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HERE IT IS, FIRST TEST IMPRESSIONS; Contax ND verses the Mighty Canon EOS 1Ds.
Remember, the following should be pretty unbiased. After all, I own both the cameras.
Check the Gallery for images I loaded so you know what was done. Dirk, I'll remove them ASAP, after people get a look at them.
First, lets dispense with any functional differences. The Canon is faster. At everything. Period. The Canon weighs a lot more and is bigger. (see Gallery photo). Preferences: I prefer the aperture control ring on the Contax lenses which are missing on the Canon glass. And purely from a subjective POV, I like the looks of the ND better. For any more spec. stuff, please go to the respective manufacturers' web sites. The main thing here is subjectively/objectively comparing imaging. The end results.
In the Gallery up-loads I explain how everything remained a constant except the camera/lens used. I ended up selecting the Contax 50/1.4 as it is one of the undisputed performers of the Zeiss line up. The Canon Zoom was then set at 50mm where it should be at it's best. Both lenses were set @ f/8.
Some may dispute this as unscientific, but I could care less. These are the lenses I own and use, so it's as scientific as I need it to be.
Celebrate all you Contax ND users, our camera did very well. As I suspected, the Canon was the better imaging machine, but not by the margin one would expect from all the media hype. The Canon was a bit cleaner in the details and the color was dead nuts on right out of the camera. I confess, I did tweak the reds a bit in the ND image by color balancing a touch of cyan back into the image in order to get it to be exactly like the subject.
Over-all the Canon image appears a bit crisper, and in other tests I've already done, the Canon does not color fringe in situations where the ND sometimes does.
For images up to 8X10 few will be able to tell the difference. Maybe even 11X14 (we'll see after I print some). But keep in mind that the Canon will allow deeper crops with less effect on the quality. Today I will do a real world walk around with both cameras. This time I'll use the Contax 24-85 verses the Canon 24-70/2.8.
Go ahead and ask questions.
Remember, the following should be pretty unbiased. After all, I own both the cameras.
Check the Gallery for images I loaded so you know what was done. Dirk, I'll remove them ASAP, after people get a look at them.
First, lets dispense with any functional differences. The Canon is faster. At everything. Period. The Canon weighs a lot more and is bigger. (see Gallery photo). Preferences: I prefer the aperture control ring on the Contax lenses which are missing on the Canon glass. And purely from a subjective POV, I like the looks of the ND better. For any more spec. stuff, please go to the respective manufacturers' web sites. The main thing here is subjectively/objectively comparing imaging. The end results.
In the Gallery up-loads I explain how everything remained a constant except the camera/lens used. I ended up selecting the Contax 50/1.4 as it is one of the undisputed performers of the Zeiss line up. The Canon Zoom was then set at 50mm where it should be at it's best. Both lenses were set @ f/8.
Some may dispute this as unscientific, but I could care less. These are the lenses I own and use, so it's as scientific as I need it to be.
Celebrate all you Contax ND users, our camera did very well. As I suspected, the Canon was the better imaging machine, but not by the margin one would expect from all the media hype. The Canon was a bit cleaner in the details and the color was dead nuts on right out of the camera. I confess, I did tweak the reds a bit in the ND image by color balancing a touch of cyan back into the image in order to get it to be exactly like the subject.
Over-all the Canon image appears a bit crisper, and in other tests I've already done, the Canon does not color fringe in situations where the ND sometimes does.
For images up to 8X10 few will be able to tell the difference. Maybe even 11X14 (we'll see after I print some). But keep in mind that the Canon will allow deeper crops with less effect on the quality. Today I will do a real world walk around with both cameras. This time I'll use the Contax 24-85 verses the Canon 24-70/2.8.
Go ahead and ask questions.