October 21, 2004
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WELL I CAN RELEASE THIS IMAGE TEST NOW
The photographs you see here were
taken at the same moment in the identical scene taken with the Fuji S3
pre-production camera and the Fuji S2. Except for the S20, the S2
was the previous dynamic range leader. Now look at the HUGE
difference in dynamic range between the S3 and the S2. The wood
is similar in tone and exposure but look how blown out the highlights
are on the S2. This was a VERY tough test of dynamic range…
having the bride dressed in off white standing in front of a covered
bridge!Dynamic range is THE most important factor in a digital camera – using
my S20 has been a great experience for me – I’ve learned the joy of
shooting a camera with FAT dynamic range and the S3 has even
MORE. We were holding off shots like this until I debut the
camera at Javits tomorrow. Since it’s 1230am here in NY, here’s a
shot!p.s. to download the actual images and see the META data: click here
