HS20 Velvia shots

After trying out my HS20 with normal colour, I thought I'd see how the Velvia came out.

Luckily, it's been another warm sunny day here, so I had a wander along the river. Apologies for the repetitive nature of my subjects (more Herons, robins!), but there's only so much wildlife you can see in the middle of a city!

The temperature warning came on, but the camera never shut down. Ambient temp about mid seventies.

I'm liking this camera more and more - a great improvement over the HS10 - the focus is much improved, and the detail is much better.

As usual, absolutely no pp (too much like hard work!). Photos in next post

Andrew

Finally a demonstration of the zoom range (you can see the heron in the middle of the first shot). Taken from exactly the same spot (and as I was standing on a stone in the middle of the river, it's probably just as well!)

Wide:

Full zoom:

Andrew,

Another beautiful series from you; thanks! And, you know: you walk through that middle of the city with open eyes; I often wonder how people don't really "see" things, even if they're close.

I went on a 4 hour walk along the river Rhine yesterday and took about 150 fotos ... of course the overheat warning came on at some point, but only rather late; I guess it was because the sun was mostly in my back, and later, the sun was shining on the camera directly, so maybe it does not like that ...

Greetings from sunny Switzerland
Kurt
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The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am!

Andrew. Great SOOC results! Other than Velvia, are your other settings (color, tone, NR, etc.) at default, or have you adjusted?

aig wrote:

As usual, absolutely no pp (too much like hard work!). Photos in next post

Andrew

Kurt, g, Danny, Herbie, Jerry thank you :).

Jerry - all standard settings except for NR which is set to low. It's one of the first things I changed when I got the camera!

I'm not sure if velvia's too much for me - might set colour to 'high' next time.

Herbie, I've heard reports of focus problems with this camera, but I haven't seen any with mine - the reliability and hot rate is far better than the HS10, and that's in quite challenging conditions, eg small birds in trees, metres away and surrounded by branches.

Andrew

painterdude wrote:

okay now we are talkin..the color is much better ..er what I like in these and the detail not half bad ..LOVE the close up of the tulips ...they are very hard to get right re color and I think you nailed it with that shots
thanks for posting these!!

What Tulips! I can only see Daffodils, Daffodils are easy to get right but as you say Tulips are a lot harder.

Paul.

These look like my F550 shots which you may have read I don't like. In my opinion they are being over processed by the camera.

Am I the only one seeing this, the Jpeg engine is over sharpening them. I think it's doing it to give the impression of detail where there is none.

Here is a 100% crop of your (original) full sized image, I don't mean to offend but it's hideous

Paul.

Thanks Raj

PAUL TILL wrote:

These look like my F550 shots which you may have read I don't like. In my opinion they are being over processed by the camera.

Am I the only one seeing this, the Jpeg engine is over sharpening them. I think it's doing it to give the impression of detail where there is none.

Here is a 100% crop of your (original) full sized image, I don't mean to offend but it's hideous

Paul.

Hi Paul, absolutely none taken :).

I'm very happy with the IQ of the HS20. I never expected DSLR-like IQ (or even s100fs-like IQ for that matter) from this camera, and I don't pixel-peep. Even if I did, nothing in your crop disturbs me.

I have the NR set to low, which leads to the noise which can be quite notceable when you peep. IMO, there is more detail than the HS10. Also, the crop is from the edge of the frame, where we know there is distortion due to the lens at wide angle.

Sorry to hear you're not happy with your F550 :(.

Andrew

Hi Andrew,

I am soooooo glad to hear that someone is truly enjoying their new HS20. I think your series is quite nice overall. Good job and thanks a lot for sharing.

Best, Gary N W SFO

... Great series and a great demonstration of the cameras potential. Love that shot looking up the hill to the tower.
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Cheers, Dave.
Have fun - take lotsa pix.

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Excellent series, Andrew. I love your birding shots and the castle. Really cool shot of the last one on full zoom with nice details in the feathers.
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Silent Oracle

Gary, thank you

Thanks Dave :).

I really enjoyed the HS10, and I was doubtful as to how much improvement the HS20 would provide, but I have to say, it has surpassed my expectations.

Especially handy is the ability to turn down the NR. This obviously results in more grain, but the increase in detail to me is appreciable.

Andrew

Thanks Joms.

The dynamic range ability of this cam really helps out in these situations

Andrew