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Hey guys! I currently own a nikon D5300 and i want to upgrade my camera. I'm checking photos online and trying to figure out what kind of camera i want and what kind of image quality i want to aim for.

I just saw this photos on selena gomez instagram, and they look really good. The dynamic range is incredible. I know that this photos are from her tour photographer and they are all from the same camera.

Can you guys give me some clues on what kind of camera produced this photos? I'm guessing it's a full frame m4/3? What do you guys think?

Thanks

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As an amateur photographer who is still learning sometimes i can be pretty stubborn.

I have been listening to every advice that you guys give me in this thread and i started to really dig deep into the editing. After many days and hours of trial and error in adobe camera raw and photoshop,I realised that it really is possible to get the look i'm looking for without a high end camera. You guys are 100% right.

So i want to officialy apologise all you guys for being so stubborn ahah. Thank you all so much.
I never said that skill and vision are not important. I just think that the tool you use also defines your work. If you paint with a soft brush, you will get a different result than if you paint with a hard one. I just like to take in account all the factors, especially when planning to buy new gear.

According to what you said, than we should all start using entry level DSLRs and get great photos like the ones i posted, based only on our skills and vision.

I believe It's skill, vision, and tools. Everything matters.
 
Richardltd said:
ok, so what is the role of the camera in your opinion?
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I'd actually have to think to try and answer that. It isn't easy to compare photography to painting... I do both and quite differently.

The camera obviously plays a complex role, especially in the digital age. In film, the camera simply performed about three functions - keep the film light tight, support a lens and in quite a few cameras it would also control the exposure duration. With digital it crosses over to combine some film characteristics though most of those may be controlled in pp. I think of the camera is far more connected with the artists vision than a brush... maybe the pp part of photography is closer to the brush you're speaking of - the camera being a transient piece of apparatus. It is a necessary part, but how much it affects the end result depends on your specialisation and the conditions in which you work. In most cases a wide range of dslr cameras will deliver near identical results.

Lenses too, in many cases the exact lens isn't that important, especially in the mid focal lengths, but for the shots that need a particular lens, then there are cases where only one lens is going to do the job or a specific focal length or FL:aperture relationship.
 
Richardltd said:
Hey guys! I currently own a nikon D5300 and i want to upgrade my camera. I'm checking photos online and trying to figure out what kind of camera i want and what kind of image quality i want to aim for.

I just saw this photos on selena gomez instagram, and they look really good. The dynamic range is incredible. I know that this photos are from her tour photographer and they are all from the same camera.

Can you guys give me some clues on what kind of camera produced this photos? I'm guessing it's a full frame m4/3? What do you guys think?

Thanks

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Make sure you understand how to manipulate light. People were taking photos like this with Nikon D100s. The thing is, they knew how to use lighting. People nowadays think just buying a better camera and a couple photoshop filters can negate the need to understand light. With good control of light, you don't need a high dynamic range camera.

Imagine what you could do with an assistant holding a reflector in those last two images.

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Richardltd said:
As you guys can see, they look very similar to the examples i shown. What do you guys think?
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I think maybe you are talking about the vibe of their color tones, because otherwise I don't see much similarity. The linked Flickr shots nearly all have a greater DOF, some have grain, none are maybe clinically color accurate but more colorized looking.

Most appear to have been shot with fast glass. If you put a $2000 prime on any 24MP DSLR and are a master of light and PP, you'll be able to achieve very similar results.

I really do think you should be asking - what post processing was used? The hardware is not the end all - nor does it do all the work. With that, I can't say any more here either.
 
Richardltd said:
After some researching i think i found what i was looking for. It's the Canon D6. Here are some examples. As you guys can see, they look very similar to the examples i shown. What do you guys think?
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I'm not familiar with the Canon D6.. I'm a Nikon guy, so forgive me for my ignorance.

Scott
 
What is it that you are attracted to in your posted images? Is it purely the dynamic range? The DOF? Colours? FYI the Nikon D5300 has better dynamic range than the Canon 6D. Check DxoMark.
 
Just to add/correct - you don't have to use a $2000 lens either - just fast. There are many inexpensive 1.4 - 2.8 lenses on the market that can also achieve shallow DOF easily. It's the performance things like sharpness corner to corner and qualities of the bokeh that make expensive lenses expensive. (and worth it)

In the end cameras and lenses are tools. Like a hammer you can build something simple with it - or you can build a mansion. You might also smash something to bits used the wrong way..
 
Great question, it got me thinking. I think what i like about the images i posted is the full frame look and the shadows/low light. I can't really explain. I'll give you an example. I'm also a videographer and I'm a huge fan of the blackmagic cameras. I own a Blackmagic cinema camera 2.5K. Google some stills or camera tests on youtube if you don't know the look of the camera. The images that the bmcc 2.5k produces are just super filmic, impossible to replicate with any other DSLR or camera on their price range.

I'm very sensible to image quality and i'm identifing caracteristics in the images i posted that the Canon 6d can deliver and not my D5300. I think its the full frame and the low light capabilities, the shadows are preserved in a way that the post really brings that unique look i'm seeing. I can also do that with the D5300 but it looks diferent and i'm after the look i'm seeing in the examples.

I have edited some samples of the canon 6d i found on some sites and i got the same result of the images i posted, so i think, in this case, the camera makes the difference.
 
What lenses are you using on your Blackmagic camera?

Good ciné lenses, used opened up, often blow away regular camera lenses.
 
Cannon 50mm 1.8. But just about any lens on that camera gets that filmic image. It's really great.
 
As an amateur photographer who is still learning sometimes i can be pretty stubborn.

I have been listening to every advice that you guys give me in this thread and i started to really dig deep into the editing. After many days and hours of trial and error in adobe camera raw and photoshop,I realised that it really is possible to get the look i'm looking for without a high end camera. You guys are 100% right.

So i want to officialy apologise all you guys for being so stubborn ahah. Thank you all so much.
 
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