New Camera for Detailing Shots...

[SilverLexus]

I am not sure if the camera does TIFF yet...Still learning this thing. I'm an old analog film guy.

I did post my shots in Click & Brag including a comparison shot with my Nikon F100 film camera.

[Accumulator]

SilverLexus- It's sorta tough for me to do a really accurate comparison between the two (and I know my monitor isn't perfectly calibrated, which sure doesn't help ) but I do think the Provia shots are just a little bit sharper, judging by the reflections of the house. The digitals are mighty good though and trying to compare different pictures, well, you know...they might even be equal, it's not like some big difference. I bet you're gonna get a lot of good use out of the digital.

Oh, BTW, you ever try Provia 400?

[2000firebird]

my kodak poops on thoes canon shots

[G35stilez]

Originally Posted by 2000firebird

my kodak poops on thoes canon shots

SLR? DSLR? P+S? Prove it...I have yet to see a Kodak take better shots than a Canon (no offense). Kodak has been in the caboose (relatively speaking) for a while now. The one good thing they have going for them is a user friendly product.

[SilverLexus]

but I do think the Provia shots are just a little bit sharper, judging by the reflections of the house.

I feel the same way and this is with the slides on a pro scanner which introduces some dulling by itself (slides not aligned with scanner lens perfectly).

Still the Canon is fairly close. Now that I have the Canon, I may upgrade later to a D200 and we should get even better digital.

I'm also with Sean...Canon is hard to beat unless you have the 14mp Kodak DSLR.

[Picus]

I do feel that some Nikons have better image clarity and less noise at high ISO's than their Canon equivilants, but generally I agree with you guys - Canon is tough to beat overall. I have not had good luck with Kodaks. I sometimes wish my DSLR was less noisey at 1600ISO+ (we take a lot of concert photos), but that's what 1.4f lenses are for.

[SilverLexus]

Another difference in the shots is that I used a pro lens for the film shots which helps with clarity...

[Accumulator]

SilverLexus- Yeah, the good glass on the Nikon would make a difference.

And yeah, I'm pretty about trying to get decent scans (good enough to show detailing-quality detail) with my cheapie Epson scanner and slides...we'll see one of these days.

If you decide to go all-Canon you might look into the 5D with its full frame sensor. Its viewfinder is the only digital one I've liked so far and that's a pretty steep admission price!

Picus- You have much better eyes than I do if you can see that well through a DSLR viewfinder, even *with* a f1.4! You know, the ability to toggle to 1600iso and back down is one very appealing feature of the whole DSLR thing.

[Picus]

Accumulator - you get used to it. My wife and I have shot ~500 shows in the last two years with this body and the pictutes absolutely show how we've become more used to the gear as time went on (some of the early ones are downright embarassing). I'd imagine if I switched bodies right now I'd probably be lost for a few weeks. Really the only way to get usable shots at 1600ISO (with this body) is with a lens with a f/ of 1.8 or less or with image stabalization.

We'll probably upgrade soon, but like you said, the price of admission gets pretty steep once you get past the entry level DSLR's.

[Accumulator]

Originally Posted by Picus

Accumulator - you get used to it. My wife and I have shot ~500 shows in the last two years with this body ..

With that much experience I guess you *would* get used to it! Or else you'd have gotten *rid* of it by now

Know what you mean about the acclimation period. Took me a while to get used to things rotating in different directions from what I'd been using forever, even when the new one was more logical. DSLRs are just *so* different from my old-school SLRs that I dunno how I'll ever get used to one...

[4830Deuce]

Originally Posted by 2000firebird

my kodak poops on thoes canon shots

aint nothing poop on my cannon!



-Justin

[SilverLexus]

Nice Canon Justin.