Well I do see a difference on my screens, both of which are calibrated, but
it is a subtle one. I was going to ask the same question as Windsor
regarding consistency between images from each card. As it is subtle is it
possible that the flash color temp varies with each shot? That wouldn't
affect or cause a change in sharpness though, which to me was visible but
still subtle between the samples.
I think it is worth further investigation if only for the sake of your
workflow. I doubt that it will have much of an effect on your sales. Perhaps
standardization on one brand/model/type of card will be end benefit to the
process.
Dan S.
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of AG Schnozz
Subject: [OM] CF Card Shootout
I was photographing a whole bunch of portraits a couple of weeks ago and I
noticed that there was a slight colorcast difference in the images after I
changed CF cards. This got me wondering so I used my studio gear in the
basement and one of my daughters posed for me.
Three CF storage cards were used:
1. Lexar 1GB 40x WA
2. Sandisk 1GB standard card (blue/red label) 3. Hitachi 4GB Microdrive.
The theory is that digital data is digital data and shouldn't be effected by
the storage media itself as long as all the bits get stored. However, as any
true audiofile knows, not all CDs or CD players are created equal. For
example, using a green felt-tip marker on the edges of a CD will usually
improve the audio quality a touch. Before now, I have never seen CF cards
compared for image fidelity--only speed.
<SNIP>
No, I haven't had a chance yet to test these cards in other cameras.
AG-Schnozz
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