I worked as a pro when you were still in diapers. My first digital camera cost
$250,000,000, and I can tell you the most interesting finds were off axis. (It
had 4 Megapixels in 1978, and could see the edge of the galaxy.) For fashion
shoots you know exactly what the picture is before you take it, for sports and
action shots, you're often shooting blind and don't know what you have until you
look at the results. BTW, I have the telephoto lens for the G5 (Santa was good
to me, too) so I have 7X zoom.



"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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That's a stupid question. As much as you can get, until you run out of
optical
quality.

Sorry, Jeff. I worked professionally with large format cameras for Finely
Photo
and as still photographer for catalogue. Cropping is something to be used
sparingly. Learn to compose your photos. 8 mp is just not going to show up
unless you have professional printing gear. On my my very nice HP photo
printer, 8X10s look fantastic from G2, G5, Z1 and even the little Sony U30 can
make a reasonable print at that size. 3mp is really all you need and anything
above 4-5 is just silly. Sell the G5 as I am. These 3 and 4x lens models are
about to go the way of the dinosaur.

RB