Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Steve (and George and Robert). I don't live there now but have a lot of friends in the area and sail there every summer. Looks like the Eel Pond shot is the favorite so far though watching that duck swimming through the skim ice was a bit mind blowing. Made me wonder for his/her sanity. Duck fat must be the world's best insulator. I'm really pleased with the D300 though I'm still climbing the learning curve with it. Reliable focus in dim light is still an issue (I don't use the focus assist lamp) and it occasionally overexposes a couple of stops in bright light. Even with spot focus and holding it with a half-push on the shutter doesn't always work when the light is low. Image quality is top-notch. Auto white balance is good. I haven't yet tried either extreme of the ISO range yet (that is beyond 200-3200). At 3200 there is noticeable chroma noise in the darker parts of a picture but that can be controlled by forcing it into black when it's a issue. It's a handful to carry, but what really capable DSLR isn't these days? It was nice not to have to worry about water getting into it in the snow. I'm planning some focus tests to see if I can resolve the focus issue. Don't really know what to think about the overexposures yet. Regards, Dick On Jan 29, 2008, at 1:56 PM, Steve Barbour wrote: > On Jan 29, 2008, at 11:42 AM, Richard Taylor wrote: > >> It snowed a bit last Sunday morning in Woods Hole leaving the place >> to the weather and the ducks. These were all with the D300, ISO 200. >> >> Eel Pond - Nikkor 55-200 zoom at 100 mm f16@1/15 VR on. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/CAPE_COD/300_0299.jpg.html >> http://tinyurl.com/2avfwh > > a really beautiful atmospheric image of Eel Pond Dick... > > > I remember fondly a few wonderful summers I spent in Woods Hole in > the 60's... > > > do you live there now? > > Also tell us about your Nikon D300...are you happy with it? > > Steve > > >> >> >> C&C always welcome. >> >> Regards, >> >> Dick >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information