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Dave Lewis
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Well, yesterday and today, I used my G1 along a woodsy trout stream for the first time. This was one of the first real field tests since I got the camera a month ago. I found out two things today. First the ISO 50 sensitivity setting for a shady trout stream is not sufficient, especially with a polarizer in place. Most of my shots were at full aperature and 1/50 of a second or slower. That was not sufficient to prevent camera shake and many of the shots were simply not up to the sharpness I am used to with the G1. Yesterday, I went a little earlier in the day and didn't use the polarizer and the shutter speeds were fast enough to avoid camera shake. Unfortunately many of those shots were a little over exposed, though with just a -1/3 compensation setting. Today's shots were a little better with -2/3.
Second observation is that many of the shots had some magenta cast to them. I think I remember reading someone else's posts on here confirming some magenta problems with the G1. I know some of that was chromatic aberration related, but some was just there for no apparent rason. Yesterday I used auto white balance. Today I used bright sun. Has anybody tried another white balance setting that will avoid the magenta cast under most outside light circumstances.
Second observation is that many of the shots had some magenta cast to them. I think I remember reading someone else's posts on here confirming some magenta problems with the G1. I know some of that was chromatic aberration related, but some was just there for no apparent rason. Yesterday I used auto white balance. Today I used bright sun. Has anybody tried another white balance setting that will avoid the magenta cast under most outside light circumstances.