Posted by Ken Smith on October 15, 2008 at 11:06 PM
This is from last Saturday's trip to Stevens Pass and Nason Ck. Would like to have tried out the new technology of in-camera video on this scene.
Nikon D300; Zeiss 35 mm; F22; 2 sec; ISO 200
I am curious if others are eager to try video artistry when they upgrade to the Canon 5DII..NIkon D90...or will this be lost on most photographers?
Posted by Darren White on October 15, 2008 at 11:56 PM
I am giving Nikon 4 months to bring something to the table in terms of MP and sensor quality compared to the 5D MK II at the same price.....I have been a Loyal Nikon Customer for 17 years and having nothing bad to say about them. What irks me is that dollar for dollar Canon can and will produce a better camera at a lower price to the consumers.....and that is what kills me.....up until the digital age it was even and now Canon has just seemed to outrun Nikon.....
Now, to answer your question, yes, I do plan on switching to Canon if Nikon does not come out with something along the same lines....however, I wont be using the video feature and I do not wish it to be there......I would love to custom order a 5D MK II without the video feature.....and have them put more tech into the processing of images in the camera.....
Lovely intimate scene! Great notes of gold in there.
Posted by Ken Smith on October 16, 2008 at 10:42 AM
Hi Darren, the direction of dslr's seems to load up more in-camera processing ...video, b/w, tonal effects, dynamic range, multiple exposures, etc.....it is as if the digital resolution and image quality race is just one facet and not the game breaker. Nikon vs Canon...vs Sony, etc. They all are in it. The Nikon color renditioning that frustrates me seems to be its blue tint that is a devil to correct, even w/white balance. I prefer Canon's color and IQ. But its pretty much a tie.
My bottleneck to getting top notch photos is still my eye...compositions - and ability to exploit the processing tools available and know what direction to go with it.
I am looking forward to video...I envision effects that allow for great beauty in manipulating dof, pov, and motion in one 5 second scene. Then to display that on the computer screen and home HDTV's will be awesome. I am waiting to hear about websites...w/quality upload capacity ...not the mini youtube version..for sharing these huge-mb pixel 5-10 sec videos. Ken S
Posted by Ken Smith on October 16, 2008 at 2:45 PM
Yeah, I am all for primes ....clean and sharp from edge to edge...I will always be a sucker the best glass, even when I know I need to spend money on a class or book on photoshop.
As for the natural look and b/w, they have staying power. HDR and saturation gimmicks tend to look gawdy after 5 minutes...interesting-amazing to see...and 'wow' at first, ...but, short half-life. I call out a few to my wife to look at, she has seen enough and now quickly brushes them aside..."that's not natural...I don't like it." Ken S
Posted by Kosta Koeman on October 16, 2008 at 3:48 PM
Ken,
I still shoot film (large format) but have my toe in the digital world with a 350D. I love how digital has opened up several new worlds for my in photography in that I can experiment and have instant feedback by checking the image and the histogram on the small LCD screen. Now that film is harder to come back and DSLR's are just so good, I'll be making the jump to the 5D Mark II. I do plan on playing with the video capability. It would be another creative outlet for me. There are so many possibilities, and I would like to do my own HD movie production from some of my trips, combining stills, videos, and audio (I plan on getting a high quality digital sound recorder).
And a great image. Would make a nice 16x20 image I think.
Discussion
5 repliesNikon D300; Zeiss 35 mm; F22; 2 sec; ISO 200
I am curious if others are eager to try video artistry when they upgrade to the Canon 5DII..NIkon D90...or will this be lost on most photographers?
Now, to answer your question, yes, I do plan on switching to Canon if Nikon does not come out with something along the same lines....however, I wont be using the video feature and I do not wish it to be there......I would love to custom order a 5D MK II without the video feature.....and have them put more tech into the processing of images in the camera.....
as for your picture....I like the golden tones!!!
My bottleneck to getting top notch photos is still my eye...compositions - and ability to exploit the processing tools available and know what direction to go with it.
I am looking forward to video...I envision effects that allow for great beauty in manipulating dof, pov, and motion in one 5 second scene. Then to display that on the computer screen and home HDTV's will be awesome. I am waiting to hear about websites...w/quality upload capacity ...not the mini youtube version..for sharing these huge-mb pixel 5-10 sec videos. Ken S
As for the natural look and b/w, they have staying power. HDR and saturation gimmicks tend to look gawdy after 5 minutes...interesting-amazing to see...and 'wow' at first, ...but, short half-life. I call out a few to my wife to look at, she has seen enough and now quickly brushes them aside..."that's not natural...I don't like it." Ken S
I still shoot film (large format) but have my toe in the digital world with a 350D. I love how digital has opened up several new worlds for my in photography in that I can experiment and have instant feedback by checking the image and the histogram on the small LCD screen. Now that film is harder to come back and DSLR's are just so good, I'll be making the jump to the 5D Mark II. I do plan on playing with the video capability. It would be another creative outlet for me. There are so many possibilities, and I would like to do my own HD movie production from some of my trips, combining stills, videos, and audio (I plan on getting a high quality digital sound recorder).
And a great image. Would make a nice 16x20 image I think.