Shangara Singh wrote: (clip) I noticed when comparing an image shot with the S2 and D100, any rounded shapes or diagonals faired worse when shot with the S2 whereas any horizontals and verticals fared better. Also, the color balance was awful for the S2. You can clearly see a cast in the Kodak chart and elsewhere in the image (noticeably the silver bottle tops, labels borders, silver watch, white paper - basically everywhere). DPreview seems to favour the S2 but the D100 seems ahead to me when comparing images, especially the text looks less jaggy in the D100 image. Both the images have been sharpened in camera so it maybe just the different USM algorithms they use that's to blame but DPreview seems to think it's the array of S2 sensors that causes 'moire'. Sadly, they don't feature any faces in the comparison images!Any comments from owners of S2's and D100's?
I went for a d100 over the S2 mostly because of familiarity and service issues (Nikon). I do believe the S2 sensor array is more sophisticated and does deliver better interpolation of data than the d100, but all in all I'm pretty happy with the d100 as 35mm format digital.
I don't recall any color cast issues with the S2 I tested. Have you tried more than one?
So far I have found the white balance preset setting sequence of the D100 and to be both speedy, simple and relatively accurate. the Auto White balance also quite predictable. No software issues to date (other than transfer speeds with NEF) though I do have to get around to the firmware update if I ever have time: http://www.nikon.ca/digital/default.asp?tid=9ce02f42e49eb5ff989309acf7548d18
Because of my particular needs I stepped around the extensive sharpening requirements of the d100 with a rather small ($12.50 US) investment in http://www.fredmiranda.com/Action_profilesPage/index.html
Time saver plug-ins and actions seem to be the order of the day with these cameras so I tend to to script near everything and batch process overnight
Also good user forum at: http://www.robgalbraith.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi
The mix of users the grinders tends to address most issues very quickly.
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