Macro Rail photography / zeiss 2.0/35 ZE

[magnet-2009]

[Bruce]

They cerrtainly look sharp enough, did you do a lot of processing to these as Im seeing a double border
on the high contrast areas?

[magnet-2009]

Yes Bruce, you are right. Unfortunately I have this result from the raw file. It is not pp result.

That's why I posted the photos. I have pm Orio, I can't explain it.

I have no problem with regular frames... Orio asked for the raws and he'll have them.

[Orio]

what raw converter have you been using Magnet?

[magnet-2009]

Orio, DPP and Camera Raw give the same result.

[Orio]

Have you sent the files? I'll give them a go at my workstation.

[magnet-2009]

Just sending. In fact 2 emails - 5dii files, you know.

[Orio]

hi Dimitris
here's one of your files, converted with Breezebrowser Pro.
Breezebrowser Pro is a browser/converter program that uses the same SDK of Canon's own DPP, therefore, it converts images identically as DPP:



All that I can see, is a nice image, very sharp for being wide open, with some (forgivable) lateral chromatic aberration.
Nothing that resembles your terrible image.
So, whatever problem is that causes those artifacts, it's in your software, or in your workflow - not in the RAW file.

Hope this makes you feel better!

Orio

[peterqd]

Wow, what a difference! I use DPP and I've never seen that effect before.

[Bruce]

Yes! they look 200% improved!
The first images look as something I would do when
I go heavy handed on the sliders.
I think they call it "crushing the shadows"
as opposed to "blowing out the highlights"

[magnet-2009]

Thank you very much Orio for your interest and your time.

Thank you Bruce for your comment. You were right.

I have already reset the camera raw settings and everything is fine.

[Orio]

[kds315*]

What an amazing difference!

The first images look like someone tried to make a HDR image from the same RAW file - some converts allows that.

[magnet-2009]

Very good questions Orio. Lets talk about it.

1. I opened the wrong file using dpp [already worked with camera raw] and not the file directly from the camera. Too old to rock n' roll, too young to die.

2. The workflow I followed and worked very good with my files using Canon lens was the following:

http://www.youtube.com/user/cbrushphoto

The camera raw settings that made the problem are:

http://www.youtube.com/user/cbrushphoto#p/u/15/w5vA0yk37IU

http://www.youtube.com/user/cbrushphoto#p/u/14/AkFcdIfjTJk


I can't follow it with zeiss lens. No pp needed in fact. [to poilu ]

I didn't see the smooth dpp result because I open raw with camera raw and the workflow settings are extreme at the begining.

BTW is there any topic about pp workflow?

[Orio]

[Orio]

[magnet-2009]

OK. I know now, Zeiss need no pp. No blue for green, no pp.

[magnet-2009]

[patrickh]

Orio

We can all take something away from that advice. Thanks


patrickh

[magnet-2009]

[Orio]

Less bad than before, but I still see the double edge.
Also, you deprived the image of dark tones, now it is weak.

[magnet-2009]

Third trial and we are oooooff topic.

[Orio]

Dark tones are good now.
Still a hint of double edges though... try not to apply sharpening after resize.

[magnet-2009]

Last trial. Realy, I made very little use of the sliders [no sharpening at all]. The double line rose because I've used too much the fill light slider at camera raw.

[poilu]