I have had very good luck using DxO as a RAW converter for my MaxMax Hotrod 5D. use lens sharpen .25, also smart sharpen and focus fixer work very well too.Marc[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=164161\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
I already made comparisons of the sample shots offered at MaxMax, but that was only one pair of shots with the Canon 5D. Now I wanted to verify what I saw earlier and downloaded these raw files (note: the link to IMG_9225.CR2 is dead).I found the pair IMG_2046 and IMG_9213 good for direct comparison, and what I see reinforces my opinion: the AA filter removal was failure. I looked at the shots in PS (generated by ACR from the MaxMax samples) as well as the non-demosaiced display with Rawnalyze, which shows the ultimate sharpness. I uploaded a layered TIFF, 16 MB with the screenshots; everyone can do the comparison with generated TIFFs for himself.There are spots, where the hotrod-image is slightly sharper - but there are other spots, where the other camera is sharper! For example the right side of the hotrod shot is sharper, but the left side is softer in their sample.It is somewhat disappointing for me, for I was thinking of an IR conversion with MaxMax, but I don't know what to think of them.To Marc: did you buy your 5D from MaxMax or were you their first 5D customer? When watching the raw images, the camera body number appeared to me somehow known (I don't memorize even much shorter numbers, but the "image" of the number can be recognized). I checked out: the hotrod sample on their site is from your camera.This has an interesting aspect: my conclusion re the lack of effectiveless of the AA filter removal is based still on a single camera.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=164326\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Hi Marc,Have you heard that dxo has incorporated a rootkit like copy protection on their latest release. Seems to be a lot of unhappy people about this issue.Do you know of any other hotrod 5D cameras?Best,Mike[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=164265\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
This has an interesting aspect: my conclusion re the lack of effectiveless of the AA filter removal is based still on a single camera.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=164326\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
I don't know of any other modified 5D'sWhat are the issues on the copy protection? I haven't run into a problem with it although I have run into a few bugs in Version 5Marc[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=164331\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]