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Vikas Joshi
 

Photo Quality from different Cameras


 
  two insects
two insects
taken on slide

Vikas Joshi

 
 
Hi

I would like to know that whether there will be some quality difference in photographs if I take snaps from Yashica SLR or Nikon SLR ? I shoot both on slides and on bromides. Iwish to purchase Nikon F3 or N80 but I wonder whether it will make any tangible difference in the photo quality . I will have to spnd a lot of bucks but if the photos are similar it wll be just a waste. I just want quaity,sharpness and color in photographs just like the photos being published in magzines. Features in camera are secondry things

I am submitting 2 photographs taken by my Yashica FX3 Super 2000
Thanks in advance


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April 18, 2003

 

Jeff S. Kennedy
  The main determining factor in image quality (beyond the skill and knowledge of the photographer) is the quality of your lens. A camera is just a light tight box on which to mount the lens. It's the glass that makes the difference. I'm not familiar with Yashica so I don't really know what quality of lenses you can get for it. Nikon does make excellent lenses.


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April 18, 2003

 

Vikas Joshi
 
 
 
Thanks for your response I am submitting 2 snaps from Yashica lens


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April 18, 2003

 

Vikas Joshi
  Thanks Jeff for your response


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April 18, 2003

 

SP Inkollu
  Hi,
I have been using "YashicaFX3 Super2000" for the past over 10years and I have been consistantly getting the best results I want.
I think the price of the camera depends on the features they provide and what is important is the talent of the person behind the camera.
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May 16, 2005

 

George Anderson
  The answer is, both brands are capable of equivalent quality. I own both so I should know. Some, but not all Yashica ML manual-focus lenses are every bit as good as Nikon's while the Yashica body will also mount the excellent Contax-Zeiss lenses. So it's a standoff.


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July 06, 2005

 
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