Zoo Melaka:

#1 White-Crowned Hornbill

ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/100 sec
Aperture: f/5.6

#2 Papuan-wreathed Hornbill

ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/5.6

#3 Southern Pied Hornbill

ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/320 sec
Aperture: f/5.6

#4 Orang Utan

ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/200 sec
Aperture: f/5.6

Melaka Town:

#5 Newton food court

ISO: 3200
Exposure: 1/60 sec
Aperture: f/4.5

#6 Newton food court

ISO: 3200
Exposure: 1/640 sec
Aperture: f/4.5

#7 Jonker Walk

ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/8 sec
Aperture: f/3.5

#8 Town

ISO: 100
Exposure: 3.2 sec
Aperture: f/8.0

#9 Melaka River

ISO: 100
Exposure: 6.0 sec
Aperture: f/5.6

#10 Town

ISO: 100
Exposure: 6.0 sec
Aperture: f/11.0

#11 Jonker Walk

ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/10 sec
Aperture: f/3.5

#12 Jonker Walk

ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/20 sec
Aperture: f/3.5

All were taken with kit lens: 18-70mm.
C and C are welcome.

All of your pictures are very nice . That 3200 does seemed quite acceptable. Wonderful camera.

wow, very nice birds photo

cant wait for more after u got your 70-300mm

and not bad for the ISO3200, very acceptable...great camera

This post has been edited by mindkiller6610: Feb 11 2008, 09:57 PM

Melaka Butterfly Park

#13

ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/320 sec
Aperture: f/8.0

#14

ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/320 sec
Aperture: f/8.0

#15

ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/125 sec
Aperture: f/8.0

I'm pretty surprised that the kit lens is capable of taking birds photo at close range, with the given focal length of 70mm. Although the output is not as sharp as I'd have preferred, and it's actually less sharp than S3IS due to the lack of in-camera-sharpening, this allow more room for post process like level and curve adjustment without creating any jpeg artifact and noise.

However, the macro is below average. I had some mis-focus issue which I have yet to rectify, but that's another story.

kitlens usually provides very large "shortest focus distance", thus making macro abit harder.

Speaking of this, i miss the s3 0cm super macro mode

This post has been edited by mindkiller6610: Feb 12 2008, 02:49 AM

nice shots

WOW...very nice photos...luv em

u went to malaka..no a famosa shots meh?

Nope. I didn't go to A-Famosa this time due to tight schedule.

For #2 and #3, a little boost in the mids could reduce contrast in the greens for a more colorful picture.

Alternatively, turn down the contrast on the A200 to produce a flatter image, and then add contrast when needed.

I like #4, it looks like it was born in a nest.

Ooo, sweet ISO3200!

#15 has wonderful dramatic light, well suited for the subject.

can u post the 100% crop on the iso3200 image..or if u can post the original iso3200 pic without noise removal tool on it..

You mean adjusting the mid in the histogram? Darken the image or lighten it?
Actually I'd have preferred a more out of focus BG, just that this is limited by the shot focal length that comes with my kit lens.

I didn't apply any noise removal during post process, I just tone down the saturation.

This is the 100% crop of the original:

There is a clear sign of serious noise reduction already...

If you did not apply in software, then it is the camera liao...

1st time see ISO3200 photo ...and the quality is scary...too much noise...
Thanks kelvinyam for those nice photo...especially those birds...

thanks for posting the iso3200 shot.. but at the price of rm,2k+ this is a bargain already to be able to shot at iso3200 and get a decent shot.

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Added on February 13, 2008, 6:50 pmtry turning off the noise reduction or noise filter ..it will give you more detail

This post has been edited by hellfire8888: Feb 13 2008, 06:50 PM

Yeap. The camera NR kick in at ISO800 and beyond.

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Added on February 13, 2008, 9:57 pmToo much noise? Believe it or not, you will get the same noise level from S3IS at ISO800.

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Added on February 13, 2008, 10:00 pmActually I'm quite OK with the ISO shot. It shall not be that obvious at small print.
Turning off the NR will result heavy chromatic noise / colour noise, which still need to be fixed during PP.

This post has been edited by kelvinyam: Feb 13 2008, 10:00 PM