I have now had time to try the 400 ASA setting on my Pro 1.
I wonder about all the earlier fuss about noise.
My, admittedly limited, tests show that it is no worse than I was getting with 400ASA Kodak negative film. And, I continue to remain of the thought that 400ASA digital *is* faster than 400ASA film. I think the latter is because you can dig more out of digital shadows.
I have experimented with colour and I have also converted some shots to black and white.
For anyone like me with Picture Window I also remain convinced that USM is better for black and white than Jonathan's Advanced Sharpen facility. Nobody on the PW forum will agree with me, but I stick to my guns.
Add to the above the point made earlier about the increased DOF when compared with a digital camera with a larger chip and you have greater flexibility with your Pro 1 in low light.
Don't rule out the Pro 1 'cause you read it was noisy at ASA higher than 100. Take a CF card of your own into a dealer. Try a few shots and look at them at home. I wager that you will be pleasantly surprised.
Tony
London UK
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
Thanks, Tony. I have tried BreezeBrowser 2.10 and, yes, is more versatile than ZoomBrowser, but the conversion quality is exactly the same. I like very much the BreezeBrowser proof tool. I use CaptureOne with my 10D RAW archives, the interface is the best of all the RAW conversion programs (just my opinion) and it's a pity that cannot be used with the Pro1.
Ramón
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
I agree about the C1 interface, it also has the best sharpening and NR in my book, my guess is that it`d make the Pro-1 literally walk on water!.
Mine hopefully arrives tomorrow (I`m yet another Commercial 1DS user) so will put it through it`s paces, i`ve downloaded the ACR update for CS which now supports the camera and of course luckily isn`t based on the canon SDK, anyone else use the Adobe converter with the Pro-1 ? .
This little camera should come in very handy for webshop work too due to the deep DOF, I have to crank the aperture right down with the 1DS and you know what that means - loadsa cloning of the sensor muck [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] so I usually end up using the old D60 for that at the moment as it attracts less dust and allows wider apertures for the same DOF due to the FOV crop - the 1DS does the rest of my work just fine, I`m sure the Pro-1 will fit in just fine, even as a "coat pocket backup" in an emergency so long as I don`t have to stray from ISO50
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
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I agree about the C1 interface, it also has the best sharpening and NR in my book, my guess is that it`d make the Pro-1 literally walk on water!.
Mine hopefully arrives tomorrow (I`m yet another Commercial 1DS user) so will put it through it`s paces, i`ve downloaded the ACR update for CS which now supports the camera and of course luckily isn`t based on the canon SDK, anyone else use the Adobe converter with the Pro-1 ? .
This little camera should come in very handy for webshop work too due to the deep DOF, I have to crank the aperture right down with the 1DS and you know what that means - loadsa cloning of the sensor muck [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] so I usually end up using the old D60 for that at the moment as it attracts less dust and allows wider apertures for the same DOF due to the FOV crop - the 1DS does the rest of my work just fine, I`m sure the Pro-1 will fit in just fine, even as a "coat pocket backup" in an emergency so long as I don`t have to stray from ISO50
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I've found the Pro1 makes a fine travel camera, with superb image quality in RAW - that is if the subject isn't moving, at which time it's real problems start - the viewfinder blackout & slowness of focusing are such a shame, they spoil an otherwise great little cam.
I have found ACR to be by far the best conversion tool for the Pro1 as it doesn't use the Canon SDK.
David
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
I loaded it last night and I think it makes the camera focus more easily.
Yes, the zoom is better, but that was never a worry for me.
It's a shame there is not a more effective way of being alerted to firmware releases. I found this accidentally when looking at DPReview for something totally different.
Tony
London UK
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
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