LCD Q and W2k/Photoshop 7 Q

[acsdoug]

Greetings,

I have two questions:

1) When I look in darker area my LCD monitor displays very prominant horizontal resolution lines. This is not true in well lit areas. I have worked with the G2 a lot and it's LCD never does this.
I am curious if this is a standard behaviour or unique to my camera?

2) has any one had problems installing the USB dirvers and Raw image converters from the Canon install cd into Windows 2000 with Photoshop 7? When I open the camera using photoshop the browser has no english words just question marks (????) Right clicking an image gives you the context menu and all that is displayed there are rectangular boxes. Sound familiar? Does anyone have a fix or workaround?

Many thanks,

-Doug.

[Chris™]

Hi Doug,

I think the LCD phenomenon is quite normal, but I don't know how extreme it is on your G1.

Regarding the driver problem ... I downloaded the latest drivers and RAW Image Converter and they work fine under Win2K even with my D30 too ... but I only have PS6, not PS7.

I would recommend downloading the latest drivers and converter from Canon-Europe ... all versions and languages available:

http://ww2.canon-europe.com/support/driver_download/index.asp

Greetings from Germany

Chris™

[acsdoug]

Thanks Chris,

Actually a firmware upgrade took care of the lines nicely.

I got the software program sorted out too I was installing the Japanese language version. For some reason teh CD installs that by default...

Did you hear the G5 was announced today? Looks cool.

http://www.dcviews.com/press/Canon-Powershot-G5.htm

Thanks and take care,

-Doug.

[Chris™]

Hi Doug!


Actually a firmware upgrade took care of the lines nicely.


Oops, yes, forgot that ... I think, it was the latest firmware 1.0.3.0 ... can't remember it exactly, because nowadays I only use the G1 as a backup for my D30, when a small cam is needed ... and not to forget ... for Infrared Photography. Though I also use the D30 for IR, sometimes the G1 is the better choice, because it's a bit more IR sensitive and the LCD IR preview is unbeatable.
If you're interested ... examples can be found on my website:

http://home.surfcenter.de/chris/foto/index.htm


I got the software program sorted out too I was installing the Japanese language version. For some reason teh CD installs that by default...


Hehe, Japanese is cool ... on a german system the default is Spanish :-)


Did you hear the G5 was announced today? Looks cool.


Yep, looks like a black G3 ... hey, where's the G4? ;-)

I'm curious, if it's as good for IR as the G3.

Greetings from Germany

Chris™

[acsdoug]

I have a lot of experience with The G2/3 and IR photography. The higher megapixel camera SUCK! at IR. THe G1 is the best out there I have seen so far. I don't expect the G5 to be good at IR at all... Maybe if we are lucky someone will get smat and invent an IR snsitive digital camera.

Even the Sony F717 is kinda weak there.

Here is my website:

http://www.caveny.us

Choose the image gallery and Seawolfdesigns and then Ektachrome IR.

THere is a cool app I downloaded that merges the color chanels in Photoshop and make False color IR looking digital files out of an IR image and and RGB image. email me at home and I will send the link to the website - I seem to have lost it here...

[Chris™]

Rehi!


I have a lot of experience with The G2/3 and IR photography.


Yep, the G2 is not the best choice for IR, but I saw nice examples, that were taken with a G3.


The higher megapixel camera SUCK! at IR. THe G1 is the best out there I have seen so far. I don't expect the G5 to be good at IR at all...
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Yes, but who knows ... more and more people become interested in IR and even the 10D is capable again ... the D30 does a good job, but the D60 was nearly useless for IR. So maybe the G5 is nice for IR too ... we will see.

[quote]Even the Sony F717 is kinda weak there.

From what I've seen so far, it seems as good as the 707.


http://www.caveny.us


Nice


THere is a cool app I downloaded that merges the color chanels in Photoshop and make False color IR looking digital files out of an IR image and and RGB image. email me at home and I will send the link to the website - I seem to have lost it here...

I also did some Ektachrome simulations ... I call this technique IR Bi-Color ... here's an example:

http://photoalbum.powershot.de/fotos/70/26//a3ebb1c65ea2fdc756a96f4f3bbff90f.jpg

Greetings from Germany

Chris™

[acsdoug]

Chris,

The False Color IR on my site were shot with a canon A2 and 35mm Ektachrome IR film.

I have yet to try merging the color channels. You have done an excellent job. That is a nice image with good reds.

What city do you live in? I grew up in the UK and have been all over Germany.

Are you a commercial Photographer? I have done that but am a web developer now.

Anyway, take care and Tschuss...

-Doug.

[Chris™]

Rehi Doug!


The False Color IR on my site were shot with a canon A2 and 35mm Ektachrome IR film.


Yep, real Ektachrome, for shure ... taken with yellow filter, I guess. I never tried it on my own ... only read about it.


I have yet to try merging the color channels. You have done an excellent job. That is a nice image with good reds.


Thanks ... merging the images isn't that difficult in Photoshop 5.5 or later ... easily done with the channel palette. But the color fine tuning isn't that easy. If you only put the IR into the color shot's red channel, you have to raise the reds saturation. If not, it will be only a fall like color scheme with brown leaves.
Sometimes it helps to shift all channels. Put green in the blue channel, red in the green channel and IR in the red channel.


What city do you live in? I grew up in the UK and have been all over Germany.


I live in a small town near Dortmund ... maybe you know the soccer club "Borussia Dortmund"? They are well known all over Europe.


Are you a commercial Photographer? I have done that but am a web developer now.


In my case it's, the other way round ... no I'm not a professional photographer, but I did web marketing in the earlier days ... now I'm a network engineer.


Anyway, take care and Tschuss...


Yep, you too

Chris

[acsdoug]

Hey I found an answer to you question why no G4?

Do you know why there is no G4? Apple Macs are called G4s and they've tradmarked G4. - (Just in from a photographer friend)


EIR- Yellow #12 kinda weak but produces pink
Yellow #15 and #16 produce strong reds. 16 puts oranges in the highlights.

Thanks for the Photoshop Tips.

I have never been to Dortmund but I have been all over What is former West Germany. I want ot go to Berlin soon.

Later,

-doug.

[Chris™]

Rehi Doug!

Yep, G4-Trademark, that's it :-)

Thanks for the filter tips ... maybe I'll try the Ektachrome some day with my old Yashica FR.

BTW ... if you ever visit Dortmund, don't miss a soccer match of Borrusia Dortmund and visist the Hohensyburg in the south of the city, where you'll find not only the casino, but also some nice ruins and a gigantic monument ... not to forget the great view:

http://home.surfcenter.de/chris/foto/hohensyburg.jpg

Greetings from Germany

Chris™

[slejhamer]

acsdoug wrote:
The higher megapixel camera SUCK! at IR. THe G1 is the best out there I have seen so far.

Amen. It's curious to see the topic so frequently in the DSLR forum.

Doug: Is the diffusion / haloing that I see in your images characteristic of the Ektachrome IR film, or did you use a diffusion filter (or add diffusion in PS) ?

Chris: If I understand correctly, the channel swap is an attempt to emulate the look of Ektachrome IR. Is this correct? Wild stuff!

Here is one of my more colorful creations, with a G1 of course:

http://members.cox.net/mschlesinger/places/infrared%20gazebo%20%234_std.jpg

Regards,

[acsdoug]

Mitch,

EIR has quite large grains if you compare them to say sensia or E100. When I was working with the EIR I found that a soft focus filter cleaned up the grain nicely.

My shots are are shot with tiffen soft focus fx filters I think a #3 and a B+W cross screen X4 which is my favorite.

That said I don't use a soft focus filter anymore as the grains don't bother me. If I had $300 to smoke I would purchase a Carl Zeiss Softar filter. These really are beautiful, there is more diffusion in the highlights than the shadowed areas...

-Doug.

[Chris™]

Hi!

Chris: If I understand correctly, the channel swap is an attempt to emulate the look of Ektachrome IR. Is this correct? Wild stuff!


Thanks, but no, the IR Channel Shift is a totally new style. But the IR Bi-Color is an attempt to simulate the Ektachrome:

http://photoalbum.powershot.de/fotos/32/13//9fb64459eb187a1e094b03e5b0ce5bfe.jpg

Swan Lake
Bi-Color Version
Canon Powershot G1
34mm, 1/320 sec (color shot), F7.1, ISO 50
Copyright 2002


Greetings from Germany

Chris™