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I don't see a noticeable grain problem in your sample image at all... It doesn't seem tack-sharp, and the background is nicely blurred from depth-of-field; perhaps you're "reading" all that as grain? Can't imagine there's huge amounts of room for 'dramatic improvement' over your current camera body.
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Lynn R. Powers |
I am with Christopher on this. You may have some in the shadows that we are unable to see. There are only to possible suggestions that I can possibly make. The first is in situations such as this, when taken in the latter part of the morning or the middle of the afternoon on a gorgeous sunny day, is to add a little exposure compensation to bring out more detail in the shadows. You might want to get a gray card to get pin down your settings a little more. When sky's are gray all you have to do is take your initial reading from the northern sky and you are set for most of the day, providing you set the White Balance accordingly. Also Exposure Comp is unnecessary. The second is do not limit the abilities of your 1DsMarkII. You are more apt to have grain in the smaller (medium) sized images than using the fine/large setting. Also shoot in RAW with or without JPEG. The RAW images are a lot easier to process and the quality is much better. Plus less grain problems. Since you shoot stock photos did you know that many Stock agencies will not accept the medium sized photos? They also want to insure that you took the photo and will ask , if not require, you to have a RAW image. Having to shoot both at full size may require you to get a couple larger capacity CF cards. At least they are not as expensive as my first card for a Sony digital movie camera. It cost $36+ for a 256KB (not a typo) memory stick. I took a short look at your web site. Loved the photos that you have taken for the dog's agility tests. Aside from those things you seem to have a good handle on everything else.
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