Haven't followed those discussions. Any chance the images in question
are processed in such a way that leads to 'plastic skin'?
I've noticed some photogs automatically play to the vanity of subjects
by modifying portraits to smooth out any imperfections or blemishes
leading to skin that looks, well, plastic.
ScottGee1
On 3/15/06, Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> To be fair to CH that is a frequent criticism of Canon images on
> other forums. I have not seen it myself though. The Canon images I
> have seen are as beautiful as anyone else's.
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> Winsor
> Long Beach, California, USA
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> On Mar 15, 2006, at 7:45 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
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> > CH often complains of Canon plastic skin as his reason for abandoning
> > the 10D and choosing the E-1. I think we have much different eyes
> > as I
> > simply don't see plastic skin. Here are some 5D and 20D sample images
> > of the conductor and musicians of the Boston Classical Orchestra
> > shot at
> > a recent dress rehearsal in Faneuil Hall in Boston.
> >
> > All of the images are in natural window light. The 20D images tend to
> > be up close since it was wearing a 70-200/2.8. The 5D images are
> > not so
> > close since it was wearing a 28-70/2.8. The images were shot in raw
> > mode with the cameras set to automatic white balance. I shot all of
> > these images but didn't do the raw conversion to JPEG. As far as I
> > know
> > all are converted using the white balance as determined by the camera
> > with only a bit of a tweak here or there on exposure.
> >
> > 5D samples: <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/BCO/5D%20samples/index.htm>
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> > 20D samples: <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/BCO/20D%20samples/index.htm>
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> >
> > Chuck Norcutt
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