BobMcBob wrote:In this Februarys' comp, Tinto63 noticed:
"Anyone else notice the variations in the interpretation of 'sky blue' / 'blue sky' in this month's entries?"
And it's true, there was a huge variation. But the colour of the sky is not constant. It varies dramatically with time of day, time of year, and angle of the camera to the sun. It's one of my favourite things to play with. It also, in my recent experience, varies quite a lot with make and model of camera. Anybody else noticed this?
For me, lenses are the biggest factor. I generally shoot with a Canon 6D. I used to take it up hills with an old Canon EF 28-80mm zoom which I picked up on e-bay for about £50, good at the time though and I got some good images with it. I eventually plumped for a 16-35mm EF L, and the difference in colour and image quality is quite profound.
I recently started taking a Sony A6000 CSC camera on hillwalks instead, as it's much lighter, has decent image quality and takes up virtually no space at all. The difference in tone of unprocessed RAW images between the Sony and the Canon is very noticeable.