tashley
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I thought this might be useful for some people. As I get to know the camera better I'll post a selection of shots that show some or other aspect of the system's performance and behaviour. So the shots aren't supposed to impress either artistically or technically, but merely to show, for example, what different ISO performance is like or whether the AF is accurate or what the DOF is like with various lenses at various apertures etc.
All the seaside shots with today's date were taken using a Gitzo 3 series CF tripod with Arca cube head, some with a 2 second self timer (which puts the mirror up before the countdown) and some without. In other words, they can't be used to tell you how hand-holdable the camera is. Over the next days I will post some that try to test that aspect.
All these were developed in LR3 and mostly with a light-touch approach to development. Some are slightly cropped. If anyone has individual questions about that please ask.
The two of the wharfside buildings are one of my standard test shots. I shot them on both the 70 and 180mm lenses at ISO Pull 80 so as to get the slowest shutter speeds possible in order to test the combination of camera and tripod setup to see if there are any shutter speeds that induce a shake. So far I can't say that there are, but it was pretty gusty and to do this test really accurately needs a very calm day. In any event I learned from this test that both lenses seem to hit their sweet spots for resolution at F8.
Otherwise, I have no real comments so far other than to say that the system is a real pleasure to use. Tomorrow I will try it with a monopod to see how I get on!
The gallery is at the address below and the images are all full size JPEG, many at 100% though some are saved at lower quality so as the meet Zenfolio file size limits of 24 MB. Right-clicking on an image will allow you to download the full-sized version.
Zenfolio | Tim Ashley | S2 Samples
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Tim
All the seaside shots with today's date were taken using a Gitzo 3 series CF tripod with Arca cube head, some with a 2 second self timer (which puts the mirror up before the countdown) and some without. In other words, they can't be used to tell you how hand-holdable the camera is. Over the next days I will post some that try to test that aspect.
All these were developed in LR3 and mostly with a light-touch approach to development. Some are slightly cropped. If anyone has individual questions about that please ask.
The two of the wharfside buildings are one of my standard test shots. I shot them on both the 70 and 180mm lenses at ISO Pull 80 so as to get the slowest shutter speeds possible in order to test the combination of camera and tripod setup to see if there are any shutter speeds that induce a shake. So far I can't say that there are, but it was pretty gusty and to do this test really accurately needs a very calm day. In any event I learned from this test that both lenses seem to hit their sweet spots for resolution at F8.
Otherwise, I have no real comments so far other than to say that the system is a real pleasure to use. Tomorrow I will try it with a monopod to see how I get on!
The gallery is at the address below and the images are all full size JPEG, many at 100% though some are saved at lower quality so as the meet Zenfolio file size limits of 24 MB. Right-clicking on an image will allow you to download the full-sized version.
Zenfolio | Tim Ashley | S2 Samples
Best
Tim