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Following on from this thread, here are some more examples.
I have tried to reduce the variability. I had the coin fixed in some blu-tak. I had the cameras on my desk. Unfortunately, because the camera lenses are at different heights, in order to get the alignments as similar as possible I ended up holding the cameras (on the desk one of them and on a thin carton on the desk for the other).
I tried to align the coin as nearly perpendicular to the lenses as I could so as to get the maximum amount in focus to examine.
in order to make details stand out more I adjusted the flash heads so there was more light coming in from one side.
I meant to test IS on versus IS off as one of the comparisons, but unfortunately I messed that up.
As before, I used minimum aperture for both cameras, as that is what I use out in the field.
There are 60 images, arranged as shown below.
1238 00 FZ330 vs G5 Shot list for Scenes 10, 11, 12,13 by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
1238 00a FZ330 vs G5 Thumbnails for Scenes 10, 11, 12,13 by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
The first row above shows Scene 10 with five shots from each camera using autofocus, and similarly for the second row showing Scene 11.
The third and fourth rows are Scene 12.
The third row is all Camera 1, with the first five shots using autofocus and the other five using manual focus, and similarly for the fourth row for Camera 2.
The last two rows are Scene 13.
The fifth row is all Camera 1, auto focus then manual focus, and similarly for the sixth row for Camera 2.
The fifth row has IS off, all the others have IS on.
The images are in this album at Flickr.
The flash arms were in the same position for both cameras and the flash power setting was the same for both cameras (the ISO was 800 for the G5 compared to 100 for the FZ330, which fits in with the difference in aperture, f/8 versus f/22). Nonetheless the illumination was different for the two cameras because the cameras are a different size and shape, putting the close-up lenses in different positions relative to the camera hot shoe, and also because of the different working distances for the close-up lens on each camera.
I was struck by the variation in illumination from shot to shot even though the KX800 is a manual flash and the its settings were unchanged throughout the shooting.
Does one of the cameras look systematically better to you?
I have tried to reduce the variability. I had the coin fixed in some blu-tak. I had the cameras on my desk. Unfortunately, because the camera lenses are at different heights, in order to get the alignments as similar as possible I ended up holding the cameras (on the desk one of them and on a thin carton on the desk for the other).
I tried to align the coin as nearly perpendicular to the lenses as I could so as to get the maximum amount in focus to examine.
in order to make details stand out more I adjusted the flash heads so there was more light coming in from one side.
I meant to test IS on versus IS off as one of the comparisons, but unfortunately I messed that up.
As before, I used minimum aperture for both cameras, as that is what I use out in the field.
There are 60 images, arranged as shown below.
1238 00 FZ330 vs G5 Shot list for Scenes 10, 11, 12,13 by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
1238 00a FZ330 vs G5 Thumbnails for Scenes 10, 11, 12,13 by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
The first row above shows Scene 10 with five shots from each camera using autofocus, and similarly for the second row showing Scene 11.
The third and fourth rows are Scene 12.
The third row is all Camera 1, with the first five shots using autofocus and the other five using manual focus, and similarly for the fourth row for Camera 2.
The last two rows are Scene 13.
The fifth row is all Camera 1, auto focus then manual focus, and similarly for the sixth row for Camera 2.
The fifth row has IS off, all the others have IS on.
The images are in this album at Flickr.
The flash arms were in the same position for both cameras and the flash power setting was the same for both cameras (the ISO was 800 for the G5 compared to 100 for the FZ330, which fits in with the difference in aperture, f/8 versus f/22). Nonetheless the illumination was different for the two cameras because the cameras are a different size and shape, putting the close-up lenses in different positions relative to the camera hot shoe, and also because of the different working distances for the close-up lens on each camera.
I was struck by the variation in illumination from shot to shot even though the KX800 is a manual flash and the its settings were unchanged throughout the shooting.
Does one of the cameras look systematically better to you?