Hi Moose,
I must agree with much of what you wrote. I was not satisfied with the
X-E1 exposure, and tried to help it, but, not having your talents, I
just did the best I could. The E-1 shot came out better, but it was
probably a half hour later, so maybe we were approaching the golden hour.
You mentioned that the E-1 shot was better focused. I was surprised
that, with this lens at f/4, the E-1, it was easier for me to see the
sharp point than with the X-E1 and its focusing aids.
I am continually amazed at some of the things that you do in-camera with
your little Olys. You make beautiful images. Please keep posting these.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 8/30/2016 11:27 PM, Moose wrote:
Great poses!
On 8/30/2016 7:00 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
I agree, Wayne. Yes, the processing was the same except for sensor
differences, that require different corrections.
To me, in this case, the E-1 wins, hands down. That's what AG has
been preaching. When used where it can handle the job, its colors
are superb.
I find this an uneven comparison. The E-1 shot is better focused and
properly exposed. The XE-1 is soft, which does affect subtle color
variations, and seriously overexposed.
And the clipping of the Red channel is the real problem.
Take a color I just picked off the wing of the E-1 image, R=235,
G=194, B=154. Now, bash it up against the end of the histogram. Now we
have maybe R=255, G=234, B=194. That is a very different color! Pull
the top down and end up with R=215, G=194, B=154. Correct brightness
has been recovered, green and blue channels are where they should be -
but the combination gives a very different color!!!
I tried this a bit in PS. I can restore a lot of the tonal detail in
the bright areas. But all the slightly orangish/light rust areas in
the E-1 image, having lost much of the red component, have moved more
to yellow.
Thus, not apples to oranges, but oranges to lemons? I hope this
explains why these two particular images are meaningless in comparing
the colors of the two camera bodies.
AG has gone on and on for years about the magic E-1 colors. But the
only true, comparable comparison, that looked significantly different
to me, that I can recall, is of images of a deep purple African
Violet. The E-1 definitely beat out whatever CMOS sensor it was
compared to.
Then again, nowadays, with that static subject, I'd put an E-M5 II in
HR mode up against the E-1. HR Mode, by exposing each pixel location
with sensels of all colors, should better the E-1.
Rumors say that 9/19 will bring an E-M1 II with hand held speed HR
Mode. :-)
Color Me Moose
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