| | Hi, Based on what the inspection team is saying about some of the technical quality of some of the new contribution by new contributors, we've supplied this list of suggested cameras. There are some cameras that just cannot be used for producing stock (under normal circumstances). * This is not a comprehensive list. We've included only Nikon and Canon because the vast majority of commercial photographers are shooting with cameras from these manufacturers. * There is a 25MP Sony camera that uses Carl Zeiss lenses. We've not seen shots from this camera, though we imagine it will be ok. * Any medium format cameras (Hassleblad, Leaf, Phase One) can produce a quality that is above and beyond what Crestock requires. Some medium format film cameras that have had images developed and scanned professionally, can produce results acceptable.
Canon:
- 1D Mark III
- 1D Mark II N
- 1D Mark II
- 1Ds Mark III
- 1Ds Mark II
- 1Ds
- 5D
- 5D Mark II
- 40D
- 30D
- Digital Rebel XT & XTi
Nikon:
- D3
- D2x
- D2xs
- D700
- D300
- D200
- D90
- D80
- D40 & D40X
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| | Is the Nikon D70 a no go then? |
| | Perhaps the D70 is getting a little long in the tooth - it is 5 years since it was introduced, and at the time, dpreview.com wrote "Can't match the EOS 300D's silky smooth ISO 100 (low noise)", so noise might be an issue, at least in certain situations. I guess the D60 could be added to the above Nikon list though, that's only a year old, and the dpreview bible says "Good resolution and detail (especially at lower ISO settings). Good dynamic range (better than D40 and slightly better than D40X)" Oh, and for Europeans Rebel XTi decodes as EOS 400D, Rebel XSi as EOS 450D.
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| | What about the new Canon 50d? |
| | Yeah, definitely the new 50d too. I've not tried it or seen too many shots from but imagine that it would be ok. |
| | None of my images from my D70s or D100 have been accepted here at CS, so it appears the concern is more for the number of pixels than image quality. The D70s I can understand as the RAW files are compressed as are several of the other lower end Nikon cameras that made the list, however the D100, 200, 300 , etc have the ability to turn this idiotic feature off, although the default is to compress RAW files on all of them, so make sure that it is set CORRECTLY by switching to uncompressed RAW file capture. Glad to see the D300 made the list :) |
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| | None of my images from my D70s or D100 have been accepted here at CS, so it appears the concern is more for the number of pixels than image quality. The D70s I can understand as the RAW files are compressed as are several of the other lower end Nikon cameras that made the list, however the D100, 200, 300 , etc have the ability to turn this idiotic feature off, although the default is to compress RAW files on all of them, so make sure that it is set CORRECTLY by switching to uncompressed RAW file capture. Glad to see the D300 made the list :) Megapixels are not the concern, anything above 4MP is ok. Its image quality that counts. The lower-end Nikons do have potential quality issues. This is not a reason to reject images, in every single case. I believe a lot of these images were taken with the Nikon D70s, http://www.crestock.com/profile/VikaValter.aspx |
| | The Canon 20D doesn't make the list? |
| | Any word on any of the Olympus E-Series? I have an E-410 and seem to have trouble with artifacts/compression, but can't seem to pin down whether its my camera or something I'm doing wrong in PP. |
| | The 20D has well and truly been superceded. I would definitely recommend an upgrade here. The limit of the megapixel count on a 20D alone will affect your sales. The technical quality of it is okay, and it should be easily able to get approvals, but its not a suggested camera, no. The Olympus E-series are not suggested for use in stock because of their poor technical quality, mostly with the in-camera handling of images. |
| | Hello! What about Dslr SONY A700? |
| | Hello I just want to ask about the Canon Powershot series.. :) this is what i only have.. the canon a480 :D |
| | I can see that the Canon EOS series are not on the list. Are they not good enough? 
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| | jill all of the canon cameras listed are "eos series" technically if its canon its an eos. Even the Cheap little Rebel is an Eos Rebel. Joshdk or whoever made the list just left off the "eos" part of the camera list. |
| | The 20D has well and truly been superceded. I would definitely recommend an upgrade here. The limit of the megapixel count on a 20D alone will affect your sales. The technical quality of it is okay, and it should be easily able to get approvals, but its not a suggested camera, no. The Olympus E-series are not suggested for use in stock because of their poor technical quality, mostly with the in-camera handling of images. So let me get this straigt: You suggest that the Canon Rebel XT (which has an 8.0mp sensor) is ok, you also say that the 30D (which has an 8.2mp sensor) is ok, but the 20D is not ok? Funny, but keep in mind that the 20D's sensor is exactly the one on the 30D. Here is some info from dpreview: Canon has taken the "if it ain't broken don't fix it" approach to the image pipeline, the EOS 30D has the same sensor and image processor (DIGIC II) as the EOS 20D. So, how can the limit of the megapixel count on the 20D alone affect any sale, since it is exactly identical to the 30D? |
| | as I was reading the post, I found myself wondering which really is best camera? is it nikon or the canon series? how bout sony series? ______________________________________________________________ | If you
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| | Hey, I have a trouble with taking this list seriously, first and foremost it is the result that counts, it cannot come down to the brand of the camera. Crestock sets the limit to 4MP, but this is only to make the files sharp in big formats depending on the sensor. One cannot get high quality from compact cameras, they are good for photo albums. JoshDK: "*There is a
25MP Sony camera that uses Carl Zeiss lenses. We've not seen shots from
this camera, though we imagine it will be ok." The Sony has gotten :Highly Recommended by dpreview in my opinion, that is more than OK. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonydslra900/page36.asp
I am using Olympus E series, and it is the lenses in the end one should spend the money on, get a camera-house that can deliver sharp images, and then go for the lenses with fine glasses, it doesn't have to be Canon, Nikkor, zuiko, Leica or Hasselblad. Sigma is a world leading producer on this market, and can deliver lenses with HIGH standard to a more friendly price. Cheers, Arve |
| | You have problems with your HEAD??!!! Who cares what camera i use? or what gear as long the costumer is happy? And what equipment do you recomand is ...... i have no words to tell you. D40, D60, 20d, 30d, 40d, d80 is better then E3 from Olympus or K20d from Pentax?!!!!!!!! If you want to make a selection then say the size of the foto that you want to be post it (600x400, etc) and refer to the quality of foto, not of gear. With the best camera i can obtein the miserable results posible and viceversa. So, retract your post if this is not a marketing move to push forward this two brands. Thank you for your time!
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| | I would not use the D70 anymore for Stock, but I got images from my old D70 accepted here, so it seems not be impossible (;-) Alex |
