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1/500, F/8, ISO 1600 500mmf/4L IS II + 1.4XIII

Wood Duck

1/500, F/8, ISO 3200 500mmf/4L IS II + 1.4XIII

^^Nice shots. Wish I had the cash for a 500.

inthedeck wrote in post #15351287
^^Nice shots. Wish I had the cash for a 500.

I borrowed a friends once to shoot Osprey and it was all over after that.
I told him "you just cost me a lot of money"
It is a phenomenal lens, I have absolutely zero buyers remorse.

inthedeck wrote in post #15351287
^^Nice shots. Wish I had the cash for a 500.

Could've settled with the 7D and gotten the 500.

haha, yeah, tends to happen that way. I have quite a few lenses, minus the couple I've sold over the past few weeks. Thought about a 35L to replace them, but, didn't know if it would really work for me. I mostly shoot portraits, so, my 85L works wonders. One of my favorite focal lengths.

jwcdds wrote in post #15351499
Could've settled with the 7D and gotten the 500.

Nah, never really liked the cropped bodies. Had a 20D, way back when, and once I went FF again (coming from film), I never went back. Same goes for the 1-series.

SQZ wrote in post #15351148
1/500, F/8, ISO 1600 500mmf/4L IS II + 1.4XIII

Wood Duck

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Beautiful!!

rockygarcia wrote in post #15351779
Beautiful!!

Thank you.

Look so real !!! its time for Peking duck

thinkharder wrote in post #15355376
Look so real !!! its time for Peking duck

I love Peking duck!

Hi Guys,

after much talk and debate on this thread about the "lack of colour" in the images produced by the 1DX, I thought I'd try to validate what's happening.

Firstly, as the sensor and metering is so good, I thought the images were now "true" colour rather than being puffed up in vibrance to what people want to see. However, that would be rather conceited of me, wouldn't it?

After using the 1 DX for a while, I found myself enhancing saturation and vibrance most of the time, so I had to agree that the images were a little insipid. The question still remained... is this the camera or is it just my personal preference? Well, there's only one way to find out for sure...

I calibrated my monitor with the X-Rite Colour Monkey and I purchased the x-Rite colour Passport Checker to calibrate the camera. Here's what happened...

I put a load of colourful junk on my desk together with the Passport Colour Checker, created a custom WB and took a shot. I then applied the colour profile from the Passport and look what happened!

No points for artistic merit here, the only purpose here is to assess colour.

Jef96 wrote in post #15360747
Hi Guys,

after much talk and debate on this thread about the "lack of colour" in the images produced by the 1DX, I thought I'd try to validate what's happening.

Firstly, as the sensor and metering is so good, I thought the images were now "true" colour rather than being puffed up in vibrance to what people want to see. However, that would be rather conceited of me, wouldn't it?

After using the 1 DX for a while, I found myself enhancing saturation and vibrance most of the time, so I had to agree that the images were a little insipid. The question still remained... is this the camera or is it just my personal preference? Well, there's only one way to find out for sure...

I calibrated my monitor with the X-Rite Colour Monkey and I purchased the x-Rite colour Passport Checker to calibrate the camera. Here's what happened...

I put a load of colourful junk on my desk together with the Passport Colour Checker, created a custom WB and took a shot. I then applied the colour profile from the Passport and look what happened!

No points for artistic merit here, the only purpose here is to assess colour.

The 1st image is straight from the 1DX without any adjustment. The 2nd image is the same image but with the 1DX camera calibration applied; no other adjustments.

On my monitor, the difference is incredible. The 2nd image is not adjusted for vibrance or saturation, but this is evidently the "true" colour as that's the purpose of the camera calibration.

So in conclusion, is the 1DX lacking in capturing true colour?

I'd say yes, without a doubt. Left to its own devices without proper calibration, the images are indeed insipid to my eye. After proper calibration, the images are stunning.

I don't work for X-Rite, I'm not on commission and I'm not a pro photographer, but this is surely a must have piece of kit for around £50. However, there's no point if your monitor is not properly calibrated.

Well there you go, I hope you found my home work useful?

I'll be using the passport to calibrate the 1DX over the next few weeks and I'll post some before and after shots here so you can be the final arbiter.

Any questions, I'll be glad to answer.

Cheers,

Jeff

PS for those who may be interested, here's the link to the X-Rite web page with all the info on the Colorchecker Passport - http://xritephoto.com …uct_overview.as​px?ID=1257

apologies for being a numpty, but what do you mean by "with the 1Dx camera calibration applied"?

is this just a white balance calibration or something more detailed? If so, how is this done? Thanks

nigpd wrote in post #15360828
apologies for being a numpty, but what do you mean by "with the 1Dx camera calibration applied"?

is this just a white balance calibration or something more detailed? If so, how is this done? Thanks

No, it's not WB, that's something different. Here's how it works...

You take an image with the colour checker in the image and then continue with your shoot as normal.

Then, after loading the images onto your PC/Mac, you open the image containing the colour checker in Camera RAW and save it as a PNG file. (That's the image I've provided above).

You then drag and drop the DNG file into the colour checker software and it automatically identifies the colourchecker passport on your image and creates a "colour profile" for your camera and the light on that particular scene. (That's what I mean by 1DX camera Calibration applied). When in Camera RAW, you can see the Camera Calibration option in the row of Icons on the top right. The colour profile appears here once you have calibrated.

Jeff

Thanks so much for this. Although not a 1Dx user (for now), this tool looks like a must have for any SLR owner.

I'm also going to invest in FoCal

rafster wrote in post #15361033
Jeff

Thanks so much for this. Although not a 1Dx user (for now), this tool looks like a must have for any SLR owner.

I'm also going to invest in FoCal

Yes, I agree 100%