[hugin-ptx] Re: Canon 7D or SONY Alpha 850 - which one would you buy?

2009-10-04 Thread Milan Knížek
Yuval Levy píše v Ne 27. 09. 2009 v 13:07 -0400: What I notice looking at the beautiful movie you linked is that most of the shots are either not spontaneous; or if they are the camera is held like a DSLR and not like a camcorder. Many of the shots look as if the photographer (not

[hugin-ptx] Re: Canon 7D or SONY Alpha 850 - which one would you buy?

2009-10-04 Thread Yuval Levy
Milan Knížek wrote: The biggest problems are: excellent analysis. it seems that the Magic Lantern firmware for 5DMkII (and soon 7D) is trying to correct some of the software mistakes. For the hardware ones we can only hope that the manufacturers move faster along the learning curve. Yuv

[hugin-ptx] Re: Canon 7D or SONY Alpha 850 - which one would you buy?

2009-10-04 Thread allard
Hi Yuv, My views on the subject: -All the modern DSLRs are very good compared to what was around only a few years ago, let alone a decade ago. If you spend a bit of time thinking about your choice (as it seems you are), it's hard to make a bad one. -A good body is not much use if you don't have

[hugin-ptx] Re: Canon 7D or SONY Alpha 850 - which one would you buy?

2009-09-27 Thread dmg
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 10:51 PM, RizThon rizt...@gmail.com wrote: I don't understand why using a FF you'll have a better shallow depth of field effet? I have a 50mm 1.4 (but a 1.8 would already be enough) and it gives me great portrait...honestly, I just *love* that lens, and I can always

[hugin-ptx] Re: Canon 7D or SONY Alpha 850 - which one would you buy?

2009-09-27 Thread dmg
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 9:20 PM, RueiKe ruei...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi Daniel, I just tried Live View on the D3.  No impact on the mirror lock up. Too bad.  At high speed, it can induce significant camera shake. Rick I can confirm that the 1ds3 brackets up to 7 shots, from 1/3 to up to 3

[hugin-ptx] Re: Canon 7D or SONY Alpha 850 - which one would you buy?

2009-09-27 Thread RueiKe
I tried again on the D3 just to be sure. I verified that in live view mode, I can see the mirror moving for each photo when in CH and bracket mode. I will raise this question in the D3 flickr group to see if there is another approach. On Sep 27, 3:31 pm, dmg d...@uvic.ca wrote: On Sat, Sep

[hugin-ptx] Re: Canon 7D or SONY Alpha 850 - which one would you buy?

2009-09-27 Thread Yuval Levy
RizThon wrote: On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 04:21, Yuval Levy goo...@levy.ch wrote: Tim Nugent wrote: What do you need the high FPS for Yuv? fast moving subjects. action! So that wouldn't really be for taking panoramas I guess ^^ well, not only panoramas. one thing I found interesting in the

[hugin-ptx] Re: Canon 7D or SONY Alpha 850 - which one would you buy?

2009-09-27 Thread Yuval Levy
Hi Rick, RueiKe wrote: Even external camera control software, which should have a lot more flexibility, doesn't address the need (at least for Nikon). what external camera control software do you use, and what are you missing? Another aspect of bracketing that would be a factor for me

[hugin-ptx] Re: Canon 7D or SONY Alpha 850 - which one would you buy?

2009-09-27 Thread Tim Nugent
sell your video camera and just use the SLR for movies too. not yet. the current crop of SLRs are no good for movie making. They need a tiltable LCD display first. Check this out, I'd say SLRs are now good enough for making movies: http://www.vimeo.com/6501875 And of course you can use

[hugin-ptx] Re: Canon 7D or SONY Alpha 850 - which one would you buy?

2009-09-27 Thread Yuval Levy
Tim Nugent wrote: Check this out, I'd say SLRs are now good enough for making movies: http://www.vimeo.com/6501875 And of course you can use all your favourite lenses and do amazing things with depth of field. You can get video lenses that do all that but it would cost you an absolute

[hugin-ptx] Re: Canon 7D or SONY Alpha 850 - which one would you buy?

2009-09-27 Thread Andreas Metzler
Yuval Levy goo...@levy.ch wrote: Tim Nugent wrote: [...] sell your video camera and just use the SLR for movies too. not yet. the current crop of SLRs are no good for movie making. They need a tiltable LCD display first. ... which currently seems to reduce the selection to the Lumix GH1.

[hugin-ptx] Re: Canon 7D or SONY Alpha 850 - which one would you buy?

2009-09-27 Thread David Haberthür
Hello Rick On 27.09.2009, at 00:37, RueiKe wrote: Definitely disappointing that camera manufacturers still have not caught on to increased dynamic range work yet. Even external camera control software, which should have a lot more flexibility, doesn't address the need (at least for Nikon).

[hugin-ptx] Re: Canon 7D or SONY Alpha 850 - which one would you buy?

2009-09-26 Thread Yuval Levy
Don Holeman wrote: Maybe you should also ask at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canon_EOS_dSLR/ I would assume such a group to have, on average, a biased opinion and I am not looking for fan answers. Actually the best feedback I got so far is from Nikon users :) My approach is

[hugin-ptx] Re: Canon 7D or SONY Alpha 850 - which one would you buy?

2009-09-26 Thread Tim Nugent
What do you need the high FPS for Yuv? If you're on a cropped sensor I'd say the logical upgrade is to full frame, particularly as you'll get a lot more width for shooting panos, so 5Dmark2 or D700 (although a D700x/s is rumoured). Too help fund it you could also sell your video camera and just

[hugin-ptx] Re: Canon 7D or SONY Alpha 850 - which one would you buy?

2009-09-26 Thread Yuval Levy
Tim Nugent wrote: What do you need the high FPS for Yuv? fast moving subjects. action! If you're on a cropped sensor I'd say the logical upgrade is to full frame not necessarily. for spherical panoramas FF has less angular resolution at equal megapixel count. that said, full frame is very

[hugin-ptx] Re: Canon 7D or SONY Alpha 850 - which one would you buy?

2009-09-26 Thread Yuval Levy
Hi Rick, RueiKe wrote: What type of bracketing capabilities do the A850D and the 7D have? the usual, plain, boring -2/0/+2 AEB. there are, of course, workarounds, but I am really fed up of camera manufacturers not understanding such a basic need and implementing such a simple function as

[hugin-ptx] Re: Canon 7D or SONY Alpha 850 - which one would you buy?

2009-09-26 Thread D M German
Yuval I would assume such a group to have, on average, a biased opinion and I Yuval am not looking for fan answers. Actually the best feedback I got so far Yuval is from Nikon users :) Hi Yuv, Most of use are biased... because we don't use both cameras most of the time. I personally

[hugin-ptx] Re: Canon 7D or SONY Alpha 850 - which one would you buy?

2009-09-26 Thread RueiKe
Hi Yuv, Definitely disappointing that camera manufacturers still have not caught on to increased dynamic range work yet. Even external camera control software, which should have a lot more flexibility, doesn't address the need (at least for Nikon). Another aspect of bracketing that would be a

[hugin-ptx] Re: Canon 7D or SONY Alpha 850 - which one would you buy?

2009-09-26 Thread dmg
Definitely disappointing that camera manufacturers still have not caught on to increased dynamic range work yet.  Even external camera control software, which should have a lot more flexibility, doesn't address the need (at least for Nikon). Another aspect of bracketing that would be a

[hugin-ptx] Re: Canon 7D or SONY Alpha 850 - which one would you buy?

2009-09-26 Thread J. Schneider
Pentax has IMO the so far best implementation, but is also limited (reduced x range). My (outdated) K10D makes 5 steps of 2EV maximum. Joachim --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups hugin and other free

[hugin-ptx] Re: Canon 7D or SONY Alpha 850 - which one would you buy?

2009-09-26 Thread RueiKe
Hi Daniel, I just tried Live View on the D3. No impact on the mirror lock up. Too bad. At high speed, it can induce significant camera shake. Rick On Sep 27, 6:46 am, dmg d...@uvic.ca wrote: Definitely disappointing that camera manufacturers still have not caught on to increased dynamic

[hugin-ptx] Re: Canon 7D or SONY Alpha 850 - which one would you buy?

2009-09-26 Thread RizThon
On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 04:21, Yuval Levy goo...@levy.ch wrote: Tim Nugent wrote: What do you need the high FPS for Yuv? fast moving subjects. action! So that wouldn't really be for taking panoramas I guess ^^ Also be carefull, sometimes it's written something like 7 images per seconds *

[hugin-ptx] Re: Canon 7D or SONY Alpha 850 - which one would you buy?

2009-09-26 Thread RizThon
As for Canon VS Nikon lenses, unless you prefer a body from one or the other brand, I feel like Nikon bodies and lenses are more expensive...I still own a Nikon though and probably won't change because of the few lenses I already have. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You

[hugin-ptx] Re: Canon 7D or SONY Alpha 850 - which one would you buy?

2009-09-25 Thread Don Holeman
Maybe you should also ask at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canon_EOS_dSLR/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

[hugin-ptx] Re: Canon 7D or SONY Alpha 850 - which one would you buy?

2009-09-25 Thread RueiKe
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.