Photo Equipment

In 2008 decided to get my first dSLR camera, and since I was not sure how much of an interest this would turn out to be, I was not prepared to pay "too much". Hence even though I had thought about going for a Nikon I ended up going for an Olympus since it had image stabilization directly within the camera body (no need to pay extra for getting image stabilization in each lens). Spring 2009 I decided to take a step up of the latter and this time I did go for Nikon, as I had initially though of. Hence I ended up purchasing a Nikon D90 (with a Nikon 18-200 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens). Switching manufacture meant that I could not utilize the external flash, extra battery and so on that I had bought for my Olympus, so I have to repurchase these items for the Nikon. Since I have got myself a Nikon D300s and some aditional lenses (Tokina 11-16 mm f/2.8, Tamron 17-50 mm f/2.8, Nikon 50 mm f/1.4, Nikon 105 mm f/2.8 Micro). I still have a lot of itemns on my whishlist, but that is probably never going to change - not even if I'm lucky enough to win the lottery :-)

Photo Formats (www.Foto.com)

To assist cropping Photos to a "Golden Section" or the "Rules of Thirds", I've made a few Illustrator files than can be placed into Photoshop as Smart Objects. Once inside Photoshop they can be scaled, rotated and flipped as you desire, afterwards used as a guide for the cropping-tool. Feel free to download these guides.

If you need you photos printed you can use the tables below to figure out how many pixels you need, whether you need them printed at 150 or 300 DPI. The first table (in Green) is for the 2/3 ratio utilized by Nikon/Canon, whereas the 2nd table (in Blue) is for the 3/4 ratio utilized by Olympus.

2/3 ratio utilized by Nikon/Canon
Format
Size (mm)
Ratio
150 DPI
300 DPI
9 x 13 cm
89 x 127 mm
2/3
526 x 750 pixels
1062 x 1500pixels
10 x 15 cm
102 x 152 mm
2/3
602 x 898 pixels
1204 x 1796 pixels
13 x 18 cm
127 x 178 mm
2/3
750 x 1051 pixels
1500 x 2102 pixels
13 x 19 cm
127 x 190 mm
2/3
750 x 1122 pixels
1500 x 2244 pixels
15 x 21 cm
152 x 216 mm
2/3
898 x 1276 pixels
1798 x 2552 pixels
20 x 30 cm
203 x 305 mm
2/3
1199 x 1801 pixels
2398 x 3602 pixels
40 x 60 cm
406 x 609 mm
2/3
2397 x 3596 pixels
4795 x 7192 pixels
50 x 75 cm
508 x 762 mm
2/3
3000 x 4500 pixels
6000 x 9000 pixels

 

3/4 ratio utilized by Olympus
Format
Size (mm)
Ratio
150 DPI
300 DPI
10 x 13 cm
95 x 127 mm
3/4
561 x 750 pixels
1122 x 1500 pixels
11 x 15 cm
111 x 152 mm
3/4
656 x 898 pixels
1312 x 1796 pixels
13 x 17 cm
127 x 178 mm
3/4
750 x 998 pixels
1500 x 1996 pixels
15 x 20 cm
152 x 203 mm
3/4
898 x 1199 pixels
1796 x 2398 pixels
20 x 27 cm
203 x 270 mm
3/4
1199 x 1594 pixels
2398 x 3188 pixels