Paul Jarvis
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postcardcv said:
Thanks Poty
I had heard somewhere that shooting in jpeg with the 350d and 400d gave soft images after a certain focal length, you have convinced me that there is still a decent amount of detail there.
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Thanks Poty
I had heard somewhere that shooting in jpeg with the 350d and 400d gave soft images after a certain focal length, you have convinced me that there is still a decent amount of detail there.
Paul Jarvis said:
Well I can't comment on the 400Ds performance shooting jpeg at long focal lengths, but until last September I always used jpeg on my 350D and got results that I was happy with, even using a 500mm lens with a 1.4x tc.
As others have said the lens in front will have far more effect on the sharpness of the shots than the camera that you use. There really is nothing like good glass...
Paul Jarvis
Registered Member
Thanks for the replys guys.
Ninox
BOCA Member
Monitor Calibration
Just wondering, what do you use to calibrate your monitors? I take it that they are CRT's because for now at least, most LCD's don't seem to have the colour accuracy of the older technology. I currently use Adobe Gamma to calibrate my screen. Any better ideas?
Tannin said:
Just wondering, what do you use to calibrate your monitors? I take it that they are CRT's because for now at least, most LCD's don't seem to have the colour accuracy of the older technology. I currently use Adobe Gamma to calibrate my screen. Any better ideas?
Tannin
Common; sedentary.
I'm using a Spider II Pro, Ninox. There are several hardware callibration tools on the market, each seems to have its fans. I selected this one for the simple reason that it was the brand that my favourite camera shop happens to carry, and it sounded as though it would be good enough for what I need. (Which it is - it works fine.)
You are absolutely right about TFT monitors and colour accuracy: most of them are pretty hopeless, and a good CRT will beat them hollow. I'm running a pair of Samsung SyncMaster 214T screens. These are quite expensive (around AU$1200 each) but they are worth every penny. Superb colour (no colour clipping like the cheap gaming screens you see everywhere), very good off-axis performance, and overall picture quality is the best I have ever seen - yes, better even than my much-loved Mitsubishi 22 inch CRT (which was even more expensive when I bought it a couple of years ago).
But what do you look for if you want accurate colour and you don't have $1200 handy? I honestly don't know. It's getting just about imposible to buy a good quality CRT anymore (only cheap ones around these days), and I don't know of a 19 inch TFT with decent colour and quality. If you know of one, please let me know, as I have customers who would love to buy them.
You are absolutely right about TFT monitors and colour accuracy: most of them are pretty hopeless, and a good CRT will beat them hollow. I'm running a pair of Samsung SyncMaster 214T screens. These are quite expensive (around AU$1200 each) but they are worth every penny. Superb colour (no colour clipping like the cheap gaming screens you see everywhere), very good off-axis performance, and overall picture quality is the best I have ever seen - yes, better even than my much-loved Mitsubishi 22 inch CRT (which was even more expensive when I bought it a couple of years ago).
But what do you look for if you want accurate colour and you don't have $1200 handy? I honestly don't know. It's getting just about imposible to buy a good quality CRT anymore (only cheap ones around these days), and I don't know of a 19 inch TFT with decent colour and quality. If you know of one, please let me know, as I have customers who would love to buy them.
Wildmoreway
Well-known member
Paul Jarvis said:
I have owned 400D since November, yesteday was the first time that I have shot RAW images with it, what I have seen has convinced me that what it offers is well worthwhile images are certainly sharper and somehow "cleaner" than jpegs and it will be staying on RAW.
SW
CornishExile
rydhsys rag Kernow lemmyn!
Slightly off at a tangent, but excuse my ignorance - I'm currently using a film EOS 30, and was toying with the idea of finally going digital, particularly now Canon are doing the cashback offer. 400D seemed like a good entry level... however, I wondered will I still be able to use the Canon lenses I currently mate with the EOS 30 on the new 400D?
Cheers,
ce
Cheers,
ce
CornishExile
rydhsys rag Kernow lemmyn!
Thanks, Tannin. I hoped that would be the case. I don't suppose you know if the same goes for Sigma lenses? My (less than satisfactory) macro is a Sigma. Perhaps this will be the incentive to ditch the thing and buy a proper Canon lense instead.
Ta.
Jon
Ta.
Jon
CornishExile said:
probably not... a lot of older Sigma lenses are not compatible with digital slrs... if you ring Sigma they will be able to tell from teh serial number if it will work or not.
CornishExile
rydhsys rag Kernow lemmyn!
Thanks guys. Am just about to order my new camera. And a macro... have decided to take a week in S Europe chasing orchids. 
Jon
Jon
