TooManyShots wrote: Yohan Pamudji wrote:
Considering many of the photos posted here have been of birds, is there anybody willing to bet that the 1DIII\'s 10MP 1.3x sensor cropped down to a 1.6x field of view (what would that be, 7MP or so?) resolves more detail than the full 18MP of the 7D in focal-length limited situations? If so, you\'re braver than I.
My bird shots have been cropped down already and at ISO1600 from raw converted to jpeg. Very rare you can take a full frame shot of birds unless they are in captivity or feeder shots. In bird photography, your lens and focal length rule. You can\'t make up for poor IQ and the lack of resolving power of your lens by extreme cropping. Or higher MP count of your body. Is not bravery. Is a fact. Put a 500L on a 40D and you will get shots with extraordinary details and sharpness. Put one of the Sigma 500mm zoom lens with OS on a 7D and your shots will still lack the IQ and sharpness of a 500L with 40D combo.
Hogwash. I get full frame shots of birds all the time that are not in captivity .
