Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Beautiful people by a very effective photog-camera "combo". For having screwed so many slides in your country I simply admire the capability of the new body to get sharp images while preserving highlights (on the street side, fruit and flowers alike) AND shadows (dark background of the booths) in extremely difficult light conditions. Kudos Please keep on showing us around Jayanand:-) Amiti?s Philippe Le 21 mai 12 ? 06:34, Jayanand Govindaraj a ?crit : > Thanks to everyone for looking and commenting. I will post a few more > examples later today. > > Some answers to queries asked: > > 1. I have not printed anything as yet, but I see no problem as I get > perfectly acceptable A2 prints from my D700 files. > > 2. I still have my D700. The D800E replaces my D7000 mainly for its > versatility on safari - either I can shoot with it on DX mode for > extra > reach and still get 16MB files, or shoot as a 36MP full frame with a > lot of > cropping potential. The D700 stays for capturing fast moving action > and use > in low light, as well as a backup on safari. > > 3. I am breathing a sigh of relief that the 16-35 worked well, as it > saved > me a ton of money! The lenses which, IMHO, do not work well at this > sensor > resolution include the 24mm f2.8, 35mm f2, 24-120 f4, 50mm f1.4 - of > course > all the primes mentioned are a bit old in the tooth, and I think I > will > sell the lot and buy the newer iterations! I never liked the 24-120 > f4, > which I stupidly bought on an impulse, and had kept it back just in > case it > worked well with the D800E, but I still do not like the results. The > 85 > f1.8 and 180mm f2.8 work pretty well, as does my old, plastic, > lightweight > favourite the 24-85mm f3.5-4.5. I have yet to test out my safari > bazookas > on it, but I foresee no problem there as they are all pretty much > top of > the line stuff. What I am more interested is how TCs would work on > the long > lenses. > > 4. The files have unusually fine detail at the RAW level at 1:1, and a > default dose of capture sharpening in Lightroom is all what seems to > be > required for web usage, though I anticipate some output sharpening > would be > required for printing. I shot a lot of funny fabrics on people and > did not > get moire even once, so maybe that is a pretty rare occurrence. Yes > I did > do the "Histogram Thing" and adjusted for a black and white point - > maybe > an uncalibrated monitor is the problem? > > Cheers > Jayanand > > > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Mark Rabiner > <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > >> That's impressive sharpness I think even at that size you can tell. >> It does I think have a different feel to it than simply cranking >> up the >> unsharp mask. >> And you got the monochrome version! :) >> Flat though. Did you do the histogram thing? I'm not getting anything >> resembling a black. >> >> - - from my iRabs. >> Mark Rabiner >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ >> >> >>> From: Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 00:43:10 +0100 >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Nikon D800E Photographs >>> >>> Jayanand, nice shots and they certainly have impact. However, what >>> was >> the >>> key factor that made you change from the D700 to the D800E ?? >>> >>> Douglas >>> >>> "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote >>> >>> >>>> I took the Nikon D800E out for its first serious outing today at >>>> the >> Photo >>>> Walk of the Mylapore Tank Area. I tried to take subjects with >>>> plenty of >>>> detail, tried to induce moire in fabric and failed, and here is the >> first >>>> set of photographs. All shots taken with the D800E with the Nikkor >> 16-35mm >>>> f4 lens, except the last one which was with an old first generation >> Nikkor >>>> 85mm f1.8. All the shots processed in Lightroom 4 and Photoshop >>>> CS6: >>>> >>>> Flower Seller: >>>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Mylapore_20120520_005.jpg >> . >>>> html >>>> >>>> Fresh Flowers: >>>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Mylapore_20120520_028.jpg >> . >>>> html >>>> >>>> Fruit Shop: >>>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Mylapore_20120520_133.jpg >> . >>>> html >>>> >>>> Finally, two portraits with no sharpening, save for default Capture >>>> Sharpening in Lightroom 4: >>>> >>>> Portrait - our old milkman - he used to supple fresh buffalo milk >>>> to my >>>> house once upon a time - seeing me, he came for a chat: >>>> >>>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Mylapore_20120520_144.jpg >> . >>>> html >>>> >>>> Old Man: >>>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Mylapore_20120520_085.jpg >> . >>>> html >>>> >>>> Please see LARGE >>>> >>>> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Jayanand >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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