Hello again,
OK this time it's the same subject but using a new Canon 450D. A friend of mine thought that I had lost the crispness and detail a bit by using energy saving bulbs, as opposed to the older tungsten filament daylight bulbs I had used previously.However after reading a couple of posts here by Mike Rinaldi and using F22 or F20 aperture settings instead of my usual F29 or more, plus the extra 6 million pixels that the 450D has over my older 300D I'm hoping the pics might look sharper. Anyway here goes;

100 ASA;AWB;F20


100 ASA;AWB;F22


100 ASA;Daylight;F20;


100 ASA;Daylight;F22;


One thing I have noticed is that the energy daving bulbs do give a more accurate colour rendition so I think I'll be keeping them. Over to you!
Regards
Andy K

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Hi Andy,
I read your article in Model Military International, Great job!

Now to your question...I cannot tell the difference. There's too much detail lost as the pictures are reduced in size. Would it be possible to post/send full size 2MB pictures?

Also, might want to try moving the camera away from the subject a little. The depth of field decreases the closer to the camera the subject is. With the 12MP camera, you should be able to shoot further away and crop the photo to your needs. I usually do this when I am using my Canon Elph for modelling photos. There's no f-stop control on that camera, but I increase the amount in focus by pulling back and cropping later.

Aloha,
Val

Hi Val,
Some very interesting points you mention. I never gave a thought to the JPEG loss. The stuff I do for the mag is reformatted to TIFF so whether that makes a diference I don't know. Perhaps I should invest in a newer version of Photoshop that handles RAW images.Hmmm.....
Thank you very much for the help Val, it's much appreciated.
Regards
Andy K

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