more zoom on a 5700 ?

[wgm-cp4500]

Apart from the fact that the Minolta has a 28mm low end which is important to the Minolta users... The D7 series has F3.5 at 200mm.

I'm also more interested in the long end ... thus my route to happiness is a 4500 and a spotting scope... the EagleEye OpticZoom is also good way for achieving length ...

Guys,

... the fact is that the 5700 has a useable zoom to 280mm
equivalent, and a good macro. That is enough for me. That beats the
Minolta, and the small-zoom cameras are not in the running.
Panasonic apparently has a 10x zoom coming. But, I think that the
camera from such a marginal player is not a seriours candidate.

Needless to say, the digicams don't threaten the SLR cameras
because the SLRs are so much more capable.

Have I summed it up fairly?

--
Jim Tan

 

[kecohen]

Hi Karen,

I am trying to improve my sharpening skills. Can you comment on
this picture (1.5MP crop)?

http://www.pbase.com/image/11820295

I usually use LOW Sharpening and I am starting to sharpen my
photos. Don't look at the original size because it has a huge
amount of compression artefacts.

--
Jim Tan

Hi Jim,

Ok, I didn't look at the original ;-) so I don't know how much sharpening was needed or applied, but it looks great to me. There are no sharpening "halos" around the dark edges, no artifacts that I can see. Yet I can clearly make out the texture--the downy head and feathers down Stanley's neck. The highlight in the eye is very good--doesn't make it look glassy or artificial. Well done!

One other thing I would do is eliminate the little bit of glare off the water near his head just in front of where his left eye would be.

Looks great, Jim. Hope to see more.
--
Karen

...but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you need.
Minolta 7000i, accessories and lenses, lenses, lenses; CP5700, TC15ED,
Kenko KUT-300 Hi, SB80X Speedlight, Epson Stylus 980N, Epson 7600
(shared), Epson Expression 1680 w/ transparency unit, Tamron Fotovix
60WU....
http://www.e-designarts.com
http://www.pbase.com/kecohen/

 

[JimTanCanada]

Hi Karen,

I am trying to improve my sharpening skills. Can you comment on
this picture (1.5MP crop)?

http://www.pbase.com/image/11820295

I usually use LOW Sharpening and I am starting to sharpen my
photos. Don't look at the original size because it has a huge
amount of compression artefacts.

--
Jim Tan

Hi Jim,

Ok, I didn't look at the original ;-) so I don't know how much
sharpening was needed or applied, but it looks great to me. There
are no sharpening "halos" around the dark edges, no artifacts that
I can see. Yet I can clearly make out the texture--the downy head
and feathers down Stanley's neck. The highlight in the eye is very
good--doesn't make it look glassy or artificial. Well done!

One other thing I would do is eliminate the little bit of glare off
the water near his head just in front of where his left eye would
be.

Looks great, Jim. Hope to see more.
--
Karen

...but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you
need.
Minolta 7000i, accessories and lenses, lenses, lenses; CP5700, TC15ED,
Kenko KUT-300 Hi, SB80X Speedlight, Epson Stylus 980N, Epson 7600
(shared), Epson Expression 1680 w/ transparency unit, Tamron Fotovix
60WU....
http://www.e-designarts.com
http://www.pbase.com/kecohen/

--
Jim Tan