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 10/20/2004 07:24:11 AM · #1
After my disappointment at the way I failed to capture what I wanted for the "Team Sports" challenge with the Fuji. I took the chance to try again under the same conditions but this time with the 20D and the 70-200L F4 lens.
These shots are with the camera hand held at ISO 1600 which allowed me so much more scope than last time.Some shots did have a bit of motion blurring, but under the conditions, I was delighted with the results and provided you don`t oversharpen then there is little evidence of noise in the images.
I even managed to get one of the images used for the official website report on the game..if you`re interested click here
Roll on the next "Team sports" challenge.

10/20/2004 07:28:13 AM · #2
At that ISO 1600, they are amazingly clear!!
 10/20/2004 07:31:31 AM · #3
Great pictures Gordon,
I guess she is going to see even less of you now :)
 10/20/2004 07:32:48 AM · #4
Originally posted by brownt:
At that ISO 1600, they are amazingly clear!!

Far better than I was expecting Terry,bearing in mind that the camera wasn`t on a tripod..makes me wonder what sort of shots I would get on a nice sunny day with the scope to be able to raise the shutter speed.
 10/20/2004 07:39:53 AM · #5
great photo's and hardly any noise, FYI photography monthly is reviewing the 20d this month - some stunning photo's
 10/20/2004 07:54:40 AM · #6
Originally posted by peecee:
Great pictures Gordon,
I guess she is going to see even less of you now :)


Ironically, I`ve had much less time for photography since getting the new kit Paul...mainly because I`ve had to be a good boy and get all my long overdue chores done as a payback for the pressie. :)

Tony, I`ll keep a look out for that..thanks.
 10/20/2004 08:21:15 AM · #7
I am Sooo jealous.
I'll have to wait a while before I can get one of those babies. Maybe the Rebel replacement might be worth waiting for.
Great shots!
 10/20/2004 08:29:18 AM · #8
Originally posted by aKiwi:
I am Sooo jealous.
I'll have to wait a while before I can get one of those babies. Maybe the Rebel replacement might be worth waiting for.
Great shots!


Peter, from what I see of your portfolio..your doing pretty well without it!!
Some great stuff there.
 10/20/2004 09:06:27 AM · #9
That is fantastic at ISO 1600.... I want one!!!!!!

10/20/2004 09:14:04 AM · #10
Thanks for the shots, Graham. Now I want a 20D even more than I already did!
 10/20/2004 09:18:06 AM · #11
2 great shots Gordon, ya gotta be happy with them!
 10/20/2004 09:23:47 AM · #12
Originally posted by Gurilla:
2 great shots Gordon, ya gotta be happy with them!

I`m delighted with the quality rather than the technical aspects of the shots Bob. As my purpose last night was to test the equipment and little more, but there`s no doubt an ordinary image is improved immensely with this kit.
 10/20/2004 09:39:12 AM · #13
can you post a link to one of them full size (or close?) - feel free to put a watermark on top of it. i would just like to see what noise does come up on the full size as resizing down often hides a lot of flaws.

thanks for your time and nice shots!
 10/20/2004 10:11:47 AM · #14
Originally posted by blurry_image:
can you post a link to one of them full size (or close?) - feel free to put a watermark on top of it. i would just like to see what noise does come up on the full size as resizing down often hides a lot of flaws.

thanks for your time and nice shots!


I don`t have a website that I could link you to but I`m willing to send you a full size version via mail if you are able to handle that?
 10/20/2004 10:14:55 AM · #15
Gordon, maybe just chop out 640px by 640px from the original?
 10/20/2004 10:30:47 AM · #16
Originally posted by PaulMdx:
Gordon, maybe just chop out 640px by 640px from the original?


Will do..watch this space..............

Here`s a 640x640 of the original...had to get rid of some of my portfolio images to make room for it as I`m just about at the limit.

I`ve added another 640x640 section from the other image which doesn`t suffer so much from camera shake and gives you a truer reflction of the noise.

Images now removed to make space on my portfolio

Message edited by author 2004-10-25 06:38:28.
 10/20/2004 10:47:52 AM · #17
Originally posted by geewhy:
Originally posted by blurry_image:
can you post a link to one of them full size (or close?) - feel free to put a watermark on top of it. i would just like to see what noise does come up on the full size as resizing down often hides a lot of flaws.

thanks for your time and nice shots!


I don`t have a website that I could link you to but I`m willing to send you a full size version via mail if you are able to handle that?


Gordon

If you e-mail the full size ones to me, I can put them up on my //www.brownt.co.uk site??
 10/20/2004 10:55:52 AM · #18
Originally posted by brownt:
Originally posted by geewhy:
Originally posted by blurry_image:
can you post a link to one of them full size (or close?) - feel free to put a watermark on top of it. i would just like to see what noise does come up on the full size as resizing down often hides a lot of flaws.

thanks for your time and nice shots!


I don`t have a website that I could link you to but I`m willing to send you a full size version via mail if you are able to handle that?


Gordon

If you e-mail the full size ones to me, I can put them up on my //www.brownt.co.uk site??

Thanks for the offer Terry, I`ve posted a 640x640 section but would be happy to take you up on the offer should anybody want that.
 10/20/2004 01:28:57 PM · #19
Does the L glass have anything to do with reduced grain?
 10/20/2004 01:42:26 PM · #20
Originally posted by GoldBerry:
Does the L glass have anything to do with reduced grain?

That`s a good question..not being an expert on this, I wouldn`t like to hazard a guess on on how much(if any)effect the quality of the lens has on reducing the noise in the image.
Perhaps someone better qualified to answer this might be able to explain ?
 10/20/2004 01:46:07 PM · #21
Here's my estimation on lens affecting noise:

All the lens does is directs light onto the sensor. On a cheap lens this is done badly, on an expensive lens this is done well (with relation to sharpness and distortion). However the light is directed it still hits the sensor in an essentially uniform manner. Hence, L glass does not reduce noise.

Edit: Corrected typo.

Message edited by author 2004-10-20 13:47:34.
 10/20/2004 02:08:21 PM · #22
wow,, that is 100 times better than the 10d @ 1600! thx for posting
 10/20/2004 02:09:45 PM · #23
Originally posted by GoldBerry:
Does the L glass have anything to do with reduced grain?


No
 10/20/2004 02:22:10 PM · #24
surely you used something to clean up the noise...like neat image or noise ninja...right?
10/20/2004 02:31:00 PM · #25
Originally posted by markmyshots:
surely you used something to clean up the noise...like neat image or noise ninja...right?


Not a thing...the 640x640 crops are from the original image.
The processed images were adjusted for contrast and sharpened but nothing else
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