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nighthawk said:
I'd be interested to hear a few more details about the 580, it's currently topping the list of flashguns for my 20D.
Re the 50mm f1.4, I was torn between that and the non usm 1.8, but now i've turned from them towards the sigma 50mm f2.8 macro.
The wedding shot is a stonker
personally I wouldn't get a non-canon flash and I would always go for the best there is at the time, since it is a very very important bit of kit for me.
There's not a huge difference between f/1.4 and f/1.8 so the cheaper one is definitely much better value for money. However there is obviously quite a large difference when going up to f/2.8 - I wouldn't consider the two lenses against each other, but that depends on if you need/want the extra speedd and more DOF control.
simpo two said:
I like them all (well maybe not the salad ones)
Very nice treatment of colour and b/w. You've done something to the colour but I'm not sure what - photo filter?
thanks.
the b/w was made from the red channel in both cases (I think!), the one of them walking down the passage is more heavily fiddled with - the edges are darkened quite a lot, basically an artificial vignette.
I haven't "done" anything to the colour apart from use curves to turn up the contrast. However they may look different to you (especially the one of the back of the bride's head) because you will never get a picture out of a Nikon that has that sort of colour. strange but true
>> Edited by dcw@pr on Monday 16th May 10:19
dcw@pr said:
My little Pentax does. Haven't tried it yet though. Perhaps I should?
does it really have a food mode?
Yep!
To quote page 44 of the manual:
"Lets you take appetizing pictures of prepared food".
I kid you not!
If I ever get around to 'preparing' any food I will try to remember to take some comparative shots and post them.
LongQ said:
does it really have a food mode?
Yep!
To quote page 44 of the manual:
"Lets you take appetizing pictures of prepared food".
I kid you not!
If I ever get around to 'preparing' any food I will try to remember to take some comparative shots and post them.[/quote]
fair enough...
i guess it will be just like sports mode but without AF servo
dcw@pr said:
does it really have a food mode?
Yep!
To quote page 44 of the manual:
"Lets you take appetizing pictures of prepared food".
I kid you not!
If I ever get around to 'preparing' any food I will try to remember to take some comparative shots and post them.
fair enough...
i guess it will be just like sports mode but without AF servo[/quote]
The manual doesn't say.
I am not familiar with Japanese eating customs but I know they are particular about presentation of most things so perhaps there is an artistry to food preparation that made this mode a useful marketing feature. I could imagine all the punters at a restaurant pulling out their pocket digitals to record the courses of a meal in progress but not sure if that happens. Picture the food rather than the company?
Given the taste for very fresh sushi it is possible the the AF servo was left on to cater for any movement!
LongQ said:
i guess it will be just like sports mode but without AF servo...
On the Olympus Mju410 the *coff* 'cuisine' mode boosts saturation I think, giving those delectable comestibles that luxury glow of happy shiny food that's even tastier than normal and just bursting with vitamins and pro-retinol-A. Tip-top-tastetastic mate.
Unfortunately I exceeded even Marketing's imagination when I wanted to take a photo of my cat. 'Cat mode for extra fur definition and sparkling eyes....'
simpo two said:
i guess it will be just like sports mode but without AF servo...
On the Olympus Mju410 the *coff* 'cuisine' mode boosts saturation I think, giving those delectable comestibles that luxury glow of happy shiny food that's even tastier than normal and just bursting with vitamins and pro-retinol-A. Tip-top-tastetastic mate.
Unfortunately I exceeded even Marketing's imagination when I wanted to take a photo of my cat. 'Cat mode for extra fur definition and sparkling eyes....'
Just tried a few shots and as far as I can tell you are absolutley right simpo_two, the properties indicate high saturation and nothing much else although one paired example did indicate that the food mode shot has selected ISO 200 and the standard shoot was ISO 80. But that may have been because of marginal natural light conditions on an overcast day.
I won't post the pics since, as far as I can tell, the differences are indiscernable so far. However my 'plate' had no green or yellow colours so I think a more typical collection of food stuffs is required for a better test.
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