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pophoto

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kgelner said:
If you look at the EXIF for these, I don't think they were processed very well. For one thing the color mode on all of them is "standard" and I really think "Neutral" is a better base for color. Also, the indoor ones at least really abused the Fill Light feature of SPP, values as high as 1.1... that can also mess with colors and lead to odd artifacts.
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I have the DP2M myself, and it's not a matter of processing it well or not. Some just have more right than others.

The DPx Merrils stands head and shoulders above everything else where it stands out, but falls flat in other areas. Asian skin tones in my opinion is where it falls flat. I'm also not a fan Nikon cameras for the same reason either, mostly subjective to me, so it may be argued!
 
biglouis

biglouis

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Hulyss Bowman said:
The camera in the hand of a better photographer ;) I let you translate.

CASE OF SIGMA | DP3 Merill ?????????? | -photo.yodobashi.com-
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Some great looking pictures.

You could have a lot of fun with the DP3M because the fixed telephoto lens would make you work a lot harder to get your pictures - and photography if it is a passion should be hard work. But you can see the results when you get it right would be worth it.

Incidentally, I really like that leather strap. Any idea who makes it?

LouisB
 
Hulyss Bowman

Hulyss Bowman

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Hello,

Playing again with jpeg file found on Flickr. Some news, day after day and, for me, it start to have something. I take the example from this page : SIGMA DP3 Merrill Beta Test Photos - a set on Flickr

Don't forget also to look at this photo because I personally love the bokeh : http://www.flickr.com/photos/minami/8456991607/sizes/k/in/set-72157632685178741/

And I took the guy with "cowboy" eyes. Here is what I get. In order, first is the original, second is the adjusted colour and third the B&W. Don't forget it is ISO 800 Shoot (like most of the photos)
 
Tim

Tim

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I can't quite believe this camera is first, but... has there ever been any other fixed telephoto only cameras either digital or film in the past? I will define this as over but not including 55mm (in 35mm terms). Perhaps better defined as FOV.

Perhaps some specialist surveillance devices or special use but for a general purpose camera...

I can't even think of one. Anyone?
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apocolibri

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If you're on a Mac, don't delete SPP 5.4 as Version 5.5 is buggy and will cause your app to freeze. Instructions state that one should delete the current version before installing the update and I did this before installing 5.5 It froze as soon as I tried to open an image. I trashed the app, re-installed it and it still freezes.
I'm running OS 10.6.8 and the software freezes and will not run. After re-installing the prior Version 5.4 everything works fine.
 
biglouis

biglouis

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Woohoo - has new monochrome setting. Very cool features.

Camden Charlie - processed in SPP5.5, exported as TIFF into LR then exported from LR as JPEG. I admit I went a bit far on the grain feature.

I'm sure others with a better understanding of B&W can do much better.

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Kofronj

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apocolibri said:
If you're on a Mac, don't delete SPP 5.4 as Version 5.5 is buggy and will cause your app to freeze. Instructions state that one should delete the current version before installing the update and I did this before installing 5.5 It froze as soon as I tried to open an image. I trashed the app, re-installed it and it still freezes.
I'm running OS 10.6.8 and the software freezes and will not run. After re-installing the prior Version 5.4 everything works fine.
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I've got a similar setup (iMac & 10.6.8), with every version of SPP since 2.1 installed. I installed 5.5 and it's running fine for me—in fact I was running 5.4 and 5.5 concurrently. Monochrome works with my Merrill images, and the SD15 stuff I have seems to be acting fine.

Are you getting any crash logs, or does it just sit and spin?

Jim
 
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Kofronj

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Ahhh. Switching from monochrome to color gave me a crash. I have a friend at Foveon who I send these bugs to. I'll see if there's an address they'd like them sent to...
 
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mezzoduomo

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Downloaded the new SPP version today, Mac on 10.8.2. All is well, working fine.

I boosted the red a bit, and made minor adjustments to exposure and contrast.

 
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apocolibri

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Jim: on my Mac it just sits and spins.
Lawrence
Kofronj said:
I've got a similar setup (iMac & 10.6.8), with every version of SPP since 2.1 installed. I installed 5.5 and it's running fine for me—in fact I was running 5.4 and 5.5 concurrently. Monochrome works with my Merrill images, and the SD15 stuff I have seems to be acting fine.

Are you getting any crash logs, or does it just sit and spin?

Jim
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kgelner

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apocolibri said:
If you're on a Mac, don't delete SPP 5.4 as Version 5.5 is buggy and will cause your app to freeze. Instructions state that one should delete the current version before installing the update and I did this before installing 5.5 It froze as soon as I tried to open an image. I trashed the app, re-installed it and it still freezes.
I'm running OS 10.6.8 and the software freezes and will not run. After re-installing the prior Version 5.4 everything works fine.
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On a Mac you don't need to un-install the older version, that's for Windows...

As to freezing, try just letting it sit for a little while. It took some time to open a large directory of images, as first I thought it had frozen also.
 
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