Until the *istD came along I used a 3MP Canon PowerShot G1. A great little camera - I gave it away to someone who used it for quite a few more years! (The camera claimed "3.3Megapixels", but that was the size of the CCD - the largest images it produced were 2048x1536).
Here's a shot from the Long Beach 2003 Race Weekend: https://www.panix.com/~johnf/temp/LongBeach2003.jpg On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 07:26:43AM +0200, Alan C wrote: > Yes, the result is very good. > > We still have an Olympus C-500 compact (5Mp) & a Pentax K110D (6Mp) which > both do quite well if you are prepared to use you feet or zoom to fill the > frame. Useless for bird photography. 2 frame portrait Pano's double the Mp. > I read an article on simulating a K1 using a K5 or K3 like that. > > Here's an example with the K110D & FA 80-320 at full stretch uncropped: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/51184992538/ > > Alan C > > On 30-Dec-21 07:15 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > > Deep in a cabinet I found my 20-year-old Optio 33L, a very portable little > > thing with a mighty 3.2 MP sensor. I took a few shots with it while taking > > a walk around the neighborhood. This is one: > > > > https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2021/December-2021/December-2021/i-dkqvSpv/A > > > > Two things surprised me: First is the quality of the images; and second is > > how much I could manipulate them in Lightroom. I was surprised to be able > > to adjust the exposure, sharpness, and contrast, and even use the brush. > > > > Comments always appreciated! > > > > Rick > > -- > > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > To unsubscribe send an email [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

