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By: steph
Updated 3 months, 3 weeks ago
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A commenter below mentioned the Panasonic DMC-LX3, which is a LOVELY point and shoot that takes amazing photos. I know David Lebovitz has one as well. Perhaps that would be a good option for you?
———->steph´s last blog post – Nikon vs Canon Camera Death Match!
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Try the 7D before buying the 50D I always liked Canon better but in the last three years they have stayed behind,now things might change with the 7d and 5D MKII, and my D90 could be in danger.Good luck J Jaime
Since I’m totally not willing to shell out for or switch from Lightroom for Nikon’s native RAW-processing software, the easiest and most efficient way I’ve found for processing my Nikon RAWs in Lightroom is user-defined presets.
Also, don’t know if it’s my camera that’s runs cooler, but it just seems to really love blues and colder tones. I always have to
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There are TONS of sports photographers that use Canon…
Not to say anything about what you shoot but if people can get sharp shots at the olympics / football games / etc with Canon’s and you can’t with yours you need to be looking at your own technique more than the camera.
well, i’m planning to shoot a movie on the 7D and 35mm is wide enough to fit everything into the frame without distorting it to look like a fisheye. and then you have the 1.4 which is just my favorite f-stop. with 1.2, the nose is always blurry.
plus canon’s 35mm 1.4 prime lens produces the most amazing images.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/27449914@N00
Will definitely check it out. Thanks! I’ve been curious about HDR for a while now.
Thanks!
I use Photomatix to process my HDR’s. A lot of people you see doing HDR images stop there, but to get it coming out pretty clean there is a bit of cleanup in PS and even some adjustments that I do in Lightroom. Download the free trial version of Photomatix at hdrsoft.com and give it a whirl. It’s full featured but will watermark your images unless you purchase it so you
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Seriously? That’s funny. I’ve always loved your photos and didn’t realize you shot Nikon.
What’s up with this fascination with 35mm lenses? I’ve now heard like four people say it’s their dream lens. What makes it so special?
Thanks! Will definitely check this out
Grrr, it’s really frustrating that LR won’t read raws correctly. When you edit in the Canon software, do you export them to jpg before importing them into LR? Also, I noticed when I select my raws into LR, they look great for a second, but then the color changes and they look really drab. What’s happening here?
At this point I think I’m going to just go with Canon.
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See, this is the exact sort of thing I’m worried about. I like sharper images, and this is the stuff that’s driving me nuts. I guess the difference would be marginal, since a lot of pros shoot Canon, but still, it makes you think about all the little differences that might stop and make you go “hrmmm” every time you use it.
I’m being really OCD about this. I need
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Wait… does that 35mm lens make a difference in saturation?
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Thanks Luna! You should come over one day so we can shoot
do you realize i’m selling my d90 to switch to canon?
i’ve been loyal to nikon since i was 10,
but the new canon 7D has 1080p video with the ability
to use external audio mics and the 35mm 1.4 prime lens is… amazing.
that’s why i’m switching.
although these color tests show subtle differences in color,
it’s ultimately
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This all way over my head, but I have to say I had no idea two cameras could take such different pictures!
Buy the newest, cheapest body that fits your needs, buy good glass to put on it, plan on spending a couple minutes per picture you take to tweak/crop/adjust, and enjoy. Canon/Nikon/Sony/Olympus doesn’t really make that much difference.
> 3 – Use a newer Canon for a more up to date test. Make me dinner one night, I’ll bring over my 5DM2 for you to try.
Hah, I am Canon man too, but 5dmkii against a D90 isn’t exactly a fair comparison either.
Steph,
There are places that rent cameras, you might rent a 7d for a week and see how you like it.
http://www.lensrentals.com/rent/canon-eos-7d/for-canon
There
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Jen Yu is right about Lightroom and raw images. The raw image formats are proprietary and while they are mostly understood by external applications only the software provided by the camera manufacturer really knows whats going on with them. In many cases I _hate_ how my raw images look in Photoshop or Lightroom even after a lot of tweaking so I do all of my initial processing in DPP (Canon’s ... See all content
When I was buying, I looked hard at both Canon and Nikon, and ended up going with Canon, because all my other cameras were Canon, so I had some lenses and was familiar with the interface. And the pictures have a different “feel” than Nikon pictures I’ve seen. It’s not so much the color as it is that I think Canons tend to take “softer” pictures — it’s ... See all content
Oversaturated photos are ALL the range in food right now, hence the popularity of the D90 + the 35mm. I, myself, am also on an older Rebel (XT), but will be switching to 5D as soon as Mr. Obama’s $8K check comes. There’s no doubt Canon’s color has always been more ‘real’. Oversaturation is a fad, it’s here now, and it may go.
Finally, this comparison is
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Wow Steph!
This is both scary and awesome. Cameras have advanced a lot since I last bought one and I see I have a lot more to learn from you than just GF. Thanks for taking the time to do this comparison!
Which camera should I buy for food photography? I put the Canon and Nikon to a head to head test: http://bit.ly/1QCRSz
I think there is some pro-canon tomfollery going on here
The part of the test I don’t understand is that when you apply the filters, you apply the same filters to both images – in both cases, this causes the images in from the canon to look significantly better than the nikon images. Why apply the same filter to both images? Since they coming from different cameras, there are
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Hey, glad to help
As far as low light performance, basically, the 7d has slightly lower noise at the same ISO as compared to the 50d. To my eyes it looks like about 1 stop better performance, which should net you either 1 stop more DOF or twice the shutter speed, depending on your needs.
I’d recommend reading through http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos7d if you are thinking
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Just getting back from my day-long bierock-making session so i’m a bit late to the party.
In short, I plunked down the extra green for a d90 over a d5000 on the recommendation of a friend who is a pro-am photographer who rocks a d300.
cmos sensor, prism (vs. mirrors) for the light-handling, and the ability to auto-focus non-dx lenses (af drive in the body) were the biggest
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When I was buying a professional-quality digital camera, I wanted a canon SO BADLY but needed a camera desperately (I was on deadline for a shoot) and ended up buying a Konica Minolta, which now desperately needs replacing. That company has been bought by Sony, which apparently is making some really top quality cameras even though they have barely any market share. To make things worse, I cracked a ... See all content
Hi Steph,
Technically speaking, the color of the Nikon images are warmer, but the Canon one’s are sharper. What I look in a image, is the clarity and focus of what I shot. The color can be achieve, in photoshop or other software. I’m a Canon girl always been, my spare is a Rebel my main is Canon 5D. I don’t intent to change them anytime soon the reason why? Because the lenses
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While I understand your desire to tackle the comparison as even-handed as possible, your baseline assumptions are not quite right from the start. You can’t compare the RAW output of the Canon and Nikon formats using Lightroom because their formats are proprietary which means Lightroom (and Adobe CS Camera Raw for that matter) doesn’t have all of the information to read the RAW data completely ... See all content
interesting nikon vs canon comparison on gizmodo, they say diff is more in user interface than quality of shot
http://gizmodo.com/5234607/canon-rebel-t1i-vs-nikon-d5000-entry+level-dslr-battlemodo
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Hey, these are all great tips. Thanks! Now that you mention it, I will go back and blow these up to take a look. Maybe I’ll add a second post to the series, or add them to this. Good call! Will also check out the higher ISOs like you suggest.
I also hadn’t thought of white balance differences with different lenses. Hrmm. Will have to research that more – do you notice more
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DEFINITELY. Once I get the new Canon, it’s so on!
We could shoot here… we have a pseudo-studio setup in the dining room!
Also…how about an LX3 v. DSLR post?
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I like the canon pics better, but then I have always had canons (pt and shoot, and now the Xsi). My thoughts are you might want to check out the two cameras at higher iso, as some differences can come out there. Also think about what lenses you are using and what white balance settings you’ve set. I find my canon gives very different results with diff lenses (use a 50mm for food mostly). Oh and ... See all content
That would be cool actually. I still have my old Canon PowerShot too. It’s an A1000IS and I think it’s a great little camera. Where you wanna shoot?
———->Arnold´s last blog post – Bacon Agedashi Tofu
I LOVE the Panasonic DMC-LX3. Leica lenses FTW. Only problem is that it’s $500… well worth it, I think, but that would put a dent in my DSLR budget.
Can you post a few links to your LX3 photos here?
And would you be down to do a head to head test between your LX3 and my little Canon Powershot?
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@userealbutter @SweetTartelette Would love to hear your thoughts in a comment of my camera test: http://bit.ly/1QCRSz Help appreciated! :)
@AdrianaMullen Hey, would love to hear your thoughts on my camera test: http://bit.ly/1QCRSz You can probably offer up advice I can use!
@beerandnosh would love your thoughts on this as well: http://bit.ly/1QCRSz
@thepioneerwoman I'd LOVE to hear your advice on this, since you have both a Nikon and Canon for food. My camera test: http://bit.ly/1QCRSz
Nikon vs Canon Camera Death Match! Which camera should I buy? http://bit.ly/1QCRSz
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