[AGL] Mike Attack

[Bill Irwin]

Mike, maybe you don't understand this resolution thing, it is confusing.
The D5 does not produce a 39meg file, if it did they would be advertising
the fact all over the place.
Here is a quote from the Cannon site:
File size:
(1) Large/Fine: Approx. 4.6MB (4,368 x 2,912) (2) Large/Normal 2.3MB (4,368
x 2,912) (3) Medium/Fine: Approx. 2.7MB (3,168 x 2,112) (4) Medium/Normal:
Approx. 1.4MB (3,168 x 2,112) (5) Small/Fine: Approx. 2.0MB (2,496 x 1,664)
(6) Small/Normal: Approx. 1.0MB (2,496 x 1,664) (7) RAW: Approx. 12.9MB
(4,368 x 2,912)

If it could produce a 39meg file they would certainly say so.

I didn't see Polidori's photos but if they all look a little blue to you
that may be a sign that you monitor is not color corrected.  Since you seem
to be a computer buff I guess you know that monitors do not always display
the correct colors and for critical work they need to be calibrated so
things have the correct color.   I have been doing this stuff for a few
years and it is true if a scene is illuminated just by sky light only such
as in the shade,  can have a bit of a blue cast.  But if you have a blue sky
that means you have the sun out and scenes in sunlight never have this blue
cast - the engineers at Kodak have figured this out and make their film to
show pretty damn good colors.

Better get your monitor calibrated if you want to peruse a career as photo
critic.
Aloha

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Eisenstadt" <mike.eisenstadt at gmail.com>



> Ewie,

>

> You've got the numbers right and wrong at the same time.

>

> The Canon D5's sensor is 35.8 x 23.9 mm, the same size

> as a frame of 35mm film. It has 12.7 million pixels, its

> maxiumum resolution being 4368 x 2912. Multiply that

> and you get 12.7 million. Then multiply 3x for the 3 primary

> colors and the raw file size is 39Megs, the same in effect as

> the 40Megs you mention.

>

> Same as your camera and scanner without the muss and bother of

> film and chemical darkrooms.

>

> As for speed, this camera shoots 3 frames a second in

> burst mode. The specs do not supply shutter lag time

> if any. Body is made of magnesium, the lightest metal.

>

> $2700 is Amazon's discount price for the camera new.

> It will take some years before a used one will come

> close enough to my money comfort zone, maybe never.

> Meanwhile, i will use film in my Canon cameras,

> process the slides, chose the keepers, scan them

> for $1.90 a frame, correct the scan's levels in Photoshop,

> and print on 8x11 inch glossy fake photography paper.

>

> Meanwhile, looking at Polidori's indoor shots of ruined

> interiors in post-Katrina New Orleans, it is hard to overlook

> the blue color casts of his incompetence. He was shooting

> without a flash indoors on a sunny day. Objects in the

> shadow on a sunny day are of course illuminated by

> the blue light of the sky. So photos not shot in direct

> light, sunlight or flash, are caca: Aunt Tilly under a tree when

> she comes back from the drugstore is colored blue. They

> don't tell you about that on the little yellow boxes. Might

> reduce sales.

>

> Mike

>

>

> > Well, Mike the Cannon D5 is a nice camera and I would like somebody to

> > give

> > me one but it is 3 times the price of a Cannon Elan7 and scanner combo.

> > Another problem for me with expensive cameras is the problem of them

> > getting

> > stolen, I had one stolen in China but it was only a $500 loss, can't

> > afford

> > the $3000 loss.  A 35mm slide scanned at 4000 DPI comes to about 40 meg,

> > the

> > Cannon D5 only 12.8 meg.  I don't know if the Cannon has this problem

but

> > many digital cameras have a significant lag between pushing the shutter

> > and

> > the actual scan making them a little difficult for capturing fast

action.

> > Film cameras only 1/60 sec. or less.

> >

> > Now if you are a real purest you can get the Hasselblad for only $31,995

> > but

> > sill you will not get the resolution of a scanned 35mm slide.  But if

you

> > are a real resolution fanatic get the 4x5 camera - the only way to go!!

> > You

> > can buy them on Ebay for around $500.

> >

> > The processing of color film is a bit of a problem but you can do it

> > yourself or send it out.  Doing it yourself and sending it out cost

about

> > the same price.  Only problem is not instant gratification.  Some art

> > forms

> > require a little work.

> >