allstarimaging wrote: Who cares about blown highlights on a travel snapshot.
Well, I think the thread was suggesting not that the XE-1 was superlative to the D800, but that it made a great alternative to toting the cadre of FF arsenal that we have for optimal imaging. I get that part, no problem.
But, if you are now saying that the XE-1 can\'t handle the DR from the beard to the fish (and in your opinion, it shouldn\'t really matter) ... then what\'s the point of posting a thread saying it outperforms the 800E or any other camera for that matter
I still think it can probably be \"tamed\" using the shadow/highlight/DR adjustments, and of course the RAW is always a viable option. But, now you\'ve changed the dynamic of the comparison from a \"better than\" to a \"what the heck do you expect\".
I\'m good with the fact that it isn\'t going to be a D800E, it\'s foolish to think that it would be. But, imo, it is reasonable to judge it on it\'s own merit for taking a pretty routine snapshot ... and the guy chopping fish image is telling on the steep profile a bit. That doesn\'t make it inferior, just that the steep profile is something to be wary of when you use it and when you don\'t. I think Fuji\'s got it covered in their shadow/highlight/Dr adjustments, at least I\'d like to think so.
I\'ve been interested in the Fuji offerings for a while as a platform alternative to my FF gear, and this thread still has me interested ... which is why I\'m \"digging deeper\" into it. Everything in photography is a series of tradeoffs and compromises to on varying degree or another. I think it is important to understand where/what those limits are, that\'s all ... otherwise you get severely disappointed.
allstarimaging wrote: Who cares about blown highlights on a travel snapshot.
Well, I think the thread was suggesting not that the XE-1 was superlative to the D800, but that it made a great alternative to toting the cadre of FF arsenal that we have for optimal imaging. I get that part, no problem.
But, if you are now saying that the XE-1 can\'t handle the DR from the beard to the fish (and it shouldn\'t really matter) ... then what\'s the point of posting a thread saying it outperforms the 800E or any other camera for that matter
I still think it can probably be \"tamed\" using the shadow/highlight/DR adjustments, and of course the RAW is always a viable option. But, now you\'ve changed the dynamic of the comparison from a \"better than\" to a \"what the heck do you expect\".
I\'m good with the fact that it isn\'t going to be a D800E, it\'s foolish to think that it would be. But, imo, it is reasonable to judge it on it\'s own merit for taking a pretty routine snapshot ... and the guy chopping fish image is telling on the steep profile a bit. That doesn\'t make it inferior, just that the steep profile is something to be wary of when you use it and when you don\'t. I think Fuji\'s got it covered in their shadow/highlight/Dr adjustments, at least I\'d like to think so.
I\'ve been interested in the Fuji offerings for a while as a platform alternative to my FF gear, and this thread still has me interested ... which is why I\'m \"digging deeper\" into it. Everything in photography is a series of tradeoffs and compromises to on varying degree or another. I think it is important to understand where/what those limits are, that\'s all ... otherwise you get severely disappointed.
allstarimaging wrote: Who cares about blown highlights on a travel snapshot.
Well, I think the thread was suggesting not that the XE-1 was superlative to the D800, but that it made a great alternative to toting the cadre of FF arsenal that we have for optimal imaging. I get that part, no problem.
But, if you are now saying that the XE-1 can\'t handle the DR from the beard to the fish (and it shouldn\'t really matter) ... then what\'s the point of posting a thread saying it outperforms the 800E or any other camera for that matter
I still think it can probably be \"tamed\" using the shadow/highlight/DR adjustments, and of course the RAW is always a viable option. But, now you\'ve changed the dynamic of the comparison from a \"better than\" to a \"what the heck do you expect\".
I\'m good with the fact that it isn\'t going to be a D800E, it\'s foolish to think that it would be. But, imo, it is reasonable to judge it on it\'s own merit for taking a pretty routine snapshot ... and the guy chopping fish image is telling on the steep profile a bit. That doesn\'t make it inferior, just that the steep profile is something to be wary of when you use it and when you don\'t. I think Fuji\'s got it covered in their shadow/highlight/Dr adjustments, at least I\'d like to think so.
I\'ve been interested in the Fuji offerings for a while, and this thread still has me interested ... which is why I\'m \"digging deeper\" into it. Everything in photography is a series of tradeoffs and compromises to on varying degree or another. I think it is important to understand where/what those limits are, that\'s all ... otherwise you get severely disappointed.
allstarimaging wrote: Who cares about blown highlights on a travel snapshot.
Well, I think the thread was suggesting not that the XE-1 was superlative to the D800, but that it made a great alternative to toting the cadre of FF arsenal that we have for optimal imaging. I get that part, no problem.
But, if you are now saying that the XE-1 can\'t handle the DR from the beard to the fish (and it shouldn\'t really matter) ... then what\'s the point of posting a thread saying it outperforms the 800E or any other camera for that matter
I still think it can probably be \"tamed\" using the shadow/highlight/DR adjustments, and of course the RAW is always a viable option. But, now you\'ve changed the dynamic of the comparison from a \"better than\" to a \"what the heck do you expect\".
I\'m good with the fact that it isn\'t going to be a D800E, it\'s foolish to think that it would be. But, imo, it is reasonable to judge it on it\'s own merit for taking a pretty routine snapshot ... and the guy chopping fish image is telling on the steep profile a bit. That doesn\'t make it inferior, just that the steep profile is something to be wary of when you use it and when you don\'t. I think Fuji\'s got it covered in their shadow/highlight/Dr adjustments, at least I\'d like to think so.
Apr 11, 2013 at 03:37 PM
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