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| Posted: Fri Mar 21st, 2014 17:35 |
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jk
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Judith wrote:The camera manufacturers will be loving it, though, Graham! Well with all that oil money you will be able to buy one. And an assistant to carry it if they come from south of the border as everyone will want the new Scottish Groat instead of the counterfeit pounds!
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| Posted: Fri Mar 21st, 2014 17:38 |
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Graham Whistler
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I agree the D800 is able to produce images as good as film 4x5 cameras. By Nikon D1X this picture I took in my studio was better than the quality of a scanned Hasselblad 100 ISO Transp image! (This was featured on our Nikon User Gruop at the time JK saw it then.) The scanned image from the 120 transp did not resolve the fin print on the label. Even at this reduced size you can clearly see how sharp the D1X image is. Attachment: Wine.jpg (Downloaded 104 times)
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| Posted: Fri Mar 21st, 2014 18:24 |
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jk
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Yes those images were stunning. Even better when I saw the prints! Like you say we have come a long way and spent a mountain of money for finer grain or more pixels, but did we really need them. I still have pictures I took with my D1 in 1999 in Yosemite and they still look great at 16"x12" prints.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22nd, 2014 05:18 |
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Graham Whistler
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This is the image that changed my working methods for ever. The 120 colour transp looks good on a light box but to use it you need a very high quality drum scan and this is what that drum scan looked like in Photoshop. Compare it with the pure quality from the D1X NEF! QED? Attachment: Label.jpg (Downloaded 103 times)
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22nd, 2014 07:21 |
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Eric
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Graham Whistler wrote:The sad point is in days of Rollie, Hasselblad, or Nikon F3 (film) these cameras were almost for life they were so well made. In 40 yrs of using Hasselblad I only ever had 4 bodies and the lens lasted almost for ever. There is no doubt that the digital upgrade route is whole body orientated, rather than mere film ASA improvements that were the norm predigital. Body retention used to be measured in years...now it's months. With the commensurate oncost of doing so. But here's the question... Had we known how good the D1X was at the time, would we have bothered doing all this intermediate upgrading? Personally I was disappointed when I got the D2X...unless I used a tripod, the images were always inferior (or at least no better) than the D1X I had sold for a pittance! When the D3 came out I was ready to get rid of the D2X. The carrot of FX was enough for me to do it...despite it being the same MP as the D2X! The change was a revelation. It was so forgiving of technique, so easy to use and the images were waaaaay better than my D2x...probably better than the D1X. But it's this relief, coupled with being a Yorkshireman , that's stopped me from upgrading further. The D3 more than matches the film photography I did and in truth it's ....good enough for my needs from now on. My equipment searching is now entirely directed towards getting D3 quality and performance in a compact lightweight camera...to remove the weight of the D3 system when travelling.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22nd, 2014 08:27 |
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jk
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Well Eric we need to meet or you need to try the Fuji XT1 it is all it is cracked up to. There are also some nice features that arent on any other camera that I have owned other than the Fujis.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22nd, 2014 17:35 |
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Eric
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jk wrote:Well Eric we need to meet or you need to try the Fuji XT1 it is all it is cracked up to. There are also some nice features that arent on any other camera that I have owned other than the Fujis. I hope to be in Yorkshire, second week in April. One of the tasks is to visit Harrison Cameras to fondle an XT1. I will be taking some redundant glass with me, that they have expressed some interest in a PX deal. 
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22nd, 2014 18:36 |
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jk
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Well you have the XE1 already with a 18-55 if I remember correctly. There is a nice new 10-24 that I dont have as I have the 14mm prime, and the 55-200 is a cracking lens that I can recommend.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22nd, 2014 19:15 |
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Eric
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jk wrote:Well you have the XE1 already with a 18-55 if I remember correctly. I have both the 18-55 and 55-200 and agree they are excellent lenses...compact too! I would hope to eventually replace the XE with the XT....you know me and not hanging onto surplus equipment.
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| Posted: Sun Mar 23rd, 2014 06:44 |
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jk
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Definitely better to have the XT1 rather than XE1 but I do like the smaller footprint of the XE1 at times. The XPro1 feels the best in my hands as it is a little larger than both XE1 and XT1. The XT1 is the most functional and most like a DSLR in performance. You will need the XT1 and the new 10-24mm f4 OIS lens then you will have everything. That will cost you nearly £2000. Will that mean you get rid of D3 and some of your other glass ?
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