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I am constantly testing digital cameras when they come out to discover their strong points and weaknesses. Since technology is always improving, and since competition is keen, with every new generation of digital camera there are huge improvements from the previous model.
As part of my job at Pictage.com, I need to know how these cameras produce images in the real-world hands of photographers. My mission is two-fold; 1) to help you with the optimum settings for performance and 2) to discover the best way to print images from your camera.
I'm releasing my test images here for the web. I took the leading pro-digital cameras and subjected them to different conditions; low light, harsh sunlight, direct on flash camera and with diffuser, tungsten lighting etc. All were set on the camera's "auto white balance" setting and all were shot on the programmed mode, to achieve a standard for measuring results.
Things to look for: 1) blooming. A digital camera should preserve highlights and not blow them out. A camera with a generous dynamic range is preferable especially for fast-moving wedding photography. Look for detail in the ribbing of the model's sweater in all shots. This will show you if the camera blows out highlights. 2) Look for autowhite balance and exposure. Again, I set the cameras on AWB to see how well they calculate color balance.
The cameras tested were: Canon EOS1D, D60, D30, Fuji S2; Kodak DCS760, Film (using Portra 400) and the Nikon D1x.
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