Poll: Please choose "Camera A" or "Camera B"

wybrit

One of the two sets of pictures here was taken with a new camera. Please evaluate these similarly sized pictures and vote (and explain why if time permits). I will reveal which camera is which later. Thanks!

By the way, this coin ranks as my best purchase of 2007 and you've probably seen it here on the BST. Its prior owner sure takes a better picture...


Camera A:




Camera B:

farthing

Voted Camera B - Looks more like a silver coin! The photos from Camera A look too green on my screen.

1960NYGiants

B has more depth.

tbirde56

B - the blue toning is much more visible and attractive.

TwoKopeiki

I voted B as well.

Daltonista

B for me, too.
A looks as though it took a hit with too much flash.

coinkat

B... terrific coin Wybrit and the images are nice too

satootoko

Unanimous so far. B is just plain "crisper" and more like looking at a coin instead of a picture of a coin.

cacheman

"B" You might want to do a little bit of post processing with a sharpness filter to remove the last bit of Gaussian blur that still exists...Google the freeware "Irfanview". Of course, this blur won't be as evident if you normally use a smaller sized .jpeg. Nice pics though....both of them.





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coinsarefun

Camera B gets my vote. I love the colors, they really show up.

Garneteye

BBBBBBBBBBBBB

mrearlygold

B

cacheman

I have to wonder if Tom's silence indicates that his new spendy camera was shot "A"...

satootoko

<< <i>I have to wonder if Tom's silence indicates that his new spendy camera was shot "A". >>

I'm also curious about what other differences - lighting, shutter speed, film, lens aperture, etc. - exist between the two sets of photos.

spinaker2000

<< <i>I have to wonder if Tom's silence indicates that his new spendy camera was shot "A"... >>



And this coming from a guy that still uses a scanner!!!!!!

wybrit

I have to wonder if Tom's silence indicates that his new spendy camera was shot "A"...

Actually, my silence comes from having a busy Sunday.

However, part of that time spent was...returning Camera "A" to the store. I was very disappointed that so many advances in technology have been made since my junky Olympus D-590 Zoom (Camera "B") was purchased, and yet no real improvement in shot quality shows for it.

Camera "A" was a Canon SD-750. It was nice and compact and had a lot of cool features but the macro capability, autofocus and color correction left a lot to be desired. I'll be trying another new camera soon - watch this board!

Thanks for the comments too.

satootoko

In the early '50s I was pretty deep into photography (good old B&W of course), and I've never forgotten the article in one of the photo magazines that pretty conclusively proved (to me at least) that the quality of the picture is a result of the photographer's skill far more than the equipment used.

They equipped a half dozen top notch pros with box Brownies, and a half dozen amateurs with Leicas and Hasselblads (then just about the top camera makes); and gave all of them the same assignments. The amateurs film was professionally developed and printed.

The quality of the pros' shots was so far superior to that of the amateurs that it was almost unbelievable!

For the benefit of the majority of forum members, who don't remember the box Brownie, it was a camera with a fixed focus, and non-adjustable lens, using old-style roll film. The Leicas were 35mm and as I recall the Hasselblads used cut film, and all had fully adjustable apertures and focal lengths.

cacheman

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<< <i>I have to wonder if Tom's silence indicates that his new spendy camera was shot "A"... >>



And this coming from a guy that still uses a scanner!!!!!! >>




scanner? SCANNER????? I doane use no stinkin' SCANNER!!

rec78

B captures the real coin. A makes the coin seem drab.
However perhaps you can make ajustments to the A camera which will give a better picture.

Fairlaneman

This is from a Canon G9. It was almost taken back also. Kept playing around and then things got better.



Happy New Year.

Ken

Resplandor

There's just no way for A to compete against B