The 11MP monochrome, 2.7MP color, $8000 Canon 1Ds

Has anyone ever seen a sharp full size pic posted from one of these
$8000, 11MP monochrome, 2.76MP color dinosaurs? I'd love a few good
links...

 

Kibo informs me that (Georgette Preddy)
stated that:

That's because there is no camera on the planet that fits your bizarre
description.

Are you ever going to show us one of these photos you lied about
selling?

 

Lionel - I do admire your tenacity

I wonder if you may direct me to a truly independent digital camera review
site

das bagal schrieben

 

Not 'til you post your own links Georgy boy.

 

To those unfamiliar with George/Georgette Preddy, please ignore his
postings. If you read other postings by him you will find that
he, for some reason, has a fetish against Canon. He is also
extraordinarily pro Sigma/Foveon.

 

plonk

 

No links!

 

[monochrome MPs]

 

Correction: it's 11 MP of luminance information, whether the input is
a colour image or B&W, and whether the output is colour or B&W.

The *only* time you won't get that luminance information is when the
subject doesn't have any luminance information, such as the red-blue
saturated colour test patterns that someone used to explore Bayer
sensors at their weakest. Fortunately, this never happens in real
images. There is always significant luminance detail.

And 11 MP of luminance is a whole lot more than the 3.4 MP maximum
luminance information from any of the Sigma cameras.

The 1Ds colour-only resolution is a factor of 2 less. But this is not
the resolution for colour images, it's the resolution for the *colour
differences* once luminance has been removed. Even for very colourful
images, luminance resolution is much more important than colour
resolution.

Dave

 

Kibo informs me that (Georgette Preddy)
stated that:

....brains.

We're still waiting to see your photos, Preddiot.

 

Kibo informs me that (Georgette Preddy)
stated that:

Where are your photos, Preddiot?

 

That's 11MP monochrome, before they are combined using a moisaic
filter to simulate a color sensor.

Red and Blue don't matter, of course. Only Green matters.

They are all 100% Green, we know.

Luninace requires R+G+B, and all measured at the same, precise
location. Canon only measures luminance in 3rds, then throws out 1
per 4 during color interpolation, and 75% of the data is sensed at
locations other than the final presentation, making the image terribly
blurred.

The $8000(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Canon 1Ds can sense 2.7M full color
pixels (including shades of gray, which require complete RGB), or 11M
monochrome pixels (if 2 color B&W). That's all she can do. Nothin'
else is there.

 

George,

You are letting your arse do the talking again

 

Georgette Preddy wrote:

To those unfamiliar with George/Georgette Preddy, please ignore his
postings. If you read other postings by him you will find that
he, for some reason, has a fetish against Canon. He is also
extraordinarily pro Sigma/Foveon.

 

This thing is supposedly Canon's flagship and no one, not even raving
Canon fanantics, can find a single good sharp full size picture from
it. How odd??

Oh wait... I found one!

http://www.pbase.com/image/15423044/original

Simply gorgeous! It puts this non-interpolated Sigma image to
shame...

http://www.sigmaphoto.com/Images/sd9samples/IMG05380.jpg

 

To those unfamiliar with George/Georgette Preddy, please ignore his
postings. If you read other postings by him you will find that
he, for some reason, has a fetish against Canon. He is also
extraordinarily pro Sigma/Foveon.

 

Indeed, your memory must be also failing you:
<http://www.photographersportfolio.com/canon_samples/bigimages/1DS_000_2.jpgI'd agree it needs a bit of sharpening, if this were the final display size.

How cute, 'Preddy' also doesn't understand the difference between operator
error and equipment limitations.

Indeed, jaundice is a trademark of the Sigmas, especially the SD-9.

Bart

 

georgie, if you had any class, you would be embarrassed.

 

Again George is comparing a out-of focus grab shot with a yellow skinned
studio shot.

 

Its perfectly focused, the camera is just way blurry.

The SDs are RAW shooters, you do realize that color is never set, right?