Fun with X1D

[tashley]

Two old favourite scenes from an evening stroll. I like taking such familiar images with a new camera because it makes it much easier to assess its performance (and that of the lens) compared to other gear with which I've shot the same view. In processing, you really get a feel for the relative malleability of the files and I have to say that the X1D files feel like about the best yet, when you take into combination their extreme pushability and the performance of the lens.

 

[k-hawinkler]

Thanks Tim. Gorgeous light and colors and composition! :thumbs:

 

[tashley]

Thanks Tim. Gorgeous light and colors and composition! :thumbs:

Thank you! Like with all current Sony sensors, you have to reduce yellow saturation and luminance a bit to get grass looking right after a bit shadow and contrast boost.

 

[pflower]

Spring is finally coming. Also I note that there is an update to the user manual - now version 1.4 but not much added save for a mention of the GPS module and the H adapter.

 

[JoshMerwin]

Thanks Tim. Gorgeous light and colors and composition! :thumbs:

:bugeyes: Color, color, color, can't say that enough from this camera... and of course in the hands of a great photographer you get beautiful images. Too bad it's freezing, grey and drabby in NYC.

 

[tashley]

:bugeyes: Color, color, color, can't say that enough from this camera... and of course in the hands of a great photographer you get beautiful images. Too bad it's freezing, grey and drabby in NYC.

I'll swap. I love drabby! Take a look at this guy's work:

http://tashley1.zenfolio.com/blog/2012/10/guest-photographer-nadav-kander

 

[eleanorbrown]

Please everyone keep the X1D photos coming...love seeing what comes out of this camera and lenses. I'll post a couple here from today.....would much rather have been in the wilderness, mountains, etc but this was what I saw on my ride today with camera with my 90 lens. All handheld. Downtown Houston. Good micro detail (see stuff on tops of buildings) even with my handholding in the breeze with my 90 lens. eleanor

 

[JoshMerwin]

I'll swap. I love drabby! Take a look at this guy's work:

http://tashley1.zenfolio.com/blog/2012/10/guest-photographer-nadav-kander

Thanks, will check it out. Yes, it can lend itself to great pics, I'm just over winter at this point, mostly the cold! But I will try to shoot some outside today.

 

[algrove]

I'll swap. I love drabby! Take a look at this guy's work:

http://tashley1.zenfolio.com/blog/2012/10/guest-photographer-nadav-kander

Where I come from we just call this air pollution. UV filters are a waste in that stuff. Face masks seem the best accessory.

 

[tashley]

Black & White day...

 

[tashley]

And a sepia-ish addition

 

[JoshMerwin]

Black & White day...

Tim,
I see your Ducks are raise you a pigeon! :ROTFL:

 

[JoshMerwin]

More pics from Central Park today.

 

[tashley]

Tim,
I see your Ducks are raise you a pigeon! :ROTFL:

You goose.

 

[iiiNelson]

Please everyone keep the X1D photos coming...love seeing what comes out of this camera and lenses. I'll post a couple here from today.....would much rather have been in the wilderness, mountains, etc but this was what I saw on my ride today with camera with my 90 lens. All handheld. Downtown Houston. Good micro detail (see stuff on tops of buildings) even with my handholding in the breeze with my 90 lens. eleanor

always love seeing Houston's Skyline. I'd guess this was a shot from around Allen Parkway.

 

[stngoldberg]

Sorry to intrude on this thread, but here is a Florida pigeon
It looks like a pigeon...may not be a pigeon
Stanley

 

[JoshMerwin]

Looks like a NYC pigeon that got sick of the cold and hitched a ride down to Florida!

On a side note. If you are processing in Phocus, which profile are y'all using? I was using Standard, but thinking I should try something else.

 

[eleanorbrown]

Josh, Interesting you should mention this....I just finished (again) reviewing all the offered profiles in Phocus to see if I should stay with Lightroom for my processing or go back to Phocus. I always import Standard into Phocus initially, and really think for Phocus, Standard is the best....has most accurate color in my opinion and in addition, the Phocus Standard is almost a direct match for Lightroom Camera Standard. I have tried to like Phocus, thinking surely it must offer some advantage over LR for X1D files but honestly I keep going back to Lightroom because I'm getting such really good results with RAW conversions and Lightroom has much better shadow and highlight adjustments (for me anyway). Eleanor



On a side note. If you are processing in Phocus, which profile are y'all using? I was using Standard, but thinking I should try something else.[/QUOTE]

 

[jduncan]

Sorry to intrude on this thread, but here is a Florida pigeon
It looks like a pigeon...may not be a pigeon
Stanley

Hi,

Which lens did you use?
Best regards,

 

[tashley]

Josh, Interesting you should mention this....I just finished (again) reviewing all the offered profiles in Phocus to see if I should stay with Lightroom for my processing or go back to Phocus. I always import Standard into Phocus initially, and really think for Phocus, Standard is the best....has most accurate color in my opinion and in addition, the Phocus Standard is almost a direct match for Lightroom Camera Standard. I have tried to like Phocus, thinking surely it must offer some advantage over LR for X1D files but honestly I keep going back to Lightroom because I'm getting such really good results with RAW conversions and Lightroom has much better shadow and highlight adjustments (for me anyway). Eleanor



On a side note. If you are processing in Phocus, which profile are y'all using? I was using Standard, but thinking I should try something else.

[/QUOTE]

Lloyd C has found roughly what I was slowly discovering which is that LR throws away buckets of headroom at the right hand side of the histogram especially at higher ISO but also at lower.

My new workflow, still evolving, is: import to LR for cataloging and making picks. Then for files that matter, Show In Finder and drop the file on Phocus. Process there with no sharpening or NR but with lens corrections if required. Export as 16 bit TIFF in Prophoto (you have to make your own export preset) and re-import that tiff to LR as your working file.