** Soapbox comments, beware. ***
The moral of that story? Don't use a new piece of equipment for anything
irreplaceable. I hope that this wasn't either a paying job or a significant
event. I guess an exception might be a lens, but you had better have an older
backup.
Also, I have a hard time believing that he bought that camera without a MBG.
It's had so many issues, that I wouldn't plunk down $3-4k for it without some
sort of way to try one out.
Skip
----- Original Message ---------------
Subject: [OM] Re: E-1 discussion
From: Jim Sharp <jsharp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 21:20:07 -0500
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>A friend recently purchased the latest version of the DCS Pro SLR/n to
>replace a D100 he sold to me. He used it for an USAF ceremony a couple
>of weeks ago and pronounced the camera unusable unless you're not going
>to be shooting items that contain blue. Noise problems. So much for
>filtration solving the problems on that camera. He's struggling with
>Kodak now and hoping he just got a bad one...
>
>W Shumaker wrote:
>
>> Shutterbug mag has a review of the new Kodak Pro SLR/n camera and
>> mentions that there is a new IR filter on the front of the sensor that makes
>> a difference (especially in blue channel noise). The new filter absorbs IR
>> rather than just reflecting it.
>>
>> I would guess that in the long run CMOS may have some advantage
>> because of its lower power and ability to build better analog circuits on
>> chip.
>>
>> I have had my E-1 for a couple of weeks now, and have no comparison
>> with Canon 10D. But I have a bit of trouble with getting correct color
>> when shooting in raw mode. Today for instance, I was shooting my 3 month
>> old grand daughter in the solarium (glass room) on an overcast day. I was
>> wondering if the WB sensor was picking up excessive green from the foliage
>> outside. I was shooting in raw mode, converted to tiff with Olympus studio
>> using
>> the camera settings, adjusting contrast and gamma in PS and printing on
>> Epson 2200. They all have a bit of green cast to them. My monitor is fairly
>> well calibrated. Here is a shot, converted with Olympus Studio and only
>> resized and converted for web in PS. Saturation and contrast set to 0.
>>
>> http://www.zuik.net/E1/_6061570_800x600.jpg
>>
>> I can tell there is a color cast by comparing directly with the papasan
>> chair fabric, which is more of a beige color.
>>
>> Wayne
>>
>> At 01:10 PM 6/5/2004, Winsor wrote:
>>
>>><snip>
>>>There are lots of things that contribute to softness including the
>>>anti-moire filter that is on top of the sensor. D100s using a Sony CCD
>>>are comparatively soft out of the camera because they have a thick
>>>filter, but they become very detailed with some sharpening. D70 images
>>>are more crisp out of the camera with the next version of the same
>>>sensor because the filter is thinner. A little more moire though. The
>>>14N has no such filter and while the images are very sharp and detailed
>>>out of the camera, moire is a huge problem.
>>
>> <snip>
>>
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