See, thats just it. For the most part, static images like a head shot
or a flower etc, are ok, in my opinion.
Its just the action, jumping shots that are less than stellar, and i
cannot figure out why.
I sent a few samples to Daev S. some from the D1H and some from the
D200, using same lenses and same subjects, same weather and settings.
I felt the action ones were very soft, Dave thought they all looked
ok, the D1 stuff had more saturation he thought, and thus looked
sharper.
Well, the camera's capture dynamics do not change based on whether a
subject is static or in motion, so that say to me that you can pretty
much cross out the notion that the "red channel is less sharp" as a
cause of the softer appearance.
I think it is as Dave S. suggests: the D1 settings you're using
probably have a bit higher contrast and saturation, which leads to a
gain in perceptual sharpness. Also remember that the D1H is a 3Mpixel
camera compared to the D200's 12Mpixel ... the same saturation,
contrast and sharpening settings applied to its capture will look
different ... more exaggerated ... than they would on similar captures
coming out of the D200.
I can see this effect instantly in my own work when I compare the E-1
to the L1 and K10D output (essentially two different resolution
densities, since the K10D's output when cropped to the L1 format
proportions are pretty much the same). The E-1 captures require less
and more careful adjustment than the L1 and K10D to achieve the same
perceived look, at output printing density that is comparable. A
little too much sharpening, saturation or contrast adjustment has a
larger influence.
Godfrey
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