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Portraits of my wife from the 5D & H1.

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I have been stating that my two favorite cameras are the Maxxum 5D and the Sony DSC-H1. I thought I would share three portraits of my wife that I took, this way you can judge the quality of Sony's digicams against the Maxxum 5D DSLR.

Let me know what you think? All comments are welcome.

Maxxum 5D, KM 75-300mm(D) lens



Maxxum 5D, Kit Lens



Sony DSC-H1

 
I have taken a number of portrait shots with my H1, with and without simple backgrounds and they seem to produce excellent results.

However, I prefer the added control I get with my Maxxum 5D and 5600HSD flash. I would love to have a lens like the KM 85mm f1.4 which I think would give me the quality I would like to have.

For now I will wait and see what lenses Sony will offer as they enter the DSLR market. Between the great lenses that Minolta has produced over the years and the great lens on the R1 and H1 I do expect some outstanding offers.
 
Thank you for your comment.

On Sony's new offerings, the DSC-H5 looks very interesting to me. It will be interesting to see how it compares to the H1 which as I have always said is an excellent digicam.

For me at this point in time I would rather buy the KM 85mm f1.4 lens or Sony's version of it.
Mojo151 said:
Happyme,

They all are nice.

I looked at the specs on the new upcoming Sony Hx and it looks
good. Has IS in the lens also. Nice.
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Rick
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Hi Happyme,

I am reading this forum for a long time since i will buy a DSLR soon. I saw these portraits you made. I really like the upper one.

Portraits are my business. I have a small company in Manila where we make charcoal portraits from photographs of customers from The netherlands and Germany (and within a few months the UK and the US). It is always hard to find good samples. I think the one you made would be a great sample for my sites. I gladly make it for free and send it to you if you would allow me to put it on our sites.

If you like the idea, give me a mail and I will send you the URL's of my sites so you judge about the quality.
Regards,
Tom.
 
3 nice portraits. I prefer the upper one most. The middle looks to to have a little too much sharpening. The lowest: it benefits from the calm background, but it has a bit too much "plasticy-face", which also could bee seen with too much noise removal. It gives the look of a face from a vax manequin, where the look from the upper is so nice and natural to look at.

I understand that you took the picturers, and it is obvious that your wife still admires you! Nice.

best regards
 
Tom,

I'm glad you liked my wife's picture enough to want to add it as a sample on your website. I just sent you an email and we'll take it from there.
tom klinkhamer said:
Hi Happyme,
I am reading this forum for a long time since i will buy a DSLR
soon. I saw these portraits you made. I really like the upper one.
Portraits are my business. I have a small company in Manila where
we make charcoal portraits from photographs of customers from The
netherlands and Germany (and within a few months the UK and the
US). It is always hard to find good samples. I think the one you
made would be a great sample for my sites. I gladly make it for
free and send it to you if you would allow me to put it on our
sites.
If you like the idea, give me a mail and I will send you the URL's
of my sites so you judge about the quality.
Regards,
Tom.
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That you for your nice comments.

The first shot was straight out of the camera. No PP, only cropped and downsized for posting.

Second photo was slightly sharpened even so it appeared pretty sharp to begin with.

The last picture was from my Sony H1. It was shot with just the sunlight coming through the front window. I adjusted levels, smoothed out the background, and slightly sharpened. No noise removal of any kind was used other than what the camera itself may use.

As far as my wife's face looking like that from a wax manequin, I never thought about it that way before. We were at my daughters last Thanksgiving and our daughter did a makeover of her. Makeup, hair color, the whole works. So for us we liked it even so it might have not looked as natural as the first picture.

My wife and I will be married 48 years this July. To me she just get prettier with or without a makeover. My joy of using her as a model is priceless.
Steen5 said:
3 nice portraits. I prefer the upper one most. The middle looks to
to have a little too much sharpening. The lowest: it benefits from
the calm background, but it has a bit too much "plasticy-face",
which also could bee seen with too much noise removal. It gives the
look of a face from a vax manequin, where the look from the upper
is so nice and natural to look at.

I understand that you took the picturers, and it is obvious that
your wife still admires you! Nice.

best regards
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Happyme,

Your last post said it all. After 48 years with the same wonderful woman and your love comes through loud and clear.

I love all three photographs and wish you well on the offer from Tom. What a wonderful compliment.

Darwin
 
I definately liked the 5D. The detail and sharpness especially. The Sony appears to be softer but it may just be a setting.

The first is very nice and colors are great.
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Thanks,

Digitalshooter!

Member of the 7D and Beercan Cult!
 
Oops! I hope not I did affend you (or your wife) in any way. That was not my intention, so if that happend - please accept my appology. Neither the makeover, which I did not notice, so therefore I think it is a very good makeover. To me, on my Samsung CRT it still do look as when I apply too much noise removal on human face picturers. I have written different places, that it is a compromise between no noise and "plasticy" look, and I agree with that.

Appart from that, I agree with the other in the happy and wonderfull 48 year long background for the pictures.

Best regards
 
No you didn't offend us. You should always state the way you see things. In fact I respect that. I just tried to give an explanation to put the picture in proper perspective.
Steen5 said:
Oops! I hope not I did affend you (or your wife) in any way. That
was not my intention, so if that happend - please accept my
appology. Neither the makeover, which I did not notice, so
therefore I think it is a very good makeover. To me, on my Samsung
CRT it still do look as when I apply too much noise removal on
human face picturers. I have written different places, that it is a
compromise between no noise and "plasticy" look, and I agree with
that.

Appart from that, I agree with the other in the happy and
wonderfull 48 year long background for the pictures.

Best regards
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The first one is more natural, the second one looks like I over sharpened it slightly compared to the original shot, the third one from the H1 I thought looked like a studio type portrait. I printed it at 8x10", framed it, and it is hanging on my wall. I also printed a wallet size that I keep on me. I get a lot of nice complements on both the pictures I printed. The look of the prints are slightly different than the downsized pictures posted here.

Thanks for your comments.
digitalshooter said:
I definately liked the 5D. The detail and sharpness especially.
The Sony appears to be softer but it may just be a setting.

The first is very nice and colors are great.
--
Thanks,

Digitalshooter!

Member of the 7D and Beercan Cult!
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