One more (Still playing with the G9)
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solarbirdStill in JPG mode, but here are some actual pixels cropped 1:1 from a 3000x4000 original, along with a (recompressed and severely reduced) original so you can see the relative size of the crop.
This first one is recompressed with Preview, so it's a simple recompression, not a smart one like, say, ImageReady would make.
Tree and Ravine (scale reference)
Actual pixels of a smallish region, original file (JPEG), uncompressed and (but?) cropped:
Tree and Ravine, 1:1 actual pixel crop
Autofocus, daylight. I don't remember whether this was ISO200 or ISO400 - I think I took one at 200 and one at 400 but can't tell any difference. Anyway, it was a quick snapshot during music yesterday while somebody was tuning. It was raining, and a dark afternoon. Shutter speed about 1/50th of a second.
This first one is recompressed with Preview, so it's a simple recompression, not a smart one like, say, ImageReady would make.
Tree and Ravine (scale reference)
Actual pixels of a smallish region, original file (JPEG), uncompressed and (but?) cropped:
Tree and Ravine, 1:1 actual pixel crop
Autofocus, daylight. I don't remember whether this was ISO200 or ISO400 - I think I took one at 200 and one at 400 but can't tell any difference. Anyway, it was a quick snapshot during music yesterday while somebody was tuning. It was raining, and a dark afternoon. Shutter speed about 1/50th of a second.
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Date: 2007-10-02 08:09 pm (UTC)Incidentally I'm sure you know this already but I would definitely recommend using raw format, since the camera supports it. Using raw format means you can ignore half the camera settings (white balance, sharpness, etc) as they have no effect on the raw data. The full 12-bit range also gives you more room to recover pictures that are exposed slightly incorrectly, allowing more leeway to (e.g.) set to EV -0.5 or -1 if you're out in daylight and it keeps blowing out the sky.
But the biggest bonus is, no fiddling with the camera other than basic settings (iso, aperture). Fiddle with it when you get back, and only for the pictures that were good enough to be worth treating. :)
Canon's free Digital Photo Professional raw processing software is a bit lacking but generally OK; I use it. Sadly they have fixed the amusing spelling mistake that appeared in an earlier release, where the 'grid' button was labelled 'glid'... yep, really. and people wonder why stereotypes exist... :)
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Date: 2007-10-02 08:37 pm (UTC)Scale reference:
http://solarbird.net/Livejournal/2k7-10/tree-and-ravine.jpg
or
http://web.murkworks.net/~kahvi/Livejournal/2k7-10/tree-and-ravine.jpg
Pixel view:
http://solarbird.net/Livejournal/2k7-10/tree-and-ravine-pixel.jpg
or
http://web.murkworks.net/~kahvi/Livejournal/2k7-10/tree-and-ravine-pixel.jpg
You're on a Mac, right? I was wondering about the Canon software. I use iPhoto to collect my photos, installing their weird software won't break that, will it? Ever since I had one camera management software (on Windows) take over ALL CONTROL OVER ALL .JPG FILES I haven't trusted anybody. ^_^
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Date: 2007-10-02 10:32 pm (UTC)I'll be switching to Lightroom once I get a new computer (faster, more RAM, and with the required OS version; I'm obviously waiting for the new release). I expect that to be significantly better than DPP :) But DPP is ok really.
If iPhoto doesn't support raw files (I have no idea) you probably don't want to put those in it anyway. One possibility is to use Canon's utilities to organise your raw files by date then save out the processed jpegs into a folder that iphoto manages.
As for your image files, web.murkworks.net? Works fine (and the pictures look fine, now I can see them). solarbird.net? Still does nothing. Looks like DNS. Don't know whether it is mine or yours.
deedlit:~ sam$ host solarbird.net
Host solarbird.net not found: 2(SERVFAIL)
deedlit:~ sam$ host murkworks.net
murkworks.net has address 209.20.199.10
murkworks.net mail is handled by 10 mail.murkworks.net.
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Date: 2007-10-03 02:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-03 07:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-03 10:30 pm (UTC)