I would like to see a photo...

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Great Bustard
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In reply to Mako2011, 3 months ago

Mako2011 wrote:

Great Bustard wrote:

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schmegg wrote:

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...that would have sold for less money, or not sold at all, if it had been taken with lesser equipment.

Of course - there are plenty of examples out there. The field of sports and wildlife should provide a rich ground for finding such examples. I'm thinking there would be many examples in that field that could not have been captured with, say, a small compact or an iFad device as successfully.

On the other hand:

http://connect.dpreview.com/post/2355497650/photographer-50-weddings-one-day

Yeah - not the same thing though.

I don't think ultimate IQ is all that important with regard to whether an image is saleable or not. Many street shots from the masters spring to mind. Composition and subject trump IQ on almost all occasions.

That's what I'm getting at.

Not really what your are talking about because you said.."what I'm talking about here is a photo that was successfully captured". You suggested Composition and subject are held constant...are you changing the rules?

I don't follow. What I'm getting at is that I'm thinking IQ might play a minor to almost non-existent role in the value of a photo, so long as we don't get too crazy (e.g. compare a ten year old compact to a modern FF DSLR for a high ISO scene).

You keep adding more and more restrictions and stipulations to the original premise. That suggest we have an aswer to the original question.

You know, I really don't see it.  All my examples were 40D vs 5D3 or 60D vs 6D.  Of course, I cited the iphone wedding photographer as an example, but my main thrust was a more "reasonable" difference in tech than comparing a cell phone to FF.

Of course, there are definite exceptions -- someone buying a a huge landscape print, for instance. But here, we're probably not talking about stitching, and then any differences in IQ can be overcome by stitching a few more photos with the lower IQ system.

Well then...we should also stipulate the scene in question doesn't exceed the DR of the older camera. More stipulations. It would appear any photo than can be sold..and it has little do do with camera or photographer. Only supply, demand , and pricing are in fact the real determinants.

As I said downthread, perhaps I can simplify it:  would a wedding photographer using a 40D make more money if they switched to a 6D?

OK -- I gotta get to sleep!  So, I'll pick up tomorrow.

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