What type of bracketing capabilities do the A850D and the 7D have? I heard that the Canons have only a max of 3 steps, but maybe this is only consumer level. The Nikons support 3, 5, 7, and 9 steps at a max increment of 1EV, while I heard that Pentax supports 2EV increments, but only 3 steps. Have you considered the Nikon D3 (or D700)? It has excellent high ISO noise performance and prices have really come down.
Next question would be what is the best lens for high resolution panos? I am using the Voigtlander 20mm Color Skopar almost exclusively now. Very compact and great CA performance. Regards, Rick On Sep 26, 10:45 am, Yuval Levy <goo...@levy.ch> wrote: > Hi all, > > This time I *must* upgrade my kit. It's a requirement for a job I landed > and the budget pays for it. HDR, partial panoramas, long focal distance. > > I currently use a Canon 350D. From the pre-digital era I am a long time > Minolta user and have some good glass, flash, accessories. > > In the meantime Minolta sold to SONY and the Alpha 850 seems a nice > proposition (with reservation about the brand. The memory stick stuff is > pathetic). > > My 350D kit was used mainly for the production of web-based material, > particularly full spherical panoramas (7000x3500). It's still the old > Sigma 8mm F/4, complemented with very cheap Sigma APS-C lenses just to > have something in the range up to 200mm for the occasional use (and with > Hugin I can nicely correct them to perfect rectilinear). > > Besides the specific job, my interests have shifted to higher > resolutions (large prints) and partial multi-row panoramas for large > prints, so I will want better glass than I have now in the range of > 20mm-200mm. I still do web-based full sphericals occasionally and if I > had to change something for that application it would rather be the lens > than the camera body. > > From my starting point I'd have to shell out more money on the Canon to > reach the same quality of glass as on the SONY (and if I did, I could as > well go 5D MkII?) - and that extra money is not in the budget. The body > (including 5D MkII if I wanted) is. > > What I like about the 7D is 8FPS continuous mode and 1.0x viewfinder > magnification. > > The a850 has only 3FPS (but is full frame, and the a900, which I also > could still get through the budget, has 5FPS which is better than the 5D > MkII). > > What worries me a little about the a850 (and a900) is the noise at high > ISO (compared to the 5D MkII). But isn't that an even bigger problem for > the 7D (with 18mpx crammed on an APS-C sensor)? Anybody has some > experience in low light with the SONYs? > > Exposure Bracketing seems to be a weakness of both contenders. I had > considered a Pentax K-7, but that would be a completely new system with > plenty of components to buy right from the start, not just the body. And > there would be other brands and models to consider too. I am open for > suggestions. > > Has anybody made any experience with SONY Alpha 550 and its HDR mode? > but anyway, it is not present on the a850 (nor on the a950). > > Which brings me back to the original choice: Canon 7D or SONY Alpha 850? > > Yuv --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hugin and other free panoramic software" group. A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ To post to this group, send email to hugin-ptx@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hugin-ptx-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
