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Using ISO 6 is tricky. You have only three shutter speeds, which means that unless you are lucky, you need to use ND filters, or lose your control of the aperture. This shot was done at f/22, which I would normally never do. Otherwise I couldn't have done it. It was a very normal, overcast day.
Well, I am disappointed with the purple fringes I sometimes get. The corrupted images after startup I am okay with, as I can just wait another few seconds.
The colours seem a little flat sometimes, but I think I need to retrain my eye. There are a lot of very punchy colours in this forum, and I have to reacquaint myself with what real colours look like. When I try to look neutrally at the images, the colours look quite natural and relaxed.
It took a little looking, but the Kodak shots are definitely sharper than my D3 shots, not only due to the extra 2MP, but also due to the lack of an AA filter. The weird thing is that when I zoom right in, there is this odd look, like watercolour or little worms, but if I view at 50% (i.e. closer to what a print would show), they are fantastically sharp. The D3 is quite sharp, but this is another notch above that.
What I also find a little disappointing is the italian flag thing and moire in general. It happens so easily, and I see it right away in many images, even just images of trees with italian leaves. Bernie has a couple of dramatic examples of this.
It is also a bit of a pain to work with lenses which aren't chipped. My 100MP is a ZF.2, but my 21 is a ZF. I will sell it and buy a ZF.2 but it is a pain having to look for a buyer, negotiating a decent price, and so on. If anyone here is interested in a ZF in very good condition, in Europe, please PM me. I would love to avoid the whole stress of trading.
I am currently also missing something in the middle. 21 to 100 is a big gap, and my Nikkor 60 AF-S doesn't really fit with the two Zeiss lenses, look- and colour-wise. I am considering either a 50MP or ZF35/2, or possibly the upcoming ZF35/1.4.
Overall, I am still a little on the fence with the camera. It delivers nice results, and I bought it for use on the tripod anyway, but the purple fringes and moire are much more intrusive than I thought they would be. I will keep it for a bit and see how it goes, but I am a tad skeptical. It doesn't make it any easier that the D3 is such an awesome camera. I love the shape, the operation, the results, and almost everything about it. That final bit of sharpness and the natural colours are missing a bit though, which is why I decided to try the Kodak.
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