Canon 1D Mark IV and Nikon D700

[thierry nguyen cuu - nomad]

<p>Not to start a fight between those two.<br /> It just happens that I spent the week end with the Canon 1D Mark IV and tried to squeeze it as much as I can.<br /> I even shot an e-session this after noon and brought along my D700.<br /> This is not a scientific test or whatever, just a simple snap and my goal is to know which one my <strong>clients prefer most</strong> .<br /> Which one would <strong>YOU</strong> pick ?</p>

<p><img title="DK-D700" src="http://nomadphotography.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/DK-D700.jpg" alt="" title="DK-D700" width="500" /></p>

<p><img title="DK-1D4" src="http://nomadphotography.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/DK-1D4.jpg" alt="" title="DK-1D4" width="500" /></p>

[jamie_robertson2]

<p>Impossible to make a decision on image quality from those small pics I'm afraid.</p>

[buffdr_rasouliyan]

<p>Oh boy, here we go.<br>

Pictures are way too small to look at make decision. But since you posted this in the Canon camp, I will go with the Canon for the better skin tone. How about some full size comparison? v/r Buffdr</p>

[John Crowe]

<p>They were not framed the same and the location of each is slightly different. You did not colour match the two shots. All making it even more impossible to tell.</p>

[jean_yves_mead]

<p>Which one would I pick? The first. I much prefer the composition, and I think it's far more flattering to the subjects.</p>

<p>The kit used affects my choice not one bit.</p>

[eric friedemann]

<p>The top image is better-composed and has more pleasing skin tone rendition. Though, the top image could obviously have been taken with either camera.</p>

<p>I shoot D700's and would prefer the D700 for its full frame sensor. That said, if I won the lottery, I'd certainly buy a pair of 1Ds Mark III's and half a dozen high-end Canon lenses.</p>

[waltflanagan]

<p>I'd pick the girl.</p>

[dmanthree]

<p>Agreed, the one on the left.</p>

[peter_j2]

<p>Poor examples. No point in choosing which photo is better.</p>

<p>Your examples here http://www.photoerrant.com/canon-1d-mark-iv-quick-iso-snaps/ should have also been shot using the Nikon D700 for a true and fair comparision.</p>

[madza_zulu]

<p>Nikon colors and tones are weird.</p>

[angel_bocanegra]

<p>The nikon looks better but this is a bad comparison. First the composition is more favorable for the top image. Also the nikon image may has warmer tones. Anyone can easily make the bottom image be almost identical to the top. But I think the op has Nikon bias.</p>

[thierry nguyen cuu - nomad]

<p>OK, there are a lot of valid points here but they are all biased IMO.<br>

We all tend to compare these images on the tech side of it instead of being the "client" to pick her/his print.<br>

Both images have been processed with the same ingredients in CS4 (Synchronised adjustments).<br>

As mentioned, it was more about image in a whole rather than technical comparison between the two cameras.</p>

<p>I did actually go out with a friend and his D3s for a Hi ISO shoot.<br>

The files are still under process and I'll put them up here some times.</p>

 

[thierry nguyen cuu - nomad]

<p>BTW, I put the original files here:<br>

<a href="http://nomadphotography.com.au/blog/2010/01/canon-1d-mark-iv-ai-servo-fps-high-iso-glamour-e-session/">http://nomadphotography.com.au/blog/2010/01/canon-1d-mark-iv-ai-servo-fps-high-iso-glamour-e-session/</a></p>

[anov]

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<p>Agreed, the one on the left.</p>

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<p>As opposed to the girl on the right? :)</p>

[keith reeder]

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<p>OK, there are a lot of valid points here but <em>they are all biased</em> IMO.</p>

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<p>I don't get that statement <em>at all. </em> Biased how? And towards what?<em><br /> </em></p>

<p>In a choice of two pictures like these, it's an absolute cast-iron dead cert that the majority of people will pick the one with eye/viewer contact - that's basic human nature - especially when the subjects in that shot are larger in the (tiny) frame too.</p>

<p>So if this is meant to prove that the Nikon "takes better pictures" because most people would pick the first shot, then I have to say that's hogwash: people will pick the first picture because of the eye contact, nothing more.</p>

<p><em>I really don't know what - if any - point you're trying to make here...</em></p>

[jamie_robertson2]

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<p>As mentioned, it was more about image in a whole rather than technical comparison between the two cameras.</p>

 

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<p>So why on earth take the shots with two different cameras and then post it on the Canon forum? Seems like you were asking for a huge fight to erupt. Why didn't you just post the two shots and ask which one we prefer? Not only that, your title of <em>"Canon 1D Mark IV and Nikon D700" </em> would insinuate comparison of the two cameras.</p>

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[markonestudios]

A much fairer comparison would be to post a photo of the same pose, same exposure settings, remove EXIF data. I'm afraid this post won't get you very far in terms of objective opinion. Especially with such a title, posted on a <i>Canon forum</i>

[keith reeder]

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<p>I'm afraid this post won't get you very far in terms of objective opinion.</p>

 

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<p>He's literally had <em>nothing but</em> , Mark.</p>