. When you set (yes, you can set the pixel count to some extent) the camera to capture with the maximum amount of pixels, you've captured the image with that camera's finest resolution. Now what do you do with all of them ?. Often times you end-up tossing out the vast majority of them when all you end-up doing is posting the shot on the Chameleon Forums . However, there are times when the "tossing out" action isn't just to end-up with the same exact photo with fewer pixels but where you may have found something interesting in the photo taken that you want to zoom-in on and crop down to just that area of the photo while retaining a reasonable amount of resolution. My avatar photo was cropped from a shot that originally encompassed half of a 2x2x4 screen enclosure to capture my chameleon shooting the superworm off of the screen. The image was sharp enough (good focus, exposure, and depth of field) and was shot with a 6.3MP (the original Digital Rebel from 2004) DSLR such that there was still fine detail of the tongue. . Just get a good camera and lenses to protect those pixels. You never know when you'll need them .
He could then correct me later if he disagree!
Howdy nhayes and Marc,I was wanting a macro but also a prime lens ....for everyday pics of the kids or landscape.......I had read that the kit lenses where not very good qaulity and to put the money towards a better qaulity one......so I guess what I was asking was if he thought it was an ok lens or a piece of junk.
), you'll find that the non-"L" 100mm Macro will be great and half the price. Like Marc says, if you don't think you'll ever get any use out of it then saving the steeply discounted kit lens still puts a few more bucks back in your pocket .
