Jimim

so my plan for the weekend is to look at the new 24-70 canon with the plan to go full frame next year.  at least i will have my everyday lens then.  if i feel it's close to my 17-55 canon i'll move...

i am on a new monitor.retina macbook pro 15 calibrated withan i1pro from x-rite.  it's what whcc recommended.  i use lightroom 4.2 also.any problems there?  i figured no?  but might be wrong.jimi

that's pretty much my plan.  thanks for that!jim

Thanks alot for this info.  I deff understand what you are saying cause my pics that I feel are sharper are deff always lit better so that all makes sense to me.  I like that pic too.  The...

Arty,Thanks so much for this.  I am going to look over some of those lens tonight.  I appreciate it a lot!jimi

Thanks for all those recommendations.  I would say resolution.  My contrast  I seem happy with most the time  I think?  Can you explain a bit more to me?  I'm sorry!jim

No I deff don't expect that.  With my 15-55 I know 5.6 through 9 is very sharp and I alwaystry to get at least 125 shutter speed and try to stay at least 400 ISO or lower if possible when outside....

Most of my stuff I would say is environmental portraiture like you said.  Not close up stuff.  I don't know maybe I am expecting more than I should.  Tonight I'll throw up a pic or too that to see...

And to boot I got someone else telling me there is absolutely no diff in image quality.  that's why I'm going to look at it this weekend and he has prints to show me.  Sometimes the net bombards us...

Matty,Thanks for that again.  I should go back and look at the Mark II.  The III is just way too much of price jump right now with not having glass to get me going.  I never realized that going...

I understand waht you are saying.  When I do print stuff I am always happy with the sharpness I have achieved.  I guess I'm looking for that studio sharpness but I know I'm never going to get that...

Thanks Matty,I read the review on the Canon.  It seems like a great lens.  I would love to go full frame now but it's a HUGE price jump being that  I would need a new lens for the full frame also...

HI. I hope you all can help me out to make shopping a bit easier and that I don't cause a battle re: sharpness.  I am def learning to be a better photographer each day and I fell I have learned...

OK so tonight I went out and bought a Ott Light recommended from x-rite. I bought a tabletop one so I can move it around the house with me. I ran the software with D65 and 120 for luminance. My...

MacBook Pro retina

Thanks for this info. So my lighting is from ceiling cans. When I set the white point to d65 the images were way off too blue. When I took room reading I was spot on but the screen was pretty...

I put this over in the mac section but thought it was more appropriate here and might get some discussion going.Hello everyone!I just got an i1 display pro from x-rite. i am very new to calibration...

Hello everyone!I just got an i1 display pro from x-rite. i am very new to calibration and bought it cause i want to learn and improve my editing.I have a few questions to make sure I'm on the...

that was the way i was trying to get across yesterday. thanks everyone for all the help and hints! my wife and i just had our second baby yesterday so not on my regular computer to try all this...

Mike,Thanks so much for that. I will give it a try when in front of my other computer. I really really appreciate it! I was thinking of cooper the other day but didn't get a chance to try it...