You know what's better about the pictures from the new camera? The depth of field problem that I have been criticized for in the past no longer seems to be an issue with this camera. I was just looking through all of the Ultra Magnus pics again ... even in pictures where I was focusing on Magnus' head, the rest of his body was still in the depth of field.
The following picture is a perfect example of where the depth of field has been messed up with the last two cameras. I am focusing on Magnus in this picture, but Prime is still in focus as well.
Actually, that might not be as good of an example as the following. Here's a pic of Classics Magnus where I was focusing on his head. Notice how the rest of his body in the picture is blurry.
The depth of field problem is no where near as noticeable in the following image with the new camera:
Now, perhaps it's the difference of using the black background versus the white background (though this shouldn't make a difference in my opinion). I'm not fairly comparing apples to apples here ... the examples above are like comparing apples to oranges. This makes me want to set up a test environment with the old camera and the new camera to see if there really is a difference because it's not a feature listed for the DSC-H5. Problem is, without the LCD on the H1, it's tough for me to take a picture that's in focus for some reason (of course, there could be something wrong with the camera other than just the LCD screen).
EDIT: Hm, maybe it's just my imagination. I was looking through the Ratchet gallery and he seems to be pretty in focus. It was always with the larger figures that I had more of the depth of field problem, which is why I've stayed away from Fortress Maximus.
On that note, many of you will be happy to know that I have just about finished the process of getting all of the pieces for Fort Max and Scorponok that I was missing. I've even got a set of the Master Swords coming so that Fort Max can have his sword at last (and then I don't have to get the Japanese version). The only piece that I would like to own before I do the gallery is the sword for Cerebros. Heck, I don't even care if it's one of the repro swords from transrepro.com, but the website appears to be running on autopilot for the time being (has anyone heard from the owner of that website since November of last year?).
Grand Max update: I have decided that I'm not going to wait for Grand Maximus to do the Fort Max gallery unless fate somehow intervenes between now and when I take the Fort Max gallery in the next few months. Grand Max and Black Zarak will have to wait for later down the road unfortunately.
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