Canon 5D announced !

Scott W wrote,on my timestamp of 26/09/2008 5:36 AM:

I have not seen a photo from the 5D2 that uses a prime lens, but this
shot is not too bad even with a zoom lens.
http://a.img-dpreview.com/gallery/ca...s/img_0662.jpg
If you down size it to 50% and back up it is clearly softer, unlike
your images, and it is also a jpg.

Scott, do you understand basic English?
Here is a basic phrase even you might be able to understand:
your "downsize/upsize" "technique" to determine level
of detail is a LOAD OF CRAP!
There, is that clear?

You simply CANNOT make ANY assumptions about detail
by downsizing/upsizing a jpg which you have
NO CLUE at what level of detail was saved.

Got it, or do you want to continue to embarass
yourself with idiotic claims?

Do you really think that your images are so soft because they are
jpeg?

STOP the misinformation, Scott!
My images are "soft" because unlike yours they are
published at FULL resolution and unsharpened,
not the downressed oversharpened crap you claim is
"full of detail" just because it appears sharp.

NO digital image, regardless of the sensor used,
is sharp at full rez. That is a direct consequence
of the Bayer interpolation, the alias filter and
the de-mosaic routines that must be applied to the
original mush. That is also why EVERY digital
image MUST be sharpened.


Here is a sharp jpeg and what happens to it when you down size to 50%
and back up.
http://www.pbase.com/konascott/image/103012477/original

No, Scott: that is NOT a "sharp jpg".
That is a FABRICATED image, a modified original,
which is all you are capable of producing when
asked for proof.
What quality was the original created with?
What quality was mine created with?



Just because an image is in jpeg format does not mean it is any softer
then it would if it was in tiff format.

Oh yes it does! Get this: jpg uses LOSSY compression.
Know what that means? Here is some basic
English: LOSSY means it has LOST something.
What do you think it has lost, Scott?

Annika1980 wrote,on my timestamp of 30/09/2008 1:12 AM:


Well, you'll be happy to know that Laforet says the 5DII produces the
best high-ISO shots he's ever seen.

He's never used anything but Canon, has he?
LOL!


Here are some actual samples:
http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/control...articleID=2128



That's more like it!
How come this Laforet bloke is the
only one capable of taking reasonable shots
with the 5d2? And what happened with the
girl's dress in focus but the face clearly soft?
Another "boat" shot?
Still a lot of unknowns there, but getting
better...