Just wondering, who's got the eye's!

[Don Fischer]

Just looked at an ad on , I think it was a Fuji mirrorless camera. They say it's got 20.9 mp. My D7000 Is supposed to also have 20.9 MP's. My Panasonic zs 100 has, if I remember right, 20.1 MP's. that Panasonic shoots easily along with my D7000 according to my eye's. Got my best landscape ever with it blown up to 12x24"! To top that off one of my best shots ever was with my first Digital a Nikon D70. It's a buck deer here in town I took years ago and a few days ago decided to blow up and see what would happen. Blew it up to 13x19 and it looked fine so did another at 12x24 and looks every bit as good. That old D70 if I read right had 6.1 MP's. How could it take a photo that good blown up that much. And will the 20.9 MP's of a mirror really out do a 20.1 MP's in a Point and Shoot? And how come the Panasonic P&S stays right in the game with the 20.9 MP dslr? Seems to me everything comes down to the mechanic, not the wrench!

 

[VidThreeNorth]

Yes and no. Megapixels won't help if you have a cr*p lens in front of it. To that degree, there is still more to hardware. But if you have all the hardware minimums covered, then yes, it is mainly a matter of composition and knowing what you want to do.

 

[Digger...]

A good composition is key, it can make a faulty shot look good. You gonna post up the bucks shot?

 

[DanOstergren]

This is a common and valid point of discussion in most photography communities. I have deduced that a skilled photographer will absolutely reap the benefits of being able to use the most advanced tools while simultaneously being able to also make the most of the less advanced tools. There are many advantages to having the best tools, but it doesn't necessarily mean an experienced photographer needs them to create their best work, but they certainly can make it easier to achieve. On the other end of that spectrum, most amateurs won't know how to take full advantage of and will likely struggle with the more advanced tools, and likely have the same dilemma with less advanced tools as well, until learning better if they get to that point.

I still shoot with a DSLR and I am perfectly happy with it, though I know when a job might require something more than it can provide or when I need a certain level of precision from a newer AF system, in which case renting is a great solution for me.

 

[smoke665]

? Seems to me everything comes down to the mechanic, not the wrench

Using your analogy, any mechanic who's ever busted knuckles or rounded the heads off nuts, with cheap tools, knows the value of quality tools. Do all mechanics need all tools.....nope. Just like photography there's a minimum basic "toolbox" that increases in size with the requirements of the job and the knowledge of the mechanic. A shade tree mechanic with minimal skill sets and tools, can change the oil in their car just as good as an experienced mechanic with $$$$$ invested in tools, but the same shade tree mechanic will quickly find themselves in trouble if asked to rebuild the engine on a D9.