Comments on: [img] SD14 in the Studio together with 5D..

By: Brigitte Nielsen

Brigitte Nielsen — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:11:55 +0000

Hello…Man i love reading your blog, interesting posts ! it was a great Monday

By: Carl Rytterfalk

Carl Rytterfalk — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 21:35:32 +0000

Hi Jason!

It’s an amazing camera, especially for us SD shoters but also for people used to “bayern” sensors. :) The jump from SD9 should be one of the biggest, even if I like the SD9 look better than the SD10 look.

Thanks for your comment Jason! Always welcome.

// Carl

By: Jason Durham

Jason Durham — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 09:22:42 +0000

Hi Carl,

I came across your site whilst searching for reviews on the SD14. Saw your video reviews on youtube for the SD14, and followed your link you gave out in the third review. I already have the SD9 which i purchased when released. Didn’t think the upgrade from SD9 - SD10 was worth it but now the SD14 is here i’ve just got to have one. Tried one out at my local camera store yesterday (9th June 07), unbelievable, shutter is so quiet, better user interface and those images, to die for. I took my SD9 in and took some shots outside the shop with both my lenses and both cameras, and the same shots so i could compare the quality. Amazed by the results and never realised i was shooting in ISO 400 on the SD14. The photos of your friends car are outstanding and my favourite is the one with the graffiti behind it. Top class work, i will be visiting this site again so keep up the good work. Cheers

All the best
Jason Durham

By: Carl Rytterfalk

Carl Rytterfalk — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:33:12 +0000

Hi Merlijn!

yes I used manual focus on that lens. Now talking with you on Skype, so you know. :)

By: MSWH

MSWH — Sat, 26 May 2007 10:41:45 +0000

Hello Carl,

first ive to say that those are wonderful pictures !!

my question is how did you focused with the 28mm , MF or AF ? and where did you focused on ?

Regards,

Merlijn

By: Carl Rytterfalk

Carl Rytterfalk — Wed, 09 May 2007 06:56:02 +0000

Anton! I have my 30th birthday on friday!!! can you come?! :D

By: spalbird

spalbird — Tue, 08 May 2007 23:36:51 +0000

Carl,

I was surprised you got great shots again and this soooo seamless. Thats all. Who cares about the 5D? - I don’t. :D

By: Carl Rytterfalk

Carl Rytterfalk — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 12:08:42 +0000

Hi Wally, yes, I think so too! It’s a great tool and as with everything else it’s what you make it, and for me, It’s the best camera in the world! :D

By: Cliff. Johnston

Cliff. Johnston — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:42:59 +0000

Carl,

Very interesting, to say the least. Lovely images from the SD14. Now if Sigma can just tweak the software a wee bit more… :-) Thanks for your efforts too.

Cliff.

By: Wally Newell

Wally Newell — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:46:41 +0000

I’ve been waiting to make my assessment of the SD14 and as far as I’m concerned it’s a winner. It appears that they’ve made a serious investment in R&D to actually become viable as a camera manufacturer, which makes me happy. I’m slowly saving for mine now and wish I could have gotten it yesterday!

Best to you and Lin,

Wally

By: The Chebb

The Chebb — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:16:20 +0000

Hi Carl,
Excellent as always! Took the SD14 on a holiday (vacation for us yankees!) to mainland Japan…it didn’t fail me…of course my skills are another matter - it’s a great camera and the shots of Linn are just breathtaking!
Well done and congratulations to you 2 lovebirds!
Cheers!
Chebb

By: Carl Rytterfalk

Carl Rytterfalk — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:33:16 +0000

Hi Paul!

Yes, that apparently is an annoying bug that JPEG shooters will be bothered by. For all others this would never be a problem, we, shoot RAW and the RAW is RAW, the color-space is chosen afterwords in the conversion software. (Sigma photo pro, Lightroom, Camera RAW etc)

I’m not a tech expert but I’m quite sure I’m correct about this. :)

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:37:36 +0000

There seems to be some confusion to colorspace when shooting the SD14 in RAW mode. The camera will revert to sRGB each time the camera is turned off. The question is - is the SD14 assigning a colorspace when using RAW mode or is the colorspace assigned when converting to tiff format? What is Sigma’s position on this?

By: Carl Rytterfalk

Carl Rytterfalk — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:49:42 +0000

Hi Dir1024!

If you plan to shoot in JPEG then you can select AdobeRGB or sRGB in the camera, and if you plan to do RAW (recommended) then it’s up to you to save in whatever format that you later choose. (sRGB, AdobeRGB or AppleRGB)

In programs such as Photoshop you can assign / convert to other colors space as needed.

There is no end to the possibilities! :)

By: dir1024

dir1024 — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:38:20 +0000

HI Carl. I’m doing my fotos in AdobeRGB. Tell me how SD14 work in this colour space ?
*sorry for bad english :)

Max

By: Chunsum Choi

Chunsum Choi — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:54:15 +0000

nice work Carl. I am waiting for the video version.

By: Carl Rytterfalk

Carl Rytterfalk — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:26:57 +0000

It does, and especially after the last firmware update. I bought one of those QPcards today with the color checker (nr 201). Got a mail from them today and I felt an unsatisfied urge to see if it could do something to my images (not sure I need) anyhow I found that the maker was 30km from where I lived so I went there and bought a set of color checker thingi as well as their WB card (nr 101). Will be interesting to find out if result differs.

Nice to hear you have work to do! Anything interesting?

By: BobNL

BobNL — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:33:20 +0000

Nice feeling isn’t it, shooting SD14 in studio? I think the camera really shines there. The tonality range especially is incredible. I also shot with the 5D in the studio and share most of your opinions on it. What I really didn’t like about the 5D shots was that even at iso100 dark parts do have noise (problems). Try pulling it up in a RAW converter and it becomes very ugly, very fast…

Now I’m back to processing some of the 50GB I accumulated with O in the past 3 weeks… So if you can’t find me… I’m probably hidden under some pile of X3F’s ;)

And kisses to your beautiful model!

By: Carl Rytterfalk

Carl Rytterfalk — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:38:37 +0000

Tell me when you’re home, you need a decent raw converter and maybe I can help. :)

By: Danny H

Danny H — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:35:51 +0000

Awesome. Every time I see shots from this camera I am always amazed by the colour. Just noticed that you have posted some RAW samples above this one. When I get home from work I’ll be downloading them and the RAW converter for some serious hands on testing.

Great work.

Danny H.

By: Carl Rytterfalk

Carl Rytterfalk — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:09:54 +0000

It does! And I’m sooo much longing for Lenhovda! We’re coming in a not too distant future, I’m missing your kids, your yard, your air and about everything out there. Keep that coffee warm! :D

By: Anton

Anton — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:05:56 +0000

The Ring…
looks really nice. :) I assume yours looks similar?
Nice shots bud!
Lenhovda is ALMOST ‘en route’ to Denmark right?
Feel welcome to drop by at any time!

/Anton

By: Carl Rytterfalk

Carl Rytterfalk — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 21:04:05 +0000

Hi Spalbird. What made you surprised? I didn’t go there to test it against his 5D but to spend time with a fellow photographer and to use a Studio (I really should get my own). :) But we did have a great time and it feels a little better maybe knowing that my SD14 really performs well.

Thanks for comment.

By: Spalbird

Spalbird — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:59:17 +0000

I am very surprised about your studio shots. Beside all the stuff regarding the 5D and SD14 again you made Linn looking very great, just like a real model. I am not interested in pixel peeping because what I saw from my friends 5D resolution is stunning but skin tones … skin looks always very similar with the 5D, in realitiy it is not.

regards

wolfgang

By: Filip U.

Filip U. — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:16:07 +0000

Must be nice to work with real lightning in a studio…