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    Knockin' out a nooner?

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    Quote Originally Posted by rot View Post
    Not to worry man. I had a Fuji that went dead on boot last spring so it just sits there. Been spending some time on Sunday shooting at the Iceplex during hockey practice. My son plays sled hockey and has a very expressive face..so maybe I can grab a moment of angst on his face through his gear.
    Anyway, I have been using the Minolta 303si. I shot the roll and some guy wanted me to shoot his son...out of film I felt like a POS.
    Puck that.

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    Cool stuff, but sorry about having to resort to film. Spent a lifetime in the celluloids, and don't miss it one bit. Very high regard for it still, but man, what work and expense.

    Hope you'll share the good shots. ;)

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    I dicked around a bit on the test forum before going into an upload frenzy.
    Q. Was this an impluse buy based on an 0rt thread? A. Yeppers..damn right.
    Q. Do you know what you are doing? A. Well..the jury is still out on that.
    Q. Could this be fun? A. Yep..damn right... up there with crankin up old r&r utoobs.
    Have not had a whole lot of time with it yet, but it is damn cool from what little I know.
    Screwed around with the ISO settings abit last evening. Pretty effin cool how much light the sob can find at dusk.
    Got a book on digital cameras so I could be dangerous down the road a bit.

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    3 Islanders with the same camera. Cool! How's the shutter lag?

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    Quote Originally Posted by KG4CGC View Post
    3 Islanders with the same camera. Cool! How's the shutter lag?
    Not too bad... But, not up to DSLR snuff. Manual claims 1.3 frames / sec which seems about right. The one problem I've seen so far is the autofocus -- in certain circumstances, it'll hunt and can fail completely. Low light and shooting through (dirty) glass seems to confuse it. I hope Terry doesn't have too much trouble with this on his hockey shots.

    Spent yesterday at the Denver zoo with it -- the place was PACKED, so I didn't play as much as I would have liked, but I'll put some shots up on Flickr after I do some minor tweaking. Daughter had her D300 w/ 18-200 VR (she gets all the good stuff), so I'll have to borrow her card and see if we got any similar shots for comparison. That oughtta be depressing, eh?

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    I've binked around a bit in the sports mode and it doesn't seem to be a problem. They are still learning basic skills so we are not looking at blistering action photos. As far as the sled hockey goes the first demanding skill is uprighting yourself once you fall over...the kayak effect..lots of ice floundering and pissed off faces.
    Hottest action shot so far.
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    :rofl:

    Glad to hear it's working out! Would it be difficult to get above the glass? (Just wondering... that would probably put you farther away, but that lens should be able to handle it.)

    Here's some "Boo at the Zoo" shots from yesterday:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/tatanka...7625279240238/

    Posted to Flickr in case anyone's into pixel peeping (full size shots posted). "Boo" is the Denver Zoo's annual Halloween deal and the place was really packed -- I think we parked about a mile from the entrance. They have a bunch of places set up so the kidaloos can do their trick-or-treating inside the zoo -- it's incredibly popular. I should have spent more time taking pictures of people. Some of the costumes were pretty outrageous.

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    Comparison shots

    Here's the SX30 compared (somewhat) to my daughter's Nikon D300 DSLR with a Nikkor 18-200 VR lens (~ $2,500 new, but she shoots weddings). We weren't attempting a shootout here -- these are just four similar pics that we both ended up with. SX30 was set to "Vivid color." No post-processing done on any of these; just resizing to fit the forum. If I did this right, you can click on the pictures to get the original (Caution - large files!). EXIF data should be intact.

    Tiger, SX30:


    Tiger, D300:


    Arctic Fox, SX30:


    Arctic Fox, D300:


    Snake, SX30:


    Snake, D300:


    Bird, SX30:


    Bird, D300:
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    I much prefer the more natural color of the Nikon shots from what I see here.

    The "test" would have more validity were the shots all closer in framing -- much in the way the two shots of the snake are similar in subject size and framing. Both color and exposure are strongly influenced by the presence or absence of background. The first tiger is very contrasty and burned -- the second tiger is far more natural, with only one strong highlight on the shoulder in sun. The same with the foxes -- the first is properly exposed (Zones VIII and IX on the snout, but with sufficient latitude throughout) and the second far too gray (snow/beach syndrome) as a result of the differences in the background area included in each.

    Both lenses seem to have a good image sharpness; the SX impressively so for such a wide ratio. I'd say it is a keeper, for sure. I would gladly trade my twenty-one pounds of bullshit in a sack for a single camera of that versatility. Will it take a remoteable flash?
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    I wish I'd thought of the comparisons before we went out -- could have come up with a better test with the things you mentioned and a few others like locking the ISO on both units to the same setting.

    A big part of the color difference is due to having the SX30 set to "Vivid color" (in-camera processing) which saturates the color a little and shifts the color temperature slightly to the warm side.

    I must admit though, if it weren't for the 35x zoom, the SX30 wouldn't be in the toy chest here. It's probably the best "superzoom" on the market today and while it does have a hot-shoe (Canon strobes preferred so they'll "talk" to each other), there is no RAW image capture. As much as I've shunned RAW in the past with good reason, the serious photo artisan really needs the capability. Ultimately, if there is no desire for the 35x zoom, the Canon G11 or G12 is the better tool (and a bit more compact to boot). The G series adds RAW capability, a less dense sensor (better image quality) and still has a hot shoe.

    The fun part of this was just seeing how a $429 point-and-shoot stacks up against $2,500 worth of "pro" gear. In that, I'm well satisfied as a more casual user.

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