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Hi Tom, could you provide some information on the saturation/contrast settings you used for all the flower shots?
Thanks!
E-300 and ED 50mm f/2.0 Macro Test Shots
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Hi Tom, could you provide some information on the saturation/contrast settings you used for all the flower shots?
Thanks!
For the first set of flowers/cats shots, I had set the camera to default for saturation and sharpness and +1 for contrast.tert said:
For the second set of flowers shots, I had used -1 for saturation and -1 for contrast because I wanted to try out somebody's recommendation on dpreview. He had used these settings because he wanted to minimised the 'Sony' kind of effects (whatever that means).
Which do you think is better?
tomcat said:
The saturation on the first batch of flower pictures were a bit of an overkill for me. The second batch looks more comfortable for my taste.
In addition to Adam-T's (of dpreview review fame) comments on the desonyfication of the e300, I found this thread by both Ben Hermann and Adam-T to be of great value. See here. According to them, the apparent softness of the kit lens is due to the very lo(/u)ssy jpeg conversion algorithm within the e300. The camera is apparently a different beast when you shoot in RAW.
Somehow I am a little sad that "superb straight out of camera" feature on the E1 was not replicated on the e300.
I thought what they said was that it was the RAW conversion with ACR v2.4 beta that made the E-300 a different beast. I take it that they mean that ACR v2.4 is a much better RAW converter than Olympus Master or Olympus Studio which they must have used previously to convert RAW images taken by the E-300.tert said:
Personally, I think the default settings of the E-300 is a bit strong too just like in the case of the Canon 300D as compared to the 10D. As this is a newly launched camera, some experimenting with the settings would be needed by the users to get the type of out-of-camera image quality that they desire.
I agree that the colours in second batch of test shots were more natural too. They could probably be improved further with some more customising of the settings. In any case, I usually prefers to shot RAW and I am very happy that ACR v2.4 does such a good job in converting RAW from the E-300.
I believe they might likely be talking about jpegs and in-camera processing, evident from this quote from the thread: "Sheesh do Oly need to get with the Program and release some decent in-camera processing firmware for the E300 .."
Remember Jono Slack, the jpeg lover of the E1? I woud love to hear what he has to say.
Remember Jono Slack, the jpeg lover of the E1? I woud love to hear what he has to say.
After reading the glowing reports on the use of the new Adobe Camera Raw v2.4 to convert the RAW images from the E-300, I gave it a try and ... WOW !! What a improvement in image quality !!
These are some of the new pics taken in RAW and converted by ACR 2.4:
These are some of the new pics taken in RAW and converted by ACR 2.4:
Could I trouble you to take a shot with both RAW and JPEG(@SHQ). I've tried it and just can't see the difference leh...
But hot damn! That flower shot is superb!
Damn...Should I get this lens or the 50-200 F3.5-5.6?
But hot damn! That flower shot is superb!
Damn...Should I get this lens or the 50-200 F3.5-5.6?
love the sharpness, details and colors of the cat pics well done! How's the autofocussing speed for non-macro distances?
well done! How's the autofocussing speed for non-macro distances?- Status
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