Newbie to Photography

[shadowlands]

Hey, I love the Ford Bronco's as well. Awesome machines!!! Yep, I have the Ruger LCP.
It's my carry weapon. Fits in my front pocket!!!

Enjoy the D40!!!

 

[apvm]

Enjoy the D40 and the lenses.

 

[Solarflare]

Well, actually 6 Megapixel is usually plenty. The typical large resolution monitor currently has about 2 Megapixels (1920x1200 = 2,304,000 Pixel). According to Wikipedia, the human eye has about 4-6 Megapixels(*). As long as the viewer concentrates on the picture as a whole, about 6 (though some say 3, while others say 12) pixels is enough to print pictures of any size

But of course, if you want to print a picture on the side of a house and still want to see even more details if you examine any portion of it with a magnifying glass, you will need to pack some more pixels.

Or do it like NASA: send a 2 Megapixel (1600x1200 = 1,952,000 Pixel) camera to Mars, then make huge high resolution panoramas by simply making a ton of pictures and combining them. Only works for static motives, of course, and you'll need a tripod (or a mars rover instrument arm). But with this technique, ANY resolution is possible.


(*) Thats however not a very meaningful count, it simply specifies the number of color sensitive cells in the eye. The majority of them is concentrated in a 3 degree field of view, which is also the sweet spot of sharpness of our natural (and very primitive, one element, one group lens, which however is also flexible) optics.

 

[kim_kennedy]

Ya, D40 is a good camera for beginners. I was using 6 MP when i was a beginner. It was just awesome experience when i took that 1st wedding photograph.

 

[yioties]

I think you have a great setup to start shooting with! Now take some pics and post them in the photos section so the users here can help you improve!