This combo gives nice clarity by its own. I normally develop in Kodak DCS, and then export to Photoshop for my standard resizing script (a la Deonir's/Samuli's).
SLR/n is a great camera if used in daylight setting....or with strobe inside ...
Actually, the body, I think, is better than SLR/c as far as its mechanical performance is concerned.
I have both, but I tend to use more SLR/c, only because I have more EF mount lenses....
Nice camera, but funky operation. The sharpness viewed at 50% is awesome, better than my D3, but at 100% it has this odd watercolour look to it. Not a problem, just a data point. The colours are very natural, and it works well with Nikon-mount lenses. The rubber can come off the camera a bit, especially around the grip part, but it should be easy to glue it back on. I have bought the glue for mine, but haven't done it yet.
For me, having the D3 which is one of the best all-round cameras ever made, the Kodak is a tripod-only camera. I might use it for portraits because of the colours and natural sharp look, but only with lots of light.
In daylight, you don't need a tripod, unless you intend to use for certain purpose.
I haven't really discover the true beauty of DSLR yet, which I heard is in print.
Seriously, I much prefer to use Kodak than any other Cameras that I have, unless it's for sports or low light situation...
Heck, I haven't even tried my new 200/2.0L IS on 5D MkII yet ....
Rusty, I would say so, for the price. It is sharp, noticeably sharper than the D3, and has much more natural colour. I find the D3 sharp and I like the colours from it, but the Kodak is one step up. It does require more effort though. I have also heard that it is much more forgiving on lenses, but I cannot verify this, having only lenses which need no forgiveness
Paul ... I understood what carstenw was saying wasn't a 'literal' need to 'always' use a tripod. I used to shoot with ISO 50 slide film almost exclusively, so I'm rather adept at the requirements for both tripod and handheld technique without the benefit of today's 'high ISO' wonders.
carstenw ... effort, I get that and am okay with it ... as long as the effort pays dividends at the end of the day. Any chance anyone has any slr/n shots taken with a 20/2.8 AIS or 28/2.8 AIS ... or M645 glass ??
Anyone tried using SLR/c for IR ? I did the remote control test and can see the IR beam. However, when I put an IR filter in front of it, the photos all comes out dark.
Is there an UVIR filter in front of the CCD sensor? And how do you turn off the message "The exposure is too long for the ISO setting" when I tried to do a 20" at ISO160.
Is the SLR/n (or c) using an CCD or CMOS sensor. Many places I've seen says it is CMOS, with occassional reference to CCD, so I'm a bit confused as to which it really is.
Seriously ... what are your thoughts regarding the difference between the SLR/c and the SLR/n? Particularly the versatility of the /c vs. the native mount of the /n with F mount glass (rather than using F-EOS adapters).
I'm contemplating SLR/n to go with my 1D MK II (1.25X crop), one wide and slow, one fast and a little tighter.
Both are great for daylight shooting.
I think you should decide which system (Canon or Nikon) you're going to use more...
If you already have more Nikon mount glasses, I'd choose SLR/n.
Manual focusing with both cameras are pretty tough.... especially to my old eyes...
So, I tend to use more AF lenses on them.
One important difference is that the SLR/n needs a chipped lens/adapter to meter (I've read). The SLR/c meters with anything. I also tend to use AF-lenses as it's hard to MF, even with a EE-S (?) screen installed. Good thing is that otherwise boring AF-lenses gives very nice results on the Kodak.
I find myself pretty well split between Nikon, Zeiss & Mamiya, with a little Oly & Canon also ... hence, the ??
The verstility of the EF mount is nice to accomodate the wider range of adaptable glass ... but I'm not fond of the Nikon-EOS adapter situation, so the dedicated mount becomes a consideration ... although, I'd still be using mostly legacy (AIS) glass on the SLR/n.
Of course, the Mamiya can go to either system with a simple adapter change. The Zeiss and Oly can be converted to Nikon, or left to adapters on Canon.
I'm reasonably certain I'll wind up with a split system at the end of the day becasue of all the alts. It's just an issue of deciding to go with something like the SLR/c & D700 ... or the SLR/n & 5D/1D series.
