Thursday, 21 March 2013

[Blow-in]

Here is my one for today...I pass under this rookery most days and with the sun on the tree tops the rooks were very active today. Hard to capture with a 28 mm lens but there is one in there if you look hard enough.

Richard

 

[lensman]

Richard,

Interesting perspective, I like it

Have you had any more snow today?

David

 

[Wiener]

Nice verticals! How do you find the IQ compared to the A12 50mm?
Need to catch up sometime when you are not on the water...
Andy

 

[Blow-in]

Nice verticals! How do you find the IQ compared to the A12 50mm?
Need to catch up sometime when you are not on the water...
Andy

Andy,

The GRD4 IQ is fine for A4 prints with some modest enlarging. The camera resolves detail remarkably well for its size and some of the features such as the dynamic range compensation really work well and help overcome that small sensor challenge. This shot has auto DRC selected. However, the IQ of the GXR A12 50 is, as you would hope, another notch better and this shows in crops/enlargements. Also the 'natural' dynamic range of the camera is much better than the GRD especially if DRC is not used. The GXR produces very good high ISO images where as degradation becomes noticeable with the GRD above ISO 800 - however the GRD compensates in low light with a faster lens. With the GXR you can also achieve good 'bokeh' but equally you can 'achieve' out of focus shots.

Prices are a bit strange at the moment which means the GXR A12 50 is cheaper in the UK than the GRD4. As a result the GXR is very affordable right now and I'm regarding mine as a 50mm camera and don't have plans to buy any more lens modules - I certainly wouldn't buy the A12 28mm to replace the GRD4 which wins out on portability with results that I'm more than happy with and a great macro mode. I have bought a 2nd hand EVF for the GXR and I'm looking forward to using that - unfortunately I'll need to wait until the GXR is back from repair as I broke the flash clip taking it out of its bag.

In the end they are 2 very different cameras even though the menus feel the same. A better comparison would be between the GRD4 and the GXR A12 28 and perhaps we could get together some time to try that?

Richard