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On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 17:33:46 -0500, Alan Browne
<alan.browne@freelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
>RichA wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 11:17:19 -0500, Alan Browne
>> <alan.browne@freelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Happy Traveler wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Anti-shake is nice, but a $20 monopod accomplishes the same, if not better
>>>>results.
>>>>They need to release a truly competitive product to even have much appeal to
>>>>the Minolta community. I am not excited about spending $1300 (after rebate),
>>>>just to see my $600 85mm portrait lens turn into a cheap 135mm APS
>>>>appendage. And the 6MP resolution! Pocket digicams do better these days!
>>>
>>>
>>>Nice trolling, if complete BS.
>>>
>>>A-S (like VR or IS) is up to the photog to use or not use as may be
>>>appropriate to the situation).
>>>
>>>Detail?
>>>http
/www.aliasimages.com/images/KM7D/ColBill_SM.U.jpg
>>>
>>>Full size: (2.5 MB)
http/www.aliasimages.com/images/KM7D/ColBill_FD.U.jpg
>>>be sure to view at 100%.
>>>
>>>(Or a smaller crop from same:
>>>http
/www.aliasimages.com/images/KM7D/ColBill_FD.U.C.jpg )
>>>
>>>100 f/2.8 macro @ f/8.
>>>
>>>Pocket cams? With tiny sensors? I can only conclude that you have no
>>>idea what you're talking about.
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>Alan.
>>
>>
>> How's the Minolta for this;
>> One thing that really bugs me is the control of lack of control over
>> chromatic aberration that most cameras still exhibit. Whether it's
>> due to the CCD (doubtful) or the lens design, it's a pain. In Paint
>> Shop Pro 9 there is a function that removes it, and it works pretty
>> well, but you can only compensate for that bright-dark edge chromatic
>> aberration that sees the purple fringe attached to the edge. When it
>
>I've had one strange aberation to date. A thin, OOF branch against
>overexposed snow. The color of the branch is a deep red. (I didn't
>work these over, just a resize and light sharpen with USM):
>
>Blownout version (green in branches):
>http
/www.aliasimages.com/images/KM7D/PICT0981X.jpg
>
>Exposure corrected:
>http
/www.aliasimages.com/images/KM7D/PICT0982X.jpg
>
>> bleeds over into the dark areas of the image (tree branches against
>> the sky) there isn't much you can do. Until they really start using
>
>Here's a shot against the sky. JPG save was at large size, but lowest
>res as RAW was on too...
>http
/www.aliasimages.com/images/KM7D/PICT0958X.jpg
>
>> a lot more fluorite or fluorite-glass composites (like FPL-53) in
>> lenses (expensive, in any case) this problem will keep showing up.
>
>So far no real problems, but I'm still under 100 frames...
>
>Cheers,
>Alan
The second snow-branch shot looks fine, detail is restored to the
snow. The tree against the sky shows no aberrations.
-Rich