Hi all, i own a CP990 and i am still confused about 995 sharpness. I agree with your version about " ... random problem ...".
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Paul, Thanks for the comparison. After examining them for some time
now, I finde I like the colours of the 995 much better than the 990
(except for the firmware bug on the white balance which nikon said
was being fixed, in your mostly red shot of the box). I also liked
the shot you did in your first comparison of the crane, with the
suburban down in the lower left. I could see more resolution of the
suburban with the 995 then the 990, yes the 995 did look softer,
but seemed to show a little better on resolution. Also on your
brick shot I noticed that in the first example the 995 had a lower
fstop then the 990 and that the out of focus portion was on the
left, not the right. This doesn't sound like any lens problem I
have seen before. With the lower fstop, if the camera is no
perfectly perpendicular to the wall one side will be more out of
focus then the other. If it were a lens problem then you should see
it out of focus on all four corners of lower fstop wide angle
shots. Any thoughts Paul, besides your the one with the camera.
Sherm
Thanks for the feedback. I also prefer the colours in the 995.
Red bricks are red, blue sky is blue... And skin tones are very
nice. I just find the colours a little over-saturated, so ended up
sticking with saturation -1.
With the wide angle brick shots (with low f-stop) , the
depth-of-field comes into play, so it's difficult for me to make
conclusions about the lens using thoses shots. And as you say, the
camera wasn't perpendicular (in either plane). But with other 8mm
focal length shots I've taken, I don't see any problems with the
corners of the image.
The top left crane shot is still a mystery to me. The left side of
the image (including the Suburban truck in the bottom left corner)
is sharp, but most of the right side of the image looks like it was
left unsharpened! The second 995 I got never did anything like
that.
http://holo-graphic.com/CP995_test/
Cheers,
Paul
Paul, Thanks for the comparison. After examining them for some time
now, I finde I like the colours of the 995 much better than the 990
(except for the firmware bug on the white balance which nikon said
was being fixed, in your mostly red shot of the box). I also liked
the shot you did in your first comparison of the crane, with the
suburban down in the lower left. I could see more resolution of the
suburban with the 995 then the 990, yes the 995 did look softer,
but seemed to show a little better on resolution. Also on your
brick shot I noticed that in the first example the 995 had a lower
fstop then the 990 and that the out of focus portion was on the
left, not the right. This doesn't sound like any lens problem I
have seen before. With the lower fstop, if the camera is no
perfectly perpendicular to the wall one side will be more out of
focus then the other. If it were a lens problem then you should see
it out of focus on all four corners of lower fstop wide angle
shots. Any thoughts Paul, besides your the one with the camera.
Sherm
maybe jerry. But i don't think you'd find much difference between the g1 and the 990.
This must be the lamest comment i've read on this forum. How about joining the discussion instead of flamming brad.
I admit to returning FJ's fire in this case. And i reserve the right to respond to unfair comments like his.
I don't see the validity in it. The point i raised about the sharpness was a valid one. I think this has been clearly proved by the active discussion in the thread.
I'm sure you'd get some negative and lame comments like the one from FJBRAD. But if your point was legitimate i also think you'd start a discussion about it as indeed happened in this thread.
Thanks for the feedback. I also prefer the colours in the 995.
Red bricks are red, blue sky is blue... And skin tones are very
nice. I just find the colours a little over-saturated, so ended up
sticking with saturation -1.
With the wide angle brick shots (with low f-stop) , the
depth-of-field comes into play, so it's difficult for me to make
conclusions about the lens using thoses shots. And as you say, the
camera wasn't perpendicular (in either plane). But with other 8mm
focal length shots I've taken, I don't see any problems with the
corners of the image.
The top left crane shot is still a mystery to me. The left side of
the image (including the Suburban truck in the bottom left corner)
is sharp, but most of the right side of the image looks like it was
left unsharpened! The second 995 I got never did anything like
that.
http://holo-graphic.com/CP995_test/
Cheers,
Paul
Paul, Thanks for the comparison. After examining them for some time
now, I finde I like the colours of the 995 much better than the 990
(except for the firmware bug on the white balance which nikon said
was being fixed, in your mostly red shot of the box). I also liked
the shot you did in your first comparison of the crane, with the
suburban down in the lower left. I could see more resolution of the
suburban with the 995 then the 990, yes the 995 did look softer,
but seemed to show a little better on resolution. Also on your
brick shot I noticed that in the first example the 995 had a lower
fstop then the 990 and that the out of focus portion was on the
left, not the right. This doesn't sound like any lens problem I
have seen before. With the lower fstop, if the camera is no
perfectly perpendicular to the wall one side will be more out of
focus then the other. If it were a lens problem then you should see
it out of focus on all four corners of lower fstop wide angle
shots. Any thoughts Paul, besides your the one with the camera.
Sherm
