Iain G Foulds

... First day out with my new (old) camera. Manual focus Tamron 90/2.5.

... Brev: Appreciate your good and fair points. Both the exposure and focus point affect colours. However, spent quite a bit of time with both examples, and factoring in both, a denominator of ...

... Thank you both for your good perspectives. Sorry about the unbalanced exposure. Manually set the shutter speed for both, and I didn’t want to add any processing. ... FPrime: Perhaps richer ...

... Both cameras in Raw, with a Neutral setting (if that matters in Raw), and both images handled identically. ... Possible the images are just as they look.

... Shot RAW, downloaded to iPad, and uploaded to forum. Trying to be somewhat scientific and objective.

... D40 ... D5500 ... Though brighter. In the D5500’s Raw image, the colours seem less natural, more artificially pushed. With almost no yellow, and washed out subtle background colours.

... No workflow. Downloaded to IPad, and posted at forum.

... Forgive any technical inconsistencies and slight misjudgment in focus, but set up a subtle colour scene this morning to compare the RAW images of the D40 and D5500. Tamron 90/2.5. The settings ...

... Toomany: A reasonably professional Raw comparison is at the top of my list today. ... My new personal challenge is to find compositions that feature subtle colours. Tired of the obvious, bright ...

... FPrime: Love the 6MP challenge. ... Did a quick handheld comparison after work today- jpeg and Raw. Really liked the D40. The D5500 looked pretty cold. ... Should have time to do a solid, ...

... FPrime: I’m off tomorrow, so I will look for some subtle colours. Actually, I’m feeling the pressure...

... Well, today is a good day. I check the local on-line used site, where I have my D5500 listed, and this camera was just listed, including bag and SD card. 20,000 shutter count. Asking $150. I ...

... D5500 JPEG Vivid

... Mako: Appreciate the nudge towards staying with Nikon. Perhaps the forum will be the deciding factor. ... Also, decent and affordable Fuji Spro bodies seem almost impossible to find. Whereas ...

... It would be good to see a few more solid and fair examples from those who have both cameras, instead of simply dismissive opinions. Preferably interesting and subtle colours, and not the usual ...

... RAW, Photoshop, a bit of Vibrance, and HSL sliders. Always pushing the warmth to try to bring life to the images.

But, Robert’s point is interesting and fair. A life surrounded by bright and flashing colours like our society inevitably leads to burnt out colour perception. Thus the prevalent indifference to ...

... Hmmm. Two thumbs up on the Fuji. Something to consider...

... Thanks Mark and Mako. ... Spent the day talking myself into letting the D5500 go. I just need more magic from the images than I am getting. Only sorry to lose the tilt screen with magnification ...

... FPrime: Thanks again for your observant and artistic perspective! Searching “CCD vs CMOS” on the internet, everything comes up “CMOS the winner!”. It takes a lot of reading before you start to ...