Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]truly appreciate your taking the time to upload these but they drop into artifacts to soon to really see what might of been there in the RAW files the D3x files appear overly sharpened (for my taste) making it difficult to determine what the micro detail of the raw file actually is. The crazy wonderful thing about the DMR and M8 is their amazing micro fine detail right out of the camera with no sharpening. a crop from a DMR frame: < http://imagist.com/paw_07/07_wk_24/bin/ images/large/L1002515.jpg> and then really getting in close <http://imagist.com/paw_07/ closeup_L1002515.jpg> from the landscape shot it does appear that the CFV back may also have this ability. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On May 28, 2009, at 6:16 PM, Thein Onn Ming wrote: > For George, Mark and anybody else who might be interested...some > full sized files (JPEG, converted from RAW using ACR) from the D3x > (with 24-70/2.8 and 105VR micro; arguably two of the best lenses > Nikon has today) and Hasselblad CFV 16MP back (with 80/2.8 standard > lens). > > *CAVEATS*: The CFV was shot handheld, available light except for > the landscape shot. I'd use only the landscape to judge quality. We > were going to do a studio shoot, but the back kept bricking itself > requiring multiple battery-out resets (kinda like the first M8 I > used when shooting C mode and discrete advance) but eventually just > bricked itself. The D3x was shot entirely handheld, though the > watch shot was with studio lighting (aside from photojournalism, > watch photography is my other speciality. When I did it > commercially I was using a D2H or D200 and the 85/2.8 PC Micro, not > MF.) > > EXIF data intact but ignore the 'blad data because it doesn't > register aperture, and I'm pretty sure the shutter speeds are all > wrong. D3x of course tells you everything including the nutritional > content of my breakfast of three days prior. Hosting on fickr > because I don't have the server bandwidth otherwise. > > 'Blad > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3409/3573849245_4776a4c694_o.jpg > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3639/3573842195_769c55cfb0_o.jpg > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3561/3573839191_da9b5f0bf1_o.jpg > > > D3x > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3572/3573831647_f85b31aa81_o.jpg > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3610/3574628948_2e7197f2ff_o.jpg > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3589/3574623624_70e7d3ae08_o.jpg > > Note the fine texture resolved by the D3x in the lady's top. > > > For some odd reason, looking at the images again, the 'blad output > reminds me a lot of the M8. Maybe it's the highlight tone bias and > lack of AA filter. > > Ming > > THEIN Onn Ming > *photohorologer ming at www.mingthein.com > www.flickr.com/mingthein > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information