Greetings to all. I'm a member of the AoP and SAA so some names on the list are already familiar to me.
I've owned a 1Ds since last June and so far must guiltily admit to no real problems: No dreaded "Error 99" No vertical red banding Canon Repair UK are even around the corner from my house so I take it in to get them to clean the sensor! That said -I have had in the past horizontal banding in the shadow areas which others have experienced and may have been covered already on this forum - I know it was discussed on the AoP forum. I shot over 15 different set ups shot in a day, some daylight only, others with flash I had horizontal banding in the shadows on two or three setups only- spread throughout the day - which seems to disprove the interference from a hot CMOS theory. It was so arbitary that at one point I was wondering whether someone actually using a mobile phone (bloody stylist..) close to me whilst I shot may have produced the random result. It may seem silly but outside interference is always a possibility until proven otherwise. Studio, dark background and have your assistant prattle away on the phone over your shoulder for a few frames and then shoot a few more with the phone off. I must try it. On another note - fringing in highlights,. What is the best way way of reducing it through Capture One Pro? I have a range of palm trees which have purple fringing only a pixel or two across but which is still obvious - especially in prints. It's a a bugger to isolate in PS so any handy tips would be much appreciated. To give something back for advice received I can say that I've probably been through all the same steps as everyone else: Canon software (straight in bin) Photoshop 7 RAW Convertor (primitive) Capture One Pro (current) and Photoshop CS. I've run some tests through C1 and CS and for me have still found the C1 to be better in terms of sharpness and general "pep". Someone mentioned resizing in Photoshop recently which always used to be sheer heresy. I'd have to say that I've tried simultaneous interpolation and converting through C1 and CS - versus converting straight through both and then resizing afterwards in both Photoshop 7 and CS - and straight conversion followed by resizing seems better. I know the common sense of interpolating the image up when converting and producing a full fianl sized 16 bit image straight off but I'm still seeing better results by bringing up a plain un altered 31Mb file and doing the rest of the resizing work from there. That said - my knowledge is based mainly on what I've learnt myself and I'm still on a steep learning curve to discover what can be done at the conversion stage to improve an image that cannot be done in Photoshop. Best wishes to all Dan Kenyon =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
