Lumix G1 Versus Canon 7D

Yesterday I was shooting women's foot wear for a client. The model was from one the top modeling agencies. It was boots and shoes heaven in my studio yesterday.

I will be getting a pair of amazing boots and austrian cristal sandals as a bonus from my client. Love it.

Although I shot the entire session with my Canon 7D, I took once in a while the Lumix G1 in my hands , just to compare.

Canon 7D




Lumix G1



What she is wearing isn't a real gown. I did her make-up, and draped the fabric over her body create the gown. Voila.

Canon versus Lumix match...

That G1 can still compete against big guys in some ways. But during a commercial shoot like this it has no place. For many Big is beautiful...

 

Not that I know of. To add more punchy colors there is a Vibrant mode in G1. Good for landscape horriblewith people shots.

Imagine the 7D was shot on Kalvin mode, because I prefere slight warmer skin tones., The G1 was shot in autro white balance mode. The G1 is warmer and more contrasty (even shot in regular mode not vibrant), therefor feels more saturated in colors.

 

The samples here are both in high jpg mode from the two cameras. I always shoot both modes RAW & jpg.

 

The 7D has it as well.

Canon 40D was horrible in AWB mode, very bluish. 7D is great in AWB. I find that my G1 in AWB up untill 7D was the best.

The moral of the story is always know your equipment well.

My point isn't the contrast, but how much more luminous and contrasty is the G1 compared to 7D under same lighting conditions.

 

Check these out. Do you want to see "BOOTS"? hehehe However the shot was done with 7D. I am showing it to show killer boots.

 

Love my G1. Hopefully soon my GH2... :smile:

 

Indeed, if you don't put the shots (under the same lighthing conditions of the same sauibject) side by side you will not notice these subtile differences.

I still LOVE the G series for my travel photography. The camera is ligther to carry, its vibrant dynamic colors suits me for travel photography. My Canon D7 with the mega size lenses and grip it no longer attractive to carry around during my vacations day and day out.

I also have noticed that most people (consumers) like slightly warm tones in general. It emulates warm sun. For some of my landscapes I add sliigthly Nik's Skylight filter.

Does any of you use that digital filter? Try it, you might love it.

PS: I will do a Blog post with the boots/shoes shoot today. But it will be mostly images shot with D7. There will not be a link here because it isn't related to our camera system topics here, but you can visit if you like it.

Cheers,

Hera