Joe Mondello
Resu Deretsiger
I went to shoot a dance class yesterday at Hofstra and brought three very different digital cameras along -- Nikon D200 (17-55 2.8 DX, 70-200 2.8 VR), Epson R-D1 (CV Nokton 40mm 1.4, 15mm 4.5) and Canon G7 (built-in 2.8 IS zoom eff 35-210mm).
I had the Epson WB set to Flourescent, and the WB of the D200 and G7 set to Auto.
With the exception of post processing the image of "upside-down-girl" (last shot) in PS CS 2 and Noiseware Pro. these are simply re-sized for the web.
D200 shots were shot as compressed NEFs, the Epson as High Res JPGs and the G7 shots as Superfine Large JPGs. ISOs of 800-1600 used mostly, but some lower ISO shots with the G7 -- courtesy of its dedicated ISO knob -- were done for having some fun with blurring.
The point of this post is really just to say that each camera had its own strengths and weaknesses, but each was a joy to use and I am likely to pack my camera bag with all three on future occasions!
This will be posted at the R-D1 Forum at the Rangefinder Forum, and the D200 and Canon Forums at DP Review.
C&C invited and most welcome!
Learning all this new gear makes me feel like a kid again!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/musicandlight/sets/72157594401021418/
I had the Epson WB set to Flourescent, and the WB of the D200 and G7 set to Auto.
With the exception of post processing the image of "upside-down-girl" (last shot) in PS CS 2 and Noiseware Pro. these are simply re-sized for the web.
D200 shots were shot as compressed NEFs, the Epson as High Res JPGs and the G7 shots as Superfine Large JPGs. ISOs of 800-1600 used mostly, but some lower ISO shots with the G7 -- courtesy of its dedicated ISO knob -- were done for having some fun with blurring.
The point of this post is really just to say that each camera had its own strengths and weaknesses, but each was a joy to use and I am likely to pack my camera bag with all three on future occasions!
This will be posted at the R-D1 Forum at the Rangefinder Forum, and the D200 and Canon Forums at DP Review.
C&C invited and most welcome!
Learning all this new gear makes me feel like a kid again!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/musicandlight/sets/72157594401021418/
Joe Mondello
Resu Deretsiger
endustry said:
I just want Aperture to work with the Epson RAW files cos I really like working in Aperture.
tmessenger
Established
Hi Joe nice shots, just wanted to mention many flourescent fixtues are now using full spectrum bulbs (5000K vs 3800K) The flourescent pre-set does not work well with these bulbs try the cloudy preset.
Regards,
Tim
Regards,
Tim
Joe Mondello
Resu Deretsiger
tmessenger said:
Yeah the color balance on the RD-1 was way off. Maybe that's why the other two cameras are showing around 5K. There was sunlight as well, so it was a mixed light situation.
LCT
ex-newbie
Looks like you compared jpeg to raw and manual to auto WB with all due respect.Joe Mondello said:
I never use jpeg with either my Nikons or Epsons personally but if i wanted to compare them i would test jpeg vs jpeg or raw vs raw with the same WB setting.
FWIW
Best,
LCT
Joe Mondello
Resu Deretsiger
LCT said:
Actually I am really most interested in handling/use at this point -- two of these cameras are new to me (R-D1 and G7).
This wasn't meant as an image comparison. Sorry for the confusion.