A little OT here.... What are the main differences between the NEX-5 and NEX-3? It looks to me like the only significant difference is the better video with the NEX-5. Anything else?
Gary Clennan wrote:
A little OT here.... What are the main differences between the NEX-5 and NEX-3? It looks to me like the only significant difference is the better video with the NEX-5. Anything else?
Size and shape of grip and the body of the NEX-5 is slightly smaller and uses more metal, less plastic. Many people say they prefer the NEX-5 grip.
I have bought the Sony Nex-3 with a few Contax G lenses now and they are a pleasure to use. small lenses and excellent images. I have decided that I will still get the FF one day to use with a couple primes of 21 -50mm range.
here are some taken with Contax G Biogon 28mm:
I really like the look of the Biogon G 28/2.8, especially in that first photo, Edgars. The detail in the distant hills really gives that sense of space.
Thanks! Colour shift is present indeed and I have yet to learn proper sharpening with Sony software. I would say it is excellent for day to day use - I am tired of lugging my heavy DSLR setup with me to work. I hope the sensor gets improved and all the current problems of using RF lenses are solved!
Edgars, I have tried the Sony software (Image Data Converter). I find it a pain to use because it does not offer a preview of the rows of RAW before selecting the one I want to view. Also, I find that RAW development in Lightroom (V. 3.2) gives me a better result.
Any comment?
Thanks, Denoir, for the nice comment!
I will be interested to see how ZM behaves on your NEX, Philber. Talking bout soft - I only use free programs as all my money goes into lenses. Canon DPP seemed straightforward to me. Sony is different, I have to learn it. I might consider other options if they are not too dear. This is my last year as a student - I might get a cheaper student version of Lightroom if there is such.
Edgars Kalnins wrote:
Thanks, Denoir, for the nice comment!
I will be interested to see how ZM behaves on your NEX, Philber. Talking bout soft - I only use free programs as all my money goes into lenses. Canon DPP seemed straightforward to me. Sony is different, I have to learn it. I might consider other options if they are not too dear. This is my last year as a student - I might get a cheaper student version of Lightroom if there is such.
you can get a one month trial of lightroom for free and if you use a mac you can get RPP for free which also produces sharper results than sony's software.
sebboh wrote:
you can get a one month trial of lightroom for free and if you use a mac you can get RPP for free which also produces sharper results than sony's software.
...and I believe the student price is $99 or so for Lightroom. Well worth it!
Thanks, Charles!
That free trial of Lightroom looks like a good idea, I have to think on this though. Which would be better investment if I buy - Lightroom or Photoshop? I can`t afford both. At the moment I use GIMP for basic post-processing of jpeg - removing unwanted spots etc.
Edgars Kalnins wrote:
Thanks, Charles!
That free trial of Lightroom looks like a good idea, I have to think on this though. Which would be better investment if I buy - Lightroom or Photoshop? I can`t afford both. At the moment I use GIMP for basic post-processing of jpeg - removing unwanted spots etc.
Photoshop is a million times more versatile and powerful than Lightroom, but it's for advanced post processing. Lightroom is very good for the workflow of RAW development, basic processing, sorting/tagging/managing collections of images. So if you shoot a lot and you want to organize your pictures, the choice would be Lightroom. If you don't shoot high numbers of pictures, but want advanced PP, you get Adobe Camera RAW (ACR) for free with Photoshop, which can do most of the procession options that Lightroom can do.
Lightroom is great, but I don't really like what it does to the colors of Canon files. They look better in Canon DPP.
Hm, a lot to think about! first I need to check if I can not do the RAW processing in Gimp. I like that program, but I wish there were more tutorials available for it.
sebboh wrote:
ACR is free, you could just use that for basic raw developement (same raw processor as lightroom) and do more complex development with gimp.
He doesn't have Photoshop (the prerequisite for using ACR).
The rendering of hill and the trees in the distance is amazing.