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Minolta Maxxum 7D Samples up...
....on Dpreview.
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0409/04...lta7dsamps.asp Not a rigorous test of the anti-shake technology, but it certainly seems to work. -- http://www.pbase.com/bcbaird/ |
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"Brian C. Baird" wrote in message .. . ...on Dpreview. http://www.dpreview.com/news/0409/04...lta7dsamps.asp Not a rigorous test of the anti-shake technology, but it certainly seems to work. -- http://www.pbase.com/bcbaird/ I wonder how KM will like seeing the first samples include photos of Olympus cars and Canon signs? ;-) |
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Brian C. Baird wrote:
...on Dpreview. http://www.dpreview.com/news/0409/04...lta7dsamps.asp Not a rigorous test of the anti-shake technology, but it certainly seems to work. Crappy phots, generally. Not a fault of the cameras as much as the photog rushing to get these... although the last one (Benz) does have a lot of good detail in it). Cheers, Alan -- -- rec.photo.equipment.35mm user resource: -- http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch.-- |
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Brian C. Baird wrote:
I think they're giving Phil about 5-10 minutes to go out and shoot samples. His main concern was shooting with longer shutter times to test the CCD-based image stabilization. So the photos are boring, but shooting a stop or so below the "handheld rule of thumb" seems to work ok. I do realize that, however K-M would do better to find Phil's eager assistant (assumtion that there is one) and give him the camera for 24 hours than to get quick and dirty results. Note that the treatment dpreview gave the first EOS 1Ds MkII (sample images) was no better than this set. -- -- rec.photo.equipment.35mm user resource: -- http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch.-- |
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K-M would do better to find Phil's eager assistant (assumtion that there
is one) and give him the camera for 24 hours than to get quick and dirty results. The reason why Alan, is because consumers interested in this class of camera (7D) are only partially interested in photography and mainly interested in technical wow factor e.g Bret Douglas 20D. "Alan Browne" wrote in message ... Brian C. Baird wrote: I think they're giving Phil about 5-10 minutes to go out and shoot samples. His main concern was shooting with longer shutter times to test the CCD-based image stabilization. So the photos are boring, but shooting a stop or so below the "handheld rule of thumb" seems to work ok. I do realize that, however K-M would do better to find Phil's eager assistant (assumtion that there is one) and give him the camera for 24 hours than to get quick and dirty results. Note that the treatment dpreview gave the first EOS 1Ds MkII (sample images) was no better than this set. -- -- rec.photo.equipment.35mm user resource: -- http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch.-- |
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K-M would do better to find Phil's eager assistant (assumtion that there
is one) and give him the camera for 24 hours than to get quick and dirty results. The reason why Alan, is because consumers interested in this class of camera (7D) are only partially interested in photography and mainly interested in technical wow factor e.g Bret Douglas 20D. "Alan Browne" wrote in message ... Brian C. Baird wrote: I think they're giving Phil about 5-10 minutes to go out and shoot samples. His main concern was shooting with longer shutter times to test the CCD-based image stabilization. So the photos are boring, but shooting a stop or so below the "handheld rule of thumb" seems to work ok. I do realize that, however K-M would do better to find Phil's eager assistant (assumtion that there is one) and give him the camera for 24 hours than to get quick and dirty results. Note that the treatment dpreview gave the first EOS 1Ds MkII (sample images) was no better than this set. -- -- rec.photo.equipment.35mm user resource: -- http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch.-- |
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Joseph Kewfi wrote:
K-M would do better to find Phil's eager assistant (assumtion that there is one) and give him the camera for 24 hours than to get quick and dirty results. The reason why Alan, is because consumers interested in this class of camera (7D) are only partially interested in photography and mainly interested in technical wow factor e.g Bret Douglas 20D. I'm not sure if you were around here a couple years ago when the subject of digital was truly contentious (compared to now where it is really people jumping over as circumstances permit). At the time we all calculated our jump off points. For me, I brazenly computed my jump off point at 15 Mpix and full frame. In the meantime various people of course made the jump to digital. We have seen great photos (including sevweral from Bret) made on cropped 6 Mpix cameras. I have seen numerous high quality prints at 8x12" (and larger) from such cameras. There is little need to wait for 15 Mpix... 6 Mpix is 'just there', and I hope to see K-M go a bit further in the near future (8 Mpix would be nice, 10 better). I love my slides, but half or more could be digital and I'd be just as happy. Cheers, Alan -- -- rec.photo.equipment.35mm user resource: -- http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch.-- |
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"Joseph Kewfi" wrote in message ... K-M would do better to find Phil's eager assistant (assumtion that there is one) and give him the camera for 24 hours than to get quick and dirty results. The reason why Alan, is because consumers interested in this class of camera (7D) are only partially interested in photography and mainly interested in technical wow factor e.g Bret Douglas 20D. "Alan Browne" wrote in message ... Brian C. Baird wrote: I think they're giving Phil about 5-10 minutes to go out and shoot samples. His main concern was shooting with longer shutter times to test the CCD-based image stabilization. So the photos are boring, but shooting a stop or so below the "handheld rule of thumb" seems to work ok. I do realize that, however K-M would do better to find Phil's eager assistant (assumtion that there is one) and give him the camera for 24 hours than to get quick and dirty results. Note that the treatment dpreview gave the first EOS 1Ds MkII (sample images) was no better than this set. -- -- rec.photo.equipment.35mm user resource: -- http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch.-- I beg to differ, Joseph. This class of camera seems to attract those whose interest in photography is just now starting to take off. The lower level, "entry" or "consumer" (although these cameras are really the "consumer' bodies!) are too limited in some manner, especially if they are digital. Film itself overcame some of the limitations that these people are finding with digital, like sensor size, noise, suchlike. Also this level of camera has faster AF, and sometimes more accurate, too. There are a lot of reasons the purchasers of this class of camera is more than just partially interested in photography. -- Skip Middleton http://www.shadowcatcherimagery.com |
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The first picture taken at 75mm and a shutter speed of 1/15 brings up a
question. The lens factor using this digital pushes the focal length of the lens to about 110mm. May I assume the old rule of thumb that you should use a shutter speed of at least 1/focal length is also affected by the lens factor. This means the picture was taken at almost 3 stops slower than what should be used. That's impressive assuming my assumption is true. "Brian C. Baird" wrote in message .. . ...on Dpreview. http://www.dpreview.com/news/0409/04...lta7dsamps.asp Not a rigorous test of the anti-shake technology, but it certainly seems to work. -- http://www.pbase.com/bcbaird/ |
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