Chris writes:
> the blues are beautiful. But this is only conjecture on my part and
> some spoilsports on the List have suggested that it is deficient
> metering or vignetting that is deepening the skies on my photos ;-).
I actually have come to like the vignetting effect of the XA. And, I do
think the XA lens results in nice colors. Thinking about it, it is probably
the lack of the proverbial 1A filter that has lots to do with it.
Speaking of the vignetting, if you do low color depth scans for web page
purposes, the effect becomes very noticable. The two XA shots of one of my
old trucks on the following web page really illustrate the vignetting:
http://people.atl.mediaone.net/abarrow/townwgn/
It was noticable on the prints, but in the scans it really jumps out. (These
were just grab shots before I bought the truck, not intended to have
artistic content...)
My XA is now MIA, and I really want to replace it, but keep thinking that
the stylus would be more practical. I bought my kids a stylus, and have
considered the (non-zoom) stylus epic for it's faster lens and spot
capability for a "leave it in the car just in case something interesting
shows up" camera. But given some of the recent comments about the epic, I
may have to reconsider.
Back to the original comment about filters and their (negative) effects, I
had to pocket my protective filters when shooting craftsman houses today....
I felt compromised leaving them on, but had fallen in the habit of always
using "protection" except when flare was likely to be an issue.
See ya,
Alan Barrow
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