dalephill
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God bless that woman, ha ha ha ha. it sure makes ya feel guilty though hu???? ha ha ha ha ha again have fun
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Got my 1Ds today and...
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........ estimate a Terabyte a year already if all files kept, estimate a terabyte every two years at present selections.
IMO we already need the next level today so as to avoid massive backup problems in a short few years.
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IMO we already need the next level today so as to avoid massive backup problems in a short few years.
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Digital behaves quite differently to film, and you'll probably struggle a touch to get perfect images to start with until you learn how to tune it.
Use histogram and you'll be able to see what you are doing.
Additionally avoid Auto White Balance, it ain't that good and go for one of the presets to start with. Once you know what you are doing then move onto manual settings.
Use histogram and you'll be able to see what you are doing.
Additionally avoid Auto White Balance, it ain't that good and go for one of the presets to start with. Once you know what you are doing then move onto manual settings.
Nill Toulme
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Nill Toulme
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It's pretty darn good on the 1D; can't imagine why it would be any worse on the 1Ds. But if you're shooting RAW you can choose your WB in the conversion anyway.
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If using Capture1 it is better to use AWB. You can always use a preset later. Otherwise C1 doesn't get the white balance info.
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Nill Toulme
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Are you sure about that? I know the camera records an AWB even if you're using one of the presets, and I also know that the Canon SDK-based RAW converters receive that info so that you can use AWB in the conversion even if you had the camera set to something else. It would be surprising if C1 could not do the same (but then there are a lot of surprising things about C1.)
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jim kelly
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if you don't have a monitor color calibration tool you may want consider getting one?
I don't have one - so can't speak from experience.
Jim
I don't have one - so can't speak from experience.
Jim
Not sure, but it has been discussed at Rob Galbraith a few times, so I take it as gospel...
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I've found that usign the AWB in various situations results in various slight colour casts. The presets are loads better.
Studio flash and AWB is awful for a start.
Studio flash and AWB is awful for a start.
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I researched the transfer speeds of CF readers by going to rob galbraith's site and bought the Sandisk Firewire Pro (silver disk shape) based on his tests. I average 5MB/sec transfer speed with Sandisk Ultra or Lexar 32x cards.
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I'm very fond of the Photoshop RAW plugin for dealing with raw image files from
my 1Ds. It's much faster than the Canon File Utility.
Mike Delaney
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Start working yourself into primes, you will see a lot of difference in the output. Don't get me wrong, the L zooms are very good, but you owe it to yourself to check out the Canon prime lenses, you will not be sorry. With that type of investment in a body, you are past the "hobby" stage, and you should get the best glass that you can afford.(IMHO) Congrats on the camera! No get out there and make it pay for itself.
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Charles Pfeil
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STK,
I do have the ACR plugin, used it always with my previous camera. I hear a lot of people rave about C1 Pro though.
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I do have the ACR plugin, used it always with my previous camera. I hear a lot of people rave about C1 Pro though.
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dalephill
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Young man, I hear of Primes all the time. and have yet to distinguish between the two.??? what are the primes and how do they differ between the L's????
thanks for the insight.
thanks for the insight.
Rune Moberg
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I took some test snaps on a 1Ds a while back, and had it set to "cloudy". When switching to AWB (yes, it can be done with plain old Canon File Viewer) one picture takes on the same look as the "daylight" setting, whereas another (same location...) is slightly colder than "daylight".
In that circumstance AWB wasn't too bad, but it was cloudy IMO and I personally preferred the slightly warmer temperature from that setting.
But to me, the interesting bit is the slight variations of AWB. The "cloudy" preset gave me a more uniform look across that particular series than AWB provided.
The grey card is still a handy tool...
Well, if the AWB sensor is active prior to firing the strobes, then it'll be way out of whack!
Not that it matters much, because AFAICT the AWB sensor tries to detect colour temperature where the camera is, and does nothing for the subject...?It could be that C1 currently treats AWB as "idiot mode" and thus expects larger temperature shifts in those shots. Maybe it assumes that if the photographer has selected a preset, then there's a reason for that...
The information is all there (in the RAW file), so...
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Charles
Congratulations on your camera purchase. I bought this camera few motns ago and it is awsom. I actually returned to my old photography hobby after retiring from a very demanding carrier (I think we have met during those hectic days). I had a gap of 30 years of not doing any photography at all and I moved to the best DSLR available, following use of film SLRs from 1970's.
Though you come from different background my first advice to you is to read the manual carefully several times. The camera has so many controlls and setups that in order to get the best out of it you need to let this ocian of information sink. Also some types of photography (using flash for example) are very tricky and require some special setup and tweeking.
On the lens debate, I am using both zooms and some primes and would never dare to enter to this religious debate. Recently I did some shooting with Canon 15mm fisheye. I personally love the effect and the extremely wide angle you get from it. The forums also say that you can postprocess the fisheye data to clean the barrel distortion. I did not have the time to test it yet but it looks promissing.
I am using C1 and find it fast and very good, but I am sure other programs such as Adobe RAW converter are providing good solution as well.
Have fun with your new toy.
Schmil
Congratulations on your camera purchase. I bought this camera few motns ago and it is awsom. I actually returned to my old photography hobby after retiring from a very demanding carrier (I think we have met during those hectic days). I had a gap of 30 years of not doing any photography at all and I moved to the best DSLR available, following use of film SLRs from 1970's.
Though you come from different background my first advice to you is to read the manual carefully several times. The camera has so many controlls and setups that in order to get the best out of it you need to let this ocian of information sink. Also some types of photography (using flash for example) are very tricky and require some special setup and tweeking.
On the lens debate, I am using both zooms and some primes and would never dare to enter to this religious debate. Recently I did some shooting with Canon 15mm fisheye. I personally love the effect and the extremely wide angle you get from it. The forums also say that you can postprocess the fisheye data to clean the barrel distortion. I did not have the time to test it yet but it looks promissing.
I am using C1 and find it fast and very good, but I am sure other programs such as Adobe RAW converter are providing good solution as well.
Have fun with your new toy.
Schmil
Charles Pfeil
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Schmil,
Valor? If you know what I mean, then we have met. If you don't know what I mean, then I am not sure where we would have met.
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