Worthy Pursuit?
Everyone has to start somewhere and while your equipment is basic at least you've got it! Learn about the relationship between aperture, exposure time, and iso.
You will also need to learn at some stage editing be it something "grand" like photoshop or simple adjustment software.
The images will be in there and you will do your best to get them out.
Good luck
Plenty of members here will have portfolios of excellent images taken with *istD cameras , the resolution of which is fine for screen purposes, and small to medium prints. In fact you'd probably be surprised how big you could print ....
The main negatives if compared to modern examples are probably a slower, less fluid feel, smaller 'screen and basic interface. Then again there's everything there you need to get going and take a wide range of image types and styles.
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... Plenty of members here will have portfolios of excellent images taken with *istD cameras , the resolution of which is fine for screen purposes, and small to medium prints. In fact you'd probably be surprised how big you could print ....
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In the past, I made an acceptable A3 + print from an *istD camera!
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16MP will make a very nice A3 print, in fact it's the native size of the image the camera produces.
What's it going to cost to find out? Not film, nor processing. Nothing to lose in giving it a go.
About 2p a month charging the batteries!
Photography is all about the picture, not the camera. Look through the viewfinder and press the shutter release when you like what you see. Look at what you took on the computer, if you like it, good. If you don't, try to think why and then you can improve. Then you upload some on here and see what other people think.
I really started on photography with an Kodak Instamatic, used to process the film myself. the kit you have is loads better than that and you don't have to worry about the cost of film, processing etc. You can even download free software (FastStone Image Viewer is nice and straightforward) to improve your images on the computer for nothing! Personally I don't print many of mine, may put them up on the big telly sometimes and the quality of the kit you have will be no problem for doing that.
Worthy pursuit? I think only you can really judge that but it won't cost anything to try and there are a few around here that think so.
We print up to 18" x 12" for competition and display purposes, but the main point is the more MP means that we can crop a bit if desired.
16MP will make a very nice A3 print, in fact it's the native size of the image the camera produces.
Is the *ist D 16mp, it's before my time but thought it was around 6?
The main thing is to shoot RAW to make the most of the sensor's dynamic range.
Up to a point, photographers make pictures, not cameras. Of course, if you get heavily into specialist areas such as macro or fast moving sports, things become a little more demanding. And expensive.
Andrew
"These places mean something and it's the job of a photographer to figure-out what the hell it is."
Robert Adams
"The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE."
Ernst Hass
My website: http://www.ephotozine.com/user/bwlchmawr-199050 http://s927.photobucket.com/home/ADC3440/index
https://www.flickr.com/photos/78898196@N05
Don't waste time looking at the images you've just taken on the camera screen after you've checked the first few to make sure that the histogram looks OK. That proves the cameras exposure is in the ball park.
As always, the advice comes down to go out and take pictures.
Best regards
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