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October 18th, 2003, 01:44 PM | #31 |
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Re: Digital Zoom
<<<-- Originally posted by Steve Nunez : The PDX10 has the best digital zoom I have ever used -->>>
See, I told ya so ;-) With the Sony high-grade 2x telephoto lens the results are phenomenal with a total of 48x zoom. |
October 18th, 2003, 05:03 PM | #32 |
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Boyd,
you're absolutely right- the digital zoom is absolutely great- I'm stunned at how Sony pulls off such a clean image- problem is I have an "El Cheapo" Sima 2X lens and it produces too much chromatic abberations and is only sharp at mid center lens-----How good is that Sony lens you have? I had the high grade Sony 1.7X with my GL2 and it was awesome- I couldn;t tell footage shot with it on or off- it was that good- is Sony's 37mm 2X as good as that?? |
October 18th, 2003, 05:17 PM | #33 |
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Let me see about posting some examples when I get a moment free (ha, ha... when would that be? ;-)
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October 18th, 2003, 05:26 PM | #34 |
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Boyd,
I'd really like to see some sample stills with the 2X Sony HG lens- please post when possible. Much appreciated!! (Does it vignette at wide setting??) |
October 18th, 2003, 08:16 PM | #35 |
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Yes, Steve, it vignetts at wider, but who care of tele Sony lens at wide? If so, what could we do? It symly overwhelming on screen of 50 ( newest Sony plasma at SONY STYLE store, NY ). No degredation at all!
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<<<-- Originally posted by Steve Nunez :Does it vignette at wide setting-->>>
Yes, there is extreme vignetting. Just judging by the viewfinder, you might be able to zoom out 33% from the full telephoto setting. You certainly couldn't even make it to 50%. But it seems like this would be expected from a 2x adaptor... |
October 18th, 2003, 11:59 PM | #37 |
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Digital zoom, very good indeed, because...
> anyone else know how they get such non-interoplated looking
> zoom capabilities? Simple: it is not all that interpolated, because the megapixel CCD has a lot more pixels than needed for NTSC. Aproximately 50% more. So that would give us how much digital zoom without interpolation? About x1.5 perhaps? Possibly the 14 bit DSP helps too... but I think it is more about resolution.
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October 19th, 2003, 08:49 AM | #38 |
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Ignacio-
excellent answer- that does explain the non-degradation of image quality...like i said before it's almost as good as having a 24X optical zoom.....which actually puts it ahead of the GL2's 20X optical (the GL2 digi zoom degrades image quality instantly) Thumbs up to the PDX in the digi zoom dept! |
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Boyd - a small correction. When using the Sony 2x telephoto conversion lens you still have a 12x optical zoom. I've used the PDX10 with a Canon C8 1.4X teleconverter, and that is indeed full zoom.
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