1.8 (or faster) you can do pretty amazing stuff without using a flash. The f/4 is just too limited for that.</p> Watch out with older lenses. DSLR’s have the CCD/CMOS closes to the lensmount than the traditional film was. Some lenses will not fit because of that, or zoom-lenses might damage the CCD/CMOS when zooming.

Other than that: it’s the other way around with lenses. The newer DX lenses probably won’t work on the old SLR’s since the projected image does not fill a full-frame negative.

As for the 50mm f/1.8 or f/4. Go with the f/1.8. With a 50mm and f/1.8 (or faster) you can do pretty amazing stuff without using a flash. The f/4 is just too limited for that.

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