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Re: [OM] IMG: More from the E-1

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: More from the E-1
From: Philippe <photo.philippe.amard@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 08:26:58 +0200
If it’s colours you’re after, it’s fuji these days.

Well, from what I see, and not read, here and there.

But I like your takes all the same :-)

Amities
Philippe


> Le 25 oct. 2017 à 06:43, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> 
> I was such a fool. On Sunday, after I vowed to make it an "E-1
> Weekend", I took the 6D up the valley instead. I had a specific shot
> in mind that needed the higher resolution, but didn't want to carry
> two cameras down the slippery trail.
> 
> The B&W picture turned out very well, but the color shots are garbage.
> I finally loaded up DPP on my computer to see if I can get better
> conversions with the Canon software than Lightroom. The short answer
> is that the colors are better, but everything else crunches up in such
> a way that what was pixel-sharp is now mush buckets of crud. Even
> though the colors are better, they aren't E-1 colors.
> 
> When you shoot a normal scene and subject the files to normal
> processing to get a normal picture, just about every camera gives you
> pretty much the same results. But crank the volume knob to 11 and
> watch how much the 6D files fall apart. The E-3 files fall apart. The
> L1 files struggle a bit. But the E-1 files will take any abuse you
> give them and they still scream for more leather and chains. The 6D
> files are simply uncontrolled in the blues and oranges. They'll find
> blues and oranges where they don't exist. The whites turn orange, the
> shadows turn blue. But greens and reds are either non-existent or they
> are artificial. The E-1 lives and breathes the primary colors, but
> scream greens and reds. If there is an ounce of green or red in the
> scene, the E-1 will find it and exploit it. The 6D isn't able to find
> a green or red even if you pour paint all over the camera.
> 
> While I like the 6D for some stuff, and I've been shooting some
> gob-smacking beautiful pictures with it, the processing is very
> hit-and-miss. It's a brutal exercise to bend the files to my liking
> and interpret the scenes in ways that I prefer to see the world. The
> E-1 it ain't.
> 
> Saturday's picture of the X5 in the snow is a perfect example. The
> gradients are so smooth with the E-1 pictures, but the 6D rendition of
> that would have had a blown out orange blob where the sun is and a
> blue cast everywhere else.
> 
> As soon as we get our finances into positive territory (moving halfway
> across the world isn't cheep and going a month without a paycheck is
> tough), I'll gladly offload the 6D and get something else. I love the
> resolution and the see-in-the-dark capability of the camera, but that
> CMOS sensor just doesn't see the world the way I see the world.
> 
> Jim's pictures would be nearly impossible to get colors like that with
> the 6D unless you slit your wrists first to get the reds to pop with
> your blood.
> 
> AG Schnozz
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