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"30magic" wrote:

In addition to looking at an Kodak DCS Pro 14N I am looking at possibly
getting the D100 or D2x. While I understand there major differences
perhaps I just need some more help in macking this decision. I'm
photographing nature scenes, natural beauty, mountains, flowers,
animals and my kids. Which will get me the best results? I'd guess
the 14N but I only assume that due to the megapixels of the camera.
Any thougts, anybody???

Thanks,

Tim

Hi Tim
I have a DCS_14c in addition to EOS D20 and EOS 1DSmk2
The Kodak compares very well to the EOS 1DSmk2 in most things, but it
has distinct advantages for landscape and slow shutter work. as it is
possible to go down to very slow iso speeds when using long exposures.
The colour reproduction and image quality is superb, IMHO far better
than the 2DX or even the EOS 1DS mk2. and the Kodak software is superb
for processing raw images.
On the downside
It is a slow camera to use, think of using a tripod mounted medium
format camera rather than a hand held 35mm slr. It takes a while to
write down the images to the card, and the buffer is very limited.
It is also very plasticy feeling, and feels light in the hand.
battery life is limited to about 500 images, but it can be used tethered
to a PSU (and a PC or Mac) in the studio.
I can confirm that full resolution is available at ISO speeds of up to
500, but grain is a lot more than on the 1DS mk2 at anything above iso
200, also grain is worse on dark grey shadow areas, even at iso 100 and
below.

Considering how little you can pick one of these up for it's one hell of
a bang for your buck, and of course the full frame sensor means that
that wide angle lens really works, just like it used to on the 35mm film
camera...!!!!!
Andy.
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