Literally shot #1 SDIM001 on my new DP0 quattro. Yes, I corrected perspective to make the skyscrapers upright, but I didn't touch levels, shot jpeg, Yes, polarizer on. I haven't shot a raw frame yet.
Nice files, better SOOC jpegs than the Merrills by a good margin and no slight color cast, either. Better color overall. Very sharp files, but I think that the sharpness edge goes back to the Merrills, but I will play around this weekend to really compare. Just some first impressions.
Lens is huge, too. But like it and already found it easy to brace to get sharp shots with this configuration. Don't like the rubber SD card door, otherwise just playing around at this point.
Thanks timpdx. I will be interested to hear what you think. It's getting to be that time in Colorado when the leaves will soon be changing. I am thinking that a new DP0Q would be a good purchase. Been reading reviews lately, so any insights you have would be useful.
PS - I could care less about the odd shape. These cameras are for slow methodical use, IMO. Form factor for me is less of an issue than others make it to be.
galenapass: I only have one day off this week (6 day weeks help pay for the gears, though) so not able to really test the camera out in nature yet. Here is another couple from downtown LA
Hope to get to the Eastern Sierras soon and try it out for landscapes, but I also bought the camera for architecture shots, too.
How do you not lose the quality when uploading to Flickr ? Curious what your workflow is for web photos ?
I 'save as' from Cs6 rather than save for web, as you have more control over quality and dpi. I also find Flickr is pretty good at hosting and never see a problem with their linked quality.
Although having said that I cannot at this moment link from Flickr as usual these days it is not working properly.
Still playing with the DP0, in fact used it on a commercial job and really, really enlarged a photo (30ft/10m on a side!) And my biggest "complaint" at that size is the amount of noise, but we are talking huuuuuge prints. Anyways, the grain helps the overall effect for my needs (giant photo backing for a TV show) and it was commented that the grain added to the shot and made it seem sharper. Usually with a big photo backing you blur it a bit, but this case was a bit different in that it was set farther back and didn't need blur.
So I really got to pixel peep on the file, CA is very well controlled, there were lots of light sources in the backing shot and there was no evidence of CA. The light source when I shot the photo was flourescent, and it was certainly more noisy than a daytime outdoor shot in my comparisons. Perhaps something about that color temp of light causes more noise. And, yes, there is noise in everyday outdoor shots, but its pretty minor in daylight conditions, but there and I think it may be a bit more noisy than the Merril Series, but that is only a first impression so far and needs more comparison.
Color is certainly better, there really is little to none of any color cast and I find jpegs SOOC are excellent.
Black and white conversions are divine, as good or better than the Merrill series, using the native SPP Pro software.
timpdx wrote:
Still playing with the DP0, in fact used it on a commercial job and really, really enlarged a photo (30ft/10m on a side!) And my biggest "complaint" at that size is the amount of noise, but we are talking huuuuuge prints. Anyways, the grain helps the overall effect for my needs (giant photo backing for a TV show) and it was commented that the grain added to the shot and made it seem sharper. Usually with a big photo backing you blur it a bit, but this case was a bit different in that it was set farther back and didn't need blur.
So I really got to pixel peep on the file, CA is very well controlled, there were lots of light sources in the backing shot and there was no evidence of CA. The light source when I shot the photo was flourescent, and it was certainly more noisy than a daytime outdoor shot in my comparisons. Perhaps something about that color temp of light causes more noise. And, yes, there is noise in everyday outdoor shots, but its pretty minor in daylight conditions, but there and I think it may be a bit more noisy than the Merril Series, but that is only a first impression so far and needs more comparison.
Color is certainly better, there really is little to none of any color cast and I find jpegs SOOC are excellent.
Black and white conversions are divine, as good or better than the Merrill series, using the native SPP Pro software. ...Show more →
Tim good to hear. Personally I do not mind a bit of noise, my love is twenty and twenty first century painting so maybe my out look is very different from everyday photographers. I also adore B+W wet photography where grain is often a plus and adds atmosphere, but each to their own.
I keep looking at various new camera's which are coming out with the intention of getting one, but maybe I'll stick with Sigma for now and buy into the Quattro's, starting with the DP0.
Yea, I agree a bit of noise does add to what I like to shoot. Its fine-grained and "pleasant" like film, IMO. I keep looking at the new cameras and the cost to get into a high rez system. The new Canons and Sonys are nice, but the cost is just too high. I'm keeping my Fuji system for all round shooting and my DP2M, DP3M and new DP0Q for high rez stuff. I'm good for a while now.
Tim I have to agree with you, I like the Fuji for a lot of things but the DPq2 and the DP3M are killer for resolution. Great b&w of the interchange, was looking at it and saying "that looks familiar"... well done. I keep lusting after the DP0.
