You're welcome.Thanks for risking life and limbs bringing in bringing this shot to us.
No need to buy original. Can use Ricoh GRD or equivalent readily available 3rd party ones instead.
Under good lighting conditions, the image quality of the DP2M is unbeatable even by the D800E.
This is especially so when viewed at 100% crop. When viewed at reduced resolution on the monitor, the images from the D800E can be quite pleasant though.
This hot air balloon shot was taken with the D800E and is similar to that in #35 which was taken with the DP2M.
A larger version similar in resolution and size of that from the DP2M is here.
Hot Air Balloon photo - Steve photos at pbase.com
Compare to the full resolution version of #35 and see which looked better to you.
Even though I'm very happy with the image quality of the DP2M in good lighting conditions, it can never be my main camera as it is just not versatile enough for the type of photography that I'm into. For one thing, it does not have image stabilisation or high ISO capability and it can be quite frustrating to use handheld under indoor conditions. The D800E on the other hand has no problem and is very dependable.
Take these 2 handheld shots for example of the same indoor scene taken with the DP1M and D800E.
DP1M 1/6s f/6.3 at 19.0mm ISO 100
D800E 1/30s f/8.0 at 28.0mm ISO 1000
It was very difficult to shoot this scene with the DP1M as I didn't want to use higher ISO and so had to contend with very low shutter speed and the resultant handshaking problem. It was not a problem with the D800E because of VR and excellent high ISO performance.
It was a very sunny afternoon at the time and the natural light in the shade was very cool as could be seen in the foregrounds in both the shots. I would have to say the Sigma shot is closer to the actual color of the scene at that time.. but the colors of the Nikon shot does look esthetically more pleasing to the eye.
It was a very sunny afternoon at the time and the natural light in the shade was very cool as could be seen in the foregrounds in both the shots. I would have to say the Sigma shot is closer to the actual color of the scene at that time.. but the colors of the Nikon shot does look esthetically more pleasing to the eye.
Thanks for the clarification guys! I'm coming from Pentax, which I find has more natural/neutral looking colours than Canikon. But the Foveon output looks even more muted. I have to say even though the Sigma shot is closer to reality, it could do with more punch in the colours though!
Having said that there could be a slight exposure difference between the two images that exacerbates the perceived colour as well.. :dunno:
These Sigma cameras are really tempting... if only they had something wider than the 19mm on the DP1M though, then I'll snap one up as my dedicated landscape camera! I'm too used to my 10-20mm on my dSLR.
The firmwares of the DP1M, DP2M and SD1M as well as Sigma PhotoPro have been updated to include a new color mode Foveon Blue... good for those who like to have eye-popping blue colors. Maybe I would reprocess some of my Sigma images in this mode to see how they look.
Ha Ha... I think it should only be used for landscapes with lots of sky or water contents. Otherwise, it should be used with a layer mask to prevent those parts that should not be blue from turning blue. Though I think in many cases, it might just be too exaggerated an effect.Tried it liao ....... people end up looking like smurfs .....
