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Amazing performance, So similar too some early Olympus E3 examples. I don't do studio shoots, but I'd to see some more like this posted. You know, a picture says thousand words. I'm sure there must be some Pro studio work out already . Lets see more.

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http://marcof.smugmug.com/gallery/3669826#209792461-A-LB
jh67 said:
Well, I just borrowed the E-3 with 12-60mm, and did a studiosession
with a model... (I work as an editor on a photomagazine, so luckily I
can borrow stuff before deciding to buy or not)

I own a 1D MKII, and after the studiosession I'm convinced,..the E-3
does a very good job in the studio...

So I just ordered the camera with the 12-60mm and the new 36R flash :)

Even though studio/fashion-shots are edited quite a lot, the
standard-out-of-the-box image still has to be very good (colors/tone,
sharpness etc), and the E-3 raw-files definately are very good!
I use Lightroom to do the raw-part conversions, and in many of the
E-3 files, only little adjustments very made,..even if I tried the
auto-adjustments,...even WB was close to the real thing...
So rawfiles are definately close to reallife, thats positive :)) Its
very easy to enhance/tweak the images,..
Also I shot medium size/quality jpgs,..even they are good and pretty
sharp...

Here are a few shots from the session :o))







Merry X-mas (from a happy E-3 owner)..

BR Jan

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Best regards from me ;o)
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Just to share mine take on E-3 with 2 x FL-50R -diffused with umbrella. This setup was during a fair @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by Olympus Malaysia. It's great for portable studio setup.





 
Look at the detail and "pop" in her eyes! I've often seen this on a "general rule" w/Canon shots (in fact, had coined it "Canon Eyes").... these are equally as good and it is not just detail - it is that very special color.

Can hardly wait for my E-3 and 12-60 to arrive!!!

Bob
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BobMax
 
I find that the files are definitely great to work with on post processing. You can see that you exposed the pictures very nicely to have no blown highlights. It's a very good lighting job and composition is great.
 
Thanks a lot guys ;o))

Yes, the exposure all in all is very good,..

Daniel,..very nice images,..good to see more studiowork ;o)) And those flashes do seem like the perfect portable studio :o))))

Regarding the eyes :

many people tend to use dodge and burn on eyes, hair etc, that need extra highlighting, but I use the Brush tool...

but not in normal mode,..instead switch it to Overlay in Photoshop,..and set opacity to approx 15 percent,..
By using Overlay as the brush mode, it brings out more light ;o)

Also I use Spongetool,..only a short wipe-over, at approx 22 percent in strengh..remember to set this to Saturate (otherwise you'll take out the color, hehe)...

Also my main Sharpening tool is not Unsharp Mask or Smart Sharpen,..instead I have a layermask and use the filter called Highpass... brings out details...
I still do apply smart sharpen, but onlu some 40 percent in the end...

Here's another one from the shoot:



BR Jan
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Best regards from me ;o)
 
with all that obvious post processing, especially in the third shot, does the camera really make much difference. I would think most any DSLR could function pretty well in such controlled situations.

And why would you use less than highest quality JPG. Seem kind of silly to get a high end camera then not take advantage of its greatest potential. Most would fault you for not using raw too, though I think raw is overrated with non problematic situations.
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Dave Lewis
 
It's true that you can salvage or help out a bad photo, but if your starting point is good then the ceiling for the image potential is higher.

I've been saying this for a while but the E-3 image files give me a really good starting point and I don't have to "mess" with them as much as I did before.

Lots of great detail to work with and bring out in post processing.

When I take a picture I always think that I can mess with it a little and make it look even better. Very rarely do I just take the out of camera shot because I believe there is even more to get out of it each time. That's just an opinion though.
 
Nice job with it. Have you printed any of these out?

I'd like to know if you are having as much success printing the E3 files as I've had.

It's a subtle but noticeable improvement in quality that I've noticed.
 
Firstly,.. I only shoot RAW,.. the jpgs are only used for showing to the model at the session :o))

Someone else asked the same thing in the thread,.. more cameraes will of course get the job done,..but still, its way better to have a very good, well exposed (not too many highlights/low lights etc) and sharp/detailed image from scratch :)

Also skintones and colors in general are important from start,..especially if doing fashion with clothes in specific colors..
And it doesnt just help to shoot RAW,..it still has to be correct..

Basically its about having a good starting-point, even if you shoot with controlled lights etc..

E-3 does not need a lot of Lightroom/basic image adjustments, before going into Photoshop,.. so its time-consuming as well.. I can concentrate on finishing the model/fashion-shot..

As I test and review cameraes I try and I look at a lot of stuff,..not just imagequality,.. also handling, features and built,.. and I'm used to my 1D MKII, which is very good and very pro too.. but still I find the E-3 to do studiojobs better,.. its a combination of many things :o)

BR Jan

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Best regards from me ;o)
 
Stimmer >

Thanks,..and yes, she's a lovely girl,..and its her first session :o)

I totally agree with you on the startingpoint, and the fact, that you do not have to "over-do" the editing of the image right from the beginning...

BR
Jan

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Best regards from me ;o)
 
I use Lightroom for the raw-conversion,.. on this first image only LR has been used, no Photoshop..

I've used one of Ligtrooms presets,..a cold tone, and tweaked that one,..also applied sharpness etc in LR..

Second image is just to show good details ;o)





BR
Jan
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Best regards from me ;o)
 
Among the best (if not the best) shots I've seen from the E-3 (well done).

Curious - I'm guessing you were using Studio Lighting rather than Oly flash, right?

Bob
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BobMax
 
Yes, I'm using studio equipment/lighting, not Oly flashes :o)

No ordinary flash can light up subjects the way that studiolights does,.. much more "even" lights/shadows...

BR
Jan

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Best regards from me ;o)
 
Two more from the photo-shoot...

The sports-look got lots of details, jevellery, shoes, tattoo on leg/foot etc,..

The other is basically just very sharp (also the raw image is very sharp "out of the box"),.. shows details like eg hair, eye-patterns very good..

The E-3 is more than capable in a studio-environment, unfortunately I will have to wait for my own E-3 (back-orders) for some 2 weeks..





BR
Jan

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Studio and on-location photography - http://www.jh67.dk
 
The pictures are absolutely great! I cannot see anything even related to unsharpness at all:-))
I guess I still have a LOT of shooting to do to get pictures of this quality.

My settings; vivid/everything else -1/ (for the time being) Jpeg Large SuperFine.
Once again: very nice!
 
Very attractive looking models flawless in every way so crystal like very sharp, what more can one say terrific.
 
Thanks ;o)))

All my images are shot in RAW, converted in Lightroom. For these ones auto whitebalance was used, iso 100, M mode, aperture f8, 1/125sec, colors rgb1998, colormode neutral ..

no further adjustments were made in camera,..but then again, I can make adjustments in LR :o)

On many of these shots with the E-3 I havent adjusted WB,..the camera seems to hit the right one pretty well :-)

BR
Jan

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Studio and on-location photography - http://www.jh67.dk
 
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