Village Idiot
No longer a newbie, moving up!
- Joined
- Mar 20, 2008
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- Location
- Shepherdsturd, WV / Almost, MD
- Can others edit my Photos
- Photos NOT OK to edit
Well Best Buy has been giving me the run around. I’m going to go in store tonight and see what can be done. If they can’t do anything for me, then I’m just going to get my money refunded on the kit and buy it from B&H.
I got to edit files from my last family shoot I did. Half were 5D MKII files and half were D750 files. The biggest difference is that the D750 files seemed warmer (and they were shoot as RAW), but seemed flatter with less contrast, which is a good thing. Neutral is always better in my opinion. That was just my impression. From just a few other random photos, it seems like that are also less saturated or vivid in comparison. They’re RAW files though, so they should be.
The AF is smart. Too smart I think. I was taking some random photos of an abandoned set of building that’s fenced in with barbed wire at the top of the fences and once the AF locked on to one of the twists at the top of the fence, it seemed like it knew to stay locked regardless of how you moved.
I have a 24-70 f/2.8 that I ordered Tuesday right after I was paypal’ed for my 5D MKII body. That should be here Saturday. After that, the only thing I think I need will be at least a speed light. The 16-35 f/4 is on my agenda as well, but I’m going to wait until all my Canon gear is sold or I have a shoot where it’s absolutely necessary. I’m saving money to sell my car and purchase a cheaper vehicle, so this is a pretty crazy financial decision on my part. At least I’m going to come out on top in the long run.
Oh, and LV focusing is much better than the 5D MKII. I know there's 4 years difference and that's to be expected, but some people on either this forum or another were complaining about Nikon's implementation of the LV focusing. For me, it's better than what I had. Also, the 5D couldn't focus while recording. I don't know that I'll be using that much though, as it hunted front and back the other night before locking when I tested it and it's noisy. You can easily hear the focusing action in the playback. I'll be shooting a promotional video for a band on the 13th. I'll have to post up the video when I get done.
I got to edit files from my last family shoot I did. Half were 5D MKII files and half were D750 files. The biggest difference is that the D750 files seemed warmer (and they were shoot as RAW), but seemed flatter with less contrast, which is a good thing. Neutral is always better in my opinion. That was just my impression. From just a few other random photos, it seems like that are also less saturated or vivid in comparison. They’re RAW files though, so they should be.
The AF is smart. Too smart I think. I was taking some random photos of an abandoned set of building that’s fenced in with barbed wire at the top of the fences and once the AF locked on to one of the twists at the top of the fence, it seemed like it knew to stay locked regardless of how you moved.
I have a 24-70 f/2.8 that I ordered Tuesday right after I was paypal’ed for my 5D MKII body. That should be here Saturday. After that, the only thing I think I need will be at least a speed light. The 16-35 f/4 is on my agenda as well, but I’m going to wait until all my Canon gear is sold or I have a shoot where it’s absolutely necessary. I’m saving money to sell my car and purchase a cheaper vehicle, so this is a pretty crazy financial decision on my part. At least I’m going to come out on top in the long run.
Oh, and LV focusing is much better than the 5D MKII. I know there's 4 years difference and that's to be expected, but some people on either this forum or another were complaining about Nikon's implementation of the LV focusing. For me, it's better than what I had. Also, the 5D couldn't focus while recording. I don't know that I'll be using that much though, as it hunted front and back the other night before locking when I tested it and it's noisy. You can easily hear the focusing action in the playback. I'll be shooting a promotional video for a band on the 13th. I'll have to post up the video when I get done.