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"David J. Littleboy" wrote: wrote in message .. . ... for a given focal length, or range (as in a zoom). A $70 50mm lens can be optically superior to an L-grade wide-angle zoom. There are always exceptions. http://etischer.com/300d/Tamron28-75.html Well, I was thinking about stuff like 16-35mm, etc. It looks to me that the Tamron at f/4.0 at the ends and f/5.6 in the middle is about as good as lenses get. (Although it's a pity his 70-200/4.0 misfocused.) It's not coincidental that my Tamron has produced the sharpest images I've seen from the 300D.) Nice. I might find that hard to believe, except for the fact that I already own one Tamron lens, the 90mm f2.8 Di Macro, and it is the sharpest lens I own. -- John P Sheehy |
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Alan Browne wrote: wrote: In message , Alan Browne wrote: If you sort by quality (across all shooting conditions) you end up sorting roughly by price at the same time. ... for a given focal length, or range (as in a zoom). A $70 50mm lens can be optically superior to an L-grade wide-angle zoom. I believe most people would understand that... .... and for those that don't ... my post. -- John P Sheehy |
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wrote: [ ... ] All review sites reflect the site owners personal prefernces somewhat. I.e., ever since I bought my first film SLR, and was advised to get the vertical grip, I find it so useful in portrait mode that I simply cannot imagine buying an SLR that doesn't support this option (reviewers always mention the same issue on the D70, and it is a constant complaint on D70 forums, to the point that someone is coming out with an after-market grip). But of course I recognize that some people don't want the weight and expense of a vertical grip, and the lack of one is a non-issue. I shoot handheld most of the time, and when I want a vertical format, it is easy to raise my right elbow as I rotate the camera to take a photo in the portrait orientation. (Or sometimes I even tuck it in as I rotate the camera the other way.) Since the next shot is as likely as not to return to landscape orientation, I would find shifting my hand between grips more of a pain than simply rotating the camera while maintaining my grip. If I took a lot of photos on a tripod in portrait orientation, I might consider the vertical grip to be an issue. And if I had one of those brackets which switch easily between portrait and landscape mode, I would probably want to remote the release button to the pan handle of the tripod or something similar. (And even remote several of the extra controls, including both thumbwheels.) But for now, it is just a matter of noise in the discussions to me. Enjoy, DoN. P.S. Speaking of noise -- I don't find the noise at ISO 1600 to be that bad. But my standard of comparison is the Nikon/Kodak NC2000e/c (Nikon N90s converted to digital by Kodak) which is *quite* noisy in ISO 1600 mode. -- Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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"Scharf-DCA" wrote: John P Sheehy wrote: Like a RAW RGB histogram? AFAIK, the only low-end D-SLR with an RGB histogram is the Sigma SD10, and it's there for a very good reason. It's not like any major player is putting this feature into their amateur or prosumer models. Which should be a crime, IMO. The companies are more interested in what they can get away with, not with how they can make a superior product for very little extra cost. I bet it would cost only a couple thousand dollars of programming time to put a RAW RGB histogram in the firmware. -- John P Sheehy |
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In message . com,
"Scharf-DCA" wrote: John P Sheehy wrote: Like a RAW RGB histogram? AFAIK, the only low-end D-SLR with an RGB histogram is the Sigma SD10, and it's there for a very good reason. It's not like any major player is putting this feature into their amateur or prosumer models. Which should be a crime, IMO. The companies are more interested in what they can get away with, not with how they can make a superior product for very little extra cost. I bet it would cost only a couple thousand dollars of programming time to put a RAW RGB histogram in the firmware. -- John P Sheehy |
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Big Bill wrote: On 7 Mar 2005 16:58:51 -0800, "Scharf-DCA" wrote: John P Sheehy wrote: Like a RAW RGB histogram? AFAIK, the only low-end D-SLR with an RGB histogram is the Sigma SD10, and it's there for a very good reason. Because the SD10 doesn't do anything *BUT* RAW? Is it really a RAW RGB histogram, though, or is it a color-balanced sRGB histogram? By "RAW RGB", I mean 0 to 4095 for each recorded channel, not 0 to 255 for estimated gamma/color-corrected conversion. -- John P Sheehy |
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Sander Vesik wrote:
MLU is not just a firware issue. A real MLU always needs mechanics support as otherwise holding it up continues to draw power. Timer based MLU's (such as Minolta 2 sec.) only draw that current briefly. Compared to 15 and 30 sec, not to mention 5 minute bulb exposures, it's nothing. Cheers, Alan -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch. |
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And what does a Canon Body and their 17-85 lens cost in lieu of a kit.
Make your own kit. Steven M. Scharf wrote: "Sander Vesik" wrote in message ... In rec.photo.equipment.35mm Bill wrote: It's too bad Canon didn't have an 18-70 or similar lense to compare with the Nikkor 18-70. Now that I think about it, I'd like to see Canon come out with a non-IS version of their 17-85 with the same optical quality, as it would be a good everyday lense for a good price. It would be an excellent starter lense for the Rebel series and 20D too. The problem is more that while Nikon bundles essentialy a L glass equvalent with D70, Canon bundles low quality lens - something you wouldn't really want to keep if you already hadlens and were intersted in quality. The Nikon one would be a keeper either ways. Neither of those statements are true. The Nikon lens has been crticized for build quality and vignetting, the Canon lens has been criticiszed for being too soft at the edges. They are both mid-level lenses. The Nikon has a metal mount, and a wider range, which makes some people think that it is better than it really is. The difference is that the Canon lens, at $100 difference, is a no-brainer, but the Nikon lens at $300 difference is something to consider more carefully. |
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Alan Browne wrote: Kevin McMurtrie wrote: The only heavy lens I have is the 70-300 DO IS, and that can be forgiven because its IS eliminates a tripod and it's the size of a large coffee mug. Are there any issues wrt the DO and the digital sensor that you've seen? Do you shooti into the light very often? Cheers, Alan. The only issue with the DO is that it doesn't have a normal blur at the DOF edges. Rather than the blur gradually increasing in radius, you get haze that gradually solidifies. It's sometimes attributed to an optics problem but it will not happen completely inside or outside the DOF. I didn't have time to compose this properly so the aperture is way too large and there's a bit of backfocus. You can see the haze on the edge of the ticket book. http://www.pixelmemory.us/Photos/SF%...%202004/raw/IM G_3219.JPG These stage photos were taken handheld from the crowd with the 70-300 DO IS. There's enough backlighting to cause blooming but I don't notice any haze. (The trees are fogged by real fog.) http://www.pixelmemory.us/Photos/SF%...e%2020%202004/ |
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wrote: Very true. One size does not fit all. The biggest thing I look for is image quality, including color accuracy and low noise levels, across the full ISO range. This is naturally going to lead me to Canon's offerings because no one else offers this, and I'm reluctantly willing to give up stuff like spot metering. But some people are quite happy at the lower ISO settings, and don't care about noise at ISO 800 or ISO 1600, because they don't use these settings, and for them the D70 is just fine. I disagree: to the best I can tell, the D70 is fine at ISO 800 and 1600. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond70/page14.asp Look at the patches: at ISO 800 and 1600, the D70 is at least as good if not better than the 300D. (Note that the D100 looks a lot more like the 300D than the D70.) The luminance noise graph is problematic because it's basically the green channel. If you look at the RGB noise graph, you'll see that they're all really close. The best of these cameras at ISO 1600 is nowhere near as good as the worst at ISO 800. (And the 20D really doesn't change that: it's ISO 1600 green channel is about the same as the D70's ISO 800 green channel, but red and blue are a mess.) http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos20d/page20.asp So in practical terms, the differences are really small. The D70 and EOS-350D are hands down the best choices in the amateur market, and most people would be happy with either of them, despite the minor shortcomings of each. Yep. Although we haven't seen the Dpreview 350D review yet: we're assuming it acts like the 20D. David J. Littleboy Tokyo, Japan |
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