Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Henning, how do you profile your camera? I presume to use with the LR? I have a camera/back combo that I love to get a more accurate profile on. Thanks. On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com>wrote: > I just got an OM-D. I've not had it long, but it looks good. In any case, > I've handled but am not interested in the Fuji, because I have an M9 and > focussing and shooting with the M9 is a lot easier and pleasanter for me. > Of course, if I had a Fuji I'm sure I'd start to get used to it but I can't > say I'm delighted with the viewfinder/focussing setup. Also, the range of > lenses available is not really going to make me happy at this point. I know > that many more are supposed to come, but..... > > I've had m43 for a while, and the OM-D definitely has the best image > quality. Is it up to the Fuji? Not quite. Is the Fuji's quality up to FF, > as they advertised? Not quite. It's still a matter of size, and FF trumps > APS-C trumps m43. What is amazing about the OM-D is the dynamic range which > is greater than that of almost all APS-C cameras, and the fact that the > files are more forgiving than those of the Panasonics and earlier > Olympuses. With the OM-D, I also have as backups the Panasonics. > > As for high ISO quality, the Fuji has about a stop on the OM-D, but then I > have faster lenses for the OM-D than Fuji has available at present for the > most and the OM-D has first class stabilization. For my purposes the OM-D > wins in the low light area, and especially with the lenses I have vs. those > I could get for the Fuji. Lens quality for the m43 format is at least up to > the level of the Fuji's, which are certainly very good. > > As for colour accuracy, Olympus has been at the very pinnacle of colour > accuracy for a long time, with their larger 4/3 cameras as well as their > m43 offerings. In any case, I profile all my cameras so it becomes a > non-issue. Processing for the web by various people is definitely an issue, > and making comparisons on the web for colour is not going to actually get > you anywhere. Do your own tests. Or profile everything; that's the only > answer in the end. > > Bokeh is of course rather subjective, but that quality is in fact rather > similar between the Fuji lenses and the majority of the m43 prime lenses I > have (or tried). It seems a lot of companies are now paying attention to > this. > > Resolution/detail differences can be seen on the web at 100% if things are > processed optimally. The Fuji should have a slight advantage here, nearly > to the extent of the difference of a 13x19 print compared with an 11x17 > print. I haven't made this comparison, nor am I likely to, but to this > point some 13x19 OM-D prints I've seen look fine. I'm unlikely to print > larger than 11x14 myself, so I would have a little room for cropping. If I > really intend to print larger, I'll use a larger sensor or stitch > > Summarized, my opinion is this: If you don't have m43 or an M9 and would > like something 'M-like', have a look at the Fuji and see if you can get > along with it. It's no M9, both in a good and bad sense, just different > enough so that it really should be judged on its own. > > If you have any m43 items or would like immediate access to a fairly well > developed system, don't hesitate about the OM-D. The issues you raised > aren't real issues; only with respect to resolution can Fuji be said to > have an advantage, and it's not really that big a one. Handling, features, > size, price, how it fits in with your other cameras and a lot of other > things are a log bigger factors. > > Finally, get the one you like! and go our and shoot! > > Henning > > > On 2012-06-16, at 4:35 AM, Douglas Nygren wrote: > > > I've been studying the picture posted on the web and the lug taken with > the Fuji Xpro and comparing them with others taken with the new Olympus > OMD. > > The Fuji looks better. The colors look better, the bokeh looks better, > the images are sharper. > > What have you all noted, if you have compared the two? > > Gru?--Doug > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > Henning Wulff > henningw at archiphoto.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>