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In case you might have missed it, Steve Hendrix with Capture Integration has an interesting article on Fat Pixel Digital Backs posted here:
https://captureintegration.com/fat-magic-pixie-dust/
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It is complete with downloadable files for you to process. I cannot open the EIP files with PS or LR, so I will leave it to you guys who can manipulate the files as you normally would with your own workflow.
It is my own impressions after studying the Fat Pixel images posted here and elsewhere that there is something there and that something really does have something to do with the malleability of the files. Presently, I am shooting with a variety of digital cameras and each one is different in the way I can manipulate the files. For me, I am no SOOC photographer and I make no excuses for the manipulation of files as part of my self expression. Whatever camera (like the H5D-50c) I use gives me a file that is different, than, say, the D850 which I have been using for several months. Both files only give me so much and I take what they give me... in other words, I cannot make the same shot with both cameras and walk away with similar looking images. It is amazing to me how different those camera files really are and the processed results are quite different, too!
And so it is, I suspect, with the 9 micron files.
Interestingly, over the years, I have used "fat pixel Nikons" like the D2 series. Even the D700 is a "chubby" pixel Nikon. And, yes, those files render differently than the D800-D850 files. I have some awesome images from the D2H and D2x cameras I used just 10 years ago... they are certainly different than the current D850 I am using now. Please notice that I am not saying that the D850 images are "better" than the images made over a decade ago... there is more to a good image than simply so-called digital IQ, at least in my opinion. After all, I shoot film, a lot.:loco:
It occurs to me that contemporary software like PS, LR and C1 are superior to the early software I used before and I would like to find time to bring those images out of archives and work with them to see if there are any differences there, as well.
So, with my inability to process Steve's files, I await YOUR results and I hope you will post them soon.
Thank you, Steve, for the work you put into examining the Fat Pixel Phenomenon.:thumbs: