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sergio

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Kodak DCS Pro 14n report
« on: October 15, 2003, 08:30:07 pm »

I have a fellow photographer who shoots with the 14n commercial stuff. He says everything is nice as long as you stick to ISO 80. Its a good deal for the price if you consider the Proback Plus costed more than 3 times the money and ONLY had ISO 100.
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« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2003, 07:07:35 pm »

In the interests of we Nikon mount camera owners who sometimes feel a bit lost here, I thought I'd mention a report in the November edition of Pro Photographer magazine (UK), about photographer George Richardson who left his medium fomat film cameras behind on a recent glamour calendar shoot in Mexico, and instead relied exclusively on a Kodak 14n.

George's personal investment in the shoot was considerable, about $50k, so it was a bit of a risk, but according to the article, it was a spectacular success.  The results (some of which illustrate the article) were, he says, superb, and more importantly, the clients were delighted.

This of course is the same magazine that recently published one of the best mainstream publication comparisons between a Canon 1Ds and film, which showed conclusively that the 1Ds was better than 35mm film.   But hey, that's enough about Canon, I just wanted to post a positive report about a pro and his 14n  :)

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« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2003, 05:43:51 am »

Actually you can use it without real noise problems up to 160 (I own one).  I have seen some examples taken with beta firmware 4.4 at 400 ISO that are another big improvement.  I have no doubt at all the 14n is now a far better camera that when prematurely released earlier in the year.

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