Dillema
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Will,
I am not sure I can help or not because I am unsure of your terminology.
I have been a user of both Nikon and Canon digital but I don’t understand your definitions, particularly of “crisp”
I think of “crispness” in terms of sharpness and contrast – which are not necessarily functions of the camera’s sensor but rather your post processing (or camera settings, if you shoot jpegs right out of the camera)
Canon’s smooth, clean files are something I can understand since I switched from Nikon to Canon for that reason. Dynamic Range and the lack of visible noise are functions of the sensor.
Help me with your meaning of “crisp” and I will see what I can do to help.
I have the Canon 5D and it has the greatest dynamic range of any camera out there today. The 7 3/4 stops is a slight exaggeration but I have measured 7 1/4 myself. I’ve owned the Nikon D2X and D200 and the clean, smooth files of the 5D are head and shoulders over the two mentioned.
As far as sharpening, I don’t even consider it to be a capture process.
If you shoot RAW, there is no sharpening applied, regardless of your settings. I will apply a light “capture sharpen” when the file is converted and brought into PS. The capture sharpener on PK sharpener by Pixel Genius is excellent. Final sharpening is done later.
If you shoot jpeg, you might want to apply a light sharpening during capture, but the real sharpening occurs toward the end of you workflow, after the image has been re-sized for final output.
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