Anyone having Thom Hogan's Guide to S5 Pro?

eejal · 4th March 2009

Wondering if anyone bought this Guide for S5 Pro by Thom Hogan.
Read reviews about it, can be quite informative for new learners like me.

smile_gerard · 4th March 2009

Thought i should share some of my findings....

http://www.normankoren.com/zonesystem.html
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tu...stograms.shtml

jacob · 4th March 2009

nope. thought of getting it sometime ago but never get. seems too Xpensive.

smile_gerard · 4th March 2009

Maybe we should all chip in and "share" lol

eejal · 4th March 2009

I don't mind..

Gerard...can i tumpang u? heheh...

smile_gerard · 4th March 2009

Nono we tompang the TS and then test out our cam's on every single page =)

eejal · 4th March 2009

Originally Posted by smile_gerard

Nono we tompang the TS and then test out our cam's on every single page =)

sweet...

KopiOkaya · 4th March 2009

I have the Thom Hogan's S5 Pro guide.

An extremely technical book. It has 57 pages on the topic of 'what is a DSLR?' alone. If 653 of text-laden pages is what you will love to read (a Potter fan maybe), then this E-book is for you. If not, just attend our F.U.N. outings and read online articles. I can guarantee you will learn more this way.

Whenever I can't sleep, this guide will always takes me to slumberland.

wheresmycheese · 4th March 2009

Originally Posted by smile_gerard

Nono we tompang the TS and then test out our cam's on every single page =)

nice one!!

nakedtoes · 4th March 2009

Originally Posted by KopiOkaya

I have the Thom Hogan's S5 Pro guide.

An extremely technical book. It has 57 pages on the topic of 'what is a DSLR?' alone. If 653 of text-laden E-book is what you will love to read (a Potter fan maybe), then this book is for you. If not, just attend our F.U.N. outings and read online articles. I can guarantee you will learn more this way.

Whenever I can't sleep, this guide will always takes me to slumberland.

eejal · 4th March 2009

Originally Posted by KopiOkaya

I have the Thom Hogan's S5 Pro guide.

An extremely technical book. It has 57 pages on the topic of 'what is a DSLR?' alone. If 653 of text-laden E-book is what you will love to read (a Potter fan maybe), then this book is for you. If not, just attend our F.U.N. outings and read online articles. I can guarantee you will learn more this way.

Whenever I can't sleep, this guide will always takes me to slumberland.

that's what i need!!
something that can make me sleep in peace...

can sell me a copy?

KopiOkaya · 5th March 2009

Originally Posted by eejal

can sell me a copy?

Sure..... Contact Thom.

One thing good about buying from Thom is that he will keep your name in his emailing list. Furthermore, he will provide "unofficial" tech support to his customers.

smile_gerard · 5th March 2009

I could use some help on the S5... Don't know why but i keep getting the feeling i get sharper pictures from my d70....

Excel-glsi · 5th March 2009

Just increase the sharpness in ur S5.. tat should do the trick...

smile_gerard · 5th March 2009

Originally Posted by Excel-glsi

Just increase the sharpness in ur S5.. tat should do the trick...

Thanks i'll give it a try... I remember reading somewhere in the forum about not sharpening as when print outs will be bad... Oh well i'll search more....

jacob · 5th March 2009

Originally Posted by smile_gerard

Thanks i'll give it a try... I remember reading somewhere in the forum about not sharpening as when print outs will be bad... Oh well i'll search more....

when u r shooting above iso400 dun use sharpening.

wheresmycheese · 5th March 2009

Originally Posted by smile_gerard

I could use some help on the S5... Don't know why but i keep getting the feeling i get sharper pictures from my d70....

nikons my D40x and my D80 before are all sharper than my fuji s5pro. but i think its ok la.. dun pixel peep. when you print them out, i think it doesnt matter on top of it. you can do some unsharp masking in PS

and jacob is right. anything above iso400 just use std.

iso 800 and med sharpen haha you will start seeing thigns at 100% crop :P

smile_gerard · 5th March 2009

So to put it simple,
400 and below can sharpen as much as i want...
Anything above just leave as std...?

KopiOkaya · 5th March 2009

Originally Posted by smile_gerard

So to put it simple,
400 and below can sharpen as much as i want...
Anything above just leave as std...?

According to Thom Hogan (in summary):

JPEG ISO 400 and above - no sharpening
JPEG below ISO 400 - STD or MEDIUM HARD. (if you use any of Film Simulation Modes, set sharpness to '0')
RAF - No sharpening in camera. Use software (such as Lightroom or Photoshop) to sharpen. Use High-pass sharpening whenever possible.

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