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An irreverent look at the Quattro vs Merrill thing....

Started Aug 14, 2017 | Discussions thread
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Re: An irreverent look at the Quattro vs Merrill thing....

D Cox wrote:

A good analysis.

I disagree about using the sdQH for copying film negatives. This is what I bought the camera for and I am completely satisfied with the results (using the Olympus 80mm macro lens). It handles high contrast negs very well, and low contrast ones are no problem. The DNG output is what makes the camera usable for this purpose.

That may be the case for you, but the Merrill does it better for me, with a wider range in the highlights, where the most data actually is. It's also dead easy to set up in comparison to the SDQ, levelling the camera and pointing it down onto a lightpad. It's not that the SDQ/H is bad, I just find the DP3M better for that particular job.

In general photography, on the whole, I find highlights to be less of a problem with the Quattro than with the Merrill. Shadows are still too black.

That doesn't match what I've found at all, the Merrills are clearly superior in terms of highlight recovery, and the reverse is true for the shadows, maybe the H has an advantage over the Q?

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