CCD vs CMOS
Mike
Pentax K5 / Pentax K5 11/ Pentax K200D / Canon Rebel T1 i / Canon 650D / Pentax MX-1 / Fuji XF1 /Fuji X 10 / Canon EOS-M / Canon G10/ Pentax Mz-7 x 2
A little sunshine between the clouds, ISO was set at 100. Colour balance was set at AWB. Metering by Pattern.
The images were imported into CS6 by ACR, no adjustments were made. Colour balance left as shot.
Images were resized to 900 pixels wide in CS6 (resampled, bicubic sharper) and saved at highest quality JPGs.
![Comment Image](http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa184/stevejcoe/Equipment/CMOS%20vesus%20CCD/IMGP2541a.jpg)
![Comment Image](http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa184/stevejcoe/Equipment/CMOS%20vesus%20CCD/_IGP9329a.jpg)
Link to full size JPGs
http://s198.photobucket.com/user/stevejcoe/library/Equipment/CMOS%20vesus%20CCD
Regards - Steve
So not a very useful comparison.
The K-3 is much better
Pentax K-1 + K-5 and some other stuff
Algi
I find that brick/mortar colour is difficult to get right, much like skin tones.
warming it up, but it wasn't very successful. The greens
went worse.
The K-5 greens are much better and improve with just a slight tweak
as shown below....
![Comment Image](https://www.pentaxuser.com/images/comment_pictures/11130/11130_1380979346.jpg)
So another myth we can forget about These days I'm
not as fast as I used to be..... in all honesty I was never
as fast as I used to be
Edit: The forum software has reduced the width to 800w
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Pentax K-1 + K-5 and some other stuff
Algi
Regards - Steve
I'll leave it to others to determine any differences. I can tell, though, that the GX-20 has a tendency to introduce kittens into the picture...
First the GX-10:
![Comment Image](http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y507/crispinian/GX-10%20vs%20GX-20/GX10-web_zps2553c148.jpg)
Now the GX-20:
![Comment Image](http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y507/crispinian/GX-10%20vs%20GX-20/GX20-web_zps6e548bf3-1.jpg)
Maybe I need to link to larger images? I've never used Photobucket before, so maybe someone could briefly tell me what to do.
I don't think the assertion re CCD vs CMOS is proved or disproved by any of the shots as they all look much of a muchness as presented.
Certainly there's no magical quality which leaps out of the GX-10 shot (CCD sensor) for me, as against the GX-20 shot (CMOS sensor), even when viewing the RAW images. Maybe a hurriedly taken hand-held shot in dull light isn't enough to reveal anything, though?
Maybe a hurriedly taken hand-held shot in dull light isn't enough to reveal anything, though?
I think that's right. No doubt if there's a difference to be appreciated it will take working with both for a while to be able to take advantage of the possibilities fully.
poor ye olde sensors are
Pentax K-1 + K-5 and some other stuff
Algi
Lenses: Pentax DA 10-17mm ED(IF) Fish Eye, Pentax DA 14mm f/2.8, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8, Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8, Sigma 30mm F1.4 EX DC, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.2, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-FA 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.7, Pentax DA* 50-135mm f/2.8, Sigma 135-400mm APO DG, and more ..
Flash: AF-540FGZ, Vivitar 283
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People keep saying this - I don't know about it because I haven't used any of these older cameras nor looked at comparison examples. But, if these special qualities are not going to be lost forever eventually, then you'd better start to think about some proper analysis of these files.
If whatever makes up this special character cannot be broken down into 'technical' components then there's no chance of understanding it enough to re-create it with current technology.And eventually those cameras will stop working.
Its interesting isn't it that there's a market for software that tries to re-create the 'feel' and character of various 35mm films (negs & slides). These qualities were things that people admired and presumably miss with digital capture now.
But the software designers would have had to do some serious analysis of those films and their output, and drawn up detailed parameters to re-create the correct effect under every possible ISO rating, exposure value and colour combinations.
Maybe the same could be done for older ccd digital cameras - Silver Efex K100d Plugin ?
Problem is the Software recreation never equals the real thing. This is the case with analogue musical instruments, tape, vinyl valve amps, etc as it is with analogue film.
People still use old music equipment from the 1960s which is still working. There's no reason why someone couldn't use a K10D in 50 years time.
Also remember that some people have no interest in understanding the technical reason for something they just love the artistic results.
In my experience worrying about technical things can handicaps one's artistic creativity.
Lenses: Pentax DA 10-17mm ED(IF) Fish Eye, Pentax DA 14mm f/2.8, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8, Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8, Sigma 30mm F1.4 EX DC, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.2, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-FA 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.7, Pentax DA* 50-135mm f/2.8, Sigma 135-400mm APO DG, and more ..
Flash: AF-540FGZ, Vivitar 283