Rob, I think you're after higher resolution than I am for my real estate
purposes... However, I find the E-1 with the 7-14 lens doesn't have much
competition. When working inside a home, super-wide angle seems to be more
important than shift lens functionality. With enough megapixels to throw
away, digital image perspective correction works well for interiors. The E-1
so far for me is more enjoyable & effective to use than the 5D. Even the
"now free" ability to get higher resolution from the E-300 vs. the E-1 is
seldom useful enough to _me_ that I would make the trade off of swapping the
ergonomics of the E-1 for the higher resolution of the E-300.
I believe you've regularly used strobe/continuous lighting for your
architecture shots. If you use strobe lights, you'll probably want wireless
(not optical) flash slave triggers. Mike pointed out to me that C*non uses
optical while N*kon uses RF. I wanted to use my Zuikos so I went with a full
frame C*non digital and the rather expensive route of used Quantum flash.
Quantum doesn't seem to have very good compatability with Olympus but that
isn't too important for architecture since most of the flash setup I do is
manual anyway. Chuck seems to use a flash meter to set his shots up with
excellent results. The instant preview of digital for lighting could
justify getting an E-camera just for setting up lights.
Using a digital camera eliminates most of the time spent removing dust from
scans. More time can be spent on other more interesting aspects of image
adjustments.
Even the Zuiko 18mm on the 5D doesn't seem wide enough. I suspect that the
Sigma 12-24 could replace the D.Zuiko 7-14 but it would probably limit the
resolution of the full frame digital down to that of the E-System ... but
the weight and size of the C*non wouldn't be reduced :( I haven't been
able to find a mid range zoom for the 5D that I'm confident wouldn't have
too much of a compromise. I've yet to get an autofocus lens for my 5D, but I
got the camera mainly to use with my Zuikos (high ISO digital film).
My rather vague imression is that I can manually focus an E-system camera
easier than I can focus the 5D.
Although I don't consider these great shots, they provide a sample of what I
recently kept.
http://www.julianalee.com/homes/2006/albacore_ln_126/index.htm
I used both the 5D and E-1. The 18mm on the 5D just couldn't quite get the
kitchen. The somewhat dark interior, with some black furniture, and bright
light from a west facing sliding door, forced the use of flash and some very
minimal correction in photoshop. The wireless trigger was necessary to light
up the inside of the house when shooting the entrance.
Good luck sorting out what is most important to yourself.
-jeff
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From: ScottGee1 <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx>
--snip
Of course you may be able to justify a dSLR purchase just to offset
film, processing and scanning costs. BTW, I'd definitely go with
Walt's deal over the one offered by your other friend. He has to find
some way to offset the $$ spent on that SSR. ;o)
Given that you're an architect and architecture is one of your main
subjects, a 5D with a 24mm T/S lens (though it's not AF) could be very
useful, especially if you get good at stitching.
my two lux worth/ScottGee1
On 7/18/06, Rob Harrison <robhar@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to print up a 8.5 x 11 portfolio of photos for the local
chapter
> of the AIA, for prospective clients to view in the AIA office.
>
-- snip
>
> I could get a film scanner--the 5000ED with roll film adapter for
> example--and scan the film myself. Or I can hire my friend to do the
> scanning on his 900ED at about $15/scan for a 24MB+ scan, if I agree to
do
> 150 scans over the next couple years. That is, if I pay him $2,000 up
front
> he'll do 150 scans for me. In terms of actually getting the work done
this
> seems liike a pretty good deal, since the major investment for me is not
the
> hardware, but the time it will take to do the scanning--especially if I
have
> one of my employees do it. I may want to invest in a film scanner as
well,
> for my own personal explorations, but that's kind of a different issue.
>
--snip
>
> So anyway, Cameta has an E-1 kit with 14-54 lens and battery grip for
$949,
> counting the $50 rebate on the lens.... I am sorely tempted..... But does
it
> make any sense at all to invest in an E-1 at this point? I'm really
liking
> the look of the Panas*nic L1, which seems to be basically an E-330 with a
> Le*ca lens. And the 5D is down to about $2500 for the body.... But I know
> I'm going to want AF lenses, so it's looking like a new system could be
on
> the horizon.
>
> Rob in Seattle
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