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Tim Schumm
{K:27167} 5/22/2008
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Hi Roger,
Good to see some of your new posts from a land beyond my comprehension and experience.
You were asking about the D300. I have to say that one I have not used a D200, so I can't compare. But I have to say that the D300 has a much wider dynamic range then the D80 without having to use the "Active D" feature. That being the in camera software allowing darker areas much more detail. The Active D works well and really allows for full details in normally difficult lighting situations where I might normally use a ND filter to compensate for extremes in tonal contrast. The one reason I don't like it though, is that I find the colors become dull and grayed when it is on. So after having shot a lot of images I am inclined not to use it. The other frustrating thing is that in order to turn it on or off every time, you have to go into the menu to do so. There isn't a button allocated for this feature. A big mistake on Nikon's part I think, for such a touted new and important feature. I am not such a techie kind of guy, so the menu on this new body is quite daunting to delve into, with so many variables to absorb that it is taking much longer to figure out all the potential permutations and image possibilities and that even after shooting over 10,000 images so far I am not sure how much better this camera is really. What I can say is, that the details this camera captures is much better then previous camera bodies. The color rendering in my opinion seems inconsistent. As in, just how any one particular lighting situation is interpreted by this body is odd sometimes and i have not necessarily been able to predict the end result quite like i could with the D80 or D70. One thing I can say is that you will need a big Hard drive to deal with saving the much bigger image sizes. I am using a 8 gig card to shoot with and once it is full, it sucks a whole 8 gigs, wow...
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Tim Schumm
{K:27167} 5/22/2008
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Another pess-off is that Adobe has not created a RAW profile for any of the previous versions of Photoshop. so you will need PS3 to view Raw in Photoshop or convert to Tiff or Jpeg in the Nikon software provided first, what a pain. One good thing is the anti dust feature which is a late feature for Nikon but works great. I have yet to see dust on any images yet, despite changing lens often. Anyway this D300 body is new to me still, so the jury is still out for me. Although I have to say that even though there are some things that could be improved it is a big step up from previous models with some good new features.
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Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia
{K:92149} 5/25/2008
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superb. 7++++++++++
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Roger Williams
{K:83282} 5/26/2008
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Thanks for the information on the D300. The lack of saturation in the colours is likely to bother me a little less than it does you ... and I like the sound of the greater shadow detail that is possible with the D-range setting. I am more or less decided to get one and while I wait the trade-in price of my D200 is plunging.
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Tim Schumm
{K:27167} 5/26/2008
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Hi Roger,
I think you will find it a good camera body but with a few faults like most of them....but I imagine it will be a fair upgrade from the D200....I know about the resale prices falling faster then stone to earth. I did manage to sell one of my D80s and am keeping the other as a back up. It is nice to have the second body with a different lens so as not to have to switch lens all the time. The Anti dust feature is a huge plus.
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Manu
{K:13094} 6/5/2008
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Hi Roger
Trust all is well in the land of the rising sun. I like the composiiton and colors they work well to give a real snippet of life in Nezu..thanks for that. The only hiccup is the soft focussed lady in the foreground...the darker areas look a little odd?
Cheers for now
Manu
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Roger Williams
{K:83282} 6/5/2008
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Thanks for visiting, Manu. Yes, all's well here. I will be in the UK on honeymoon in early July!
The lady was moving and it was a slow shutter speed, so it's probably movement blur. The strange dark areas arise from trying to overcome the D200's high noise levels. Glad you liked SOME of it.
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