[nikonf4] Re: D7000 images
- From: Koichi Mac <nikonf3tmd4@xxxxxxx>
- To: nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 15:43:35 -0700
Thanks for the URLs. They are really nice to make head-to-head
comparison.
Things I noticed:
- the contrast level was slightly up on retouched
- untouched has slightly better edges (resolution)
So the law of inverse relationship between contrast and resolution
still wins out! :-DD
And they both look nice.
Koichi Yasutani - a.k.a. Steve + MP
Lakewood, WA U.S.A.
2010 / 10 / 30 15:44 PDT
On Oct 30, 2010, at 1058 , Eric Welch wrote:
> Got my Nikon D7000 yesterday. It's quite nice. I like it a lot. The
> customizability is really extensive. The LCD on the back is gorgeous, and the
> controls are laid out in a logical way. Noise performance is great. ISO 1600
> is really, really clean. I haven't shot enough at high ISOs to really say yet
> how good, but up to 25,600 seems to be usable for some things. Overall, it's
> the best DX camera Nikon makes by far. And for the price it really makes the
> D300s look dated. AF is very fast, and accurate.
>
> The only thing that's not great so far is that when it focuses during video
> you can hear the lenses focusing. I don't even notice the noise from my AF-S
> lenses as I'm shooting, but it's there in the video sound track. So you
> really need an external mic to make audio work well apparently. Could this be
> a major reason other cameras don't have AF during video other than the D3100?
>
> One think Koichi would like is that you can set it so that with non-G lenses
> you set the aperture with the ring on the lens instead of with a command dial.
>
> I've got two photos you can download. Both less than 1 meg, though they are
> full size jpegs. When I created them I didn't have an NEF converter for it
> yet. Got that this morning from Adobe labs where Adobe Camera RAW 6.3 is
> still in beta.
>
> Here are the links:
>
> Unmodified:
>
> files.me.com/ericwelch/b1is5f
>
> Added noise reduction in CS5 and tweaked colors and contrast.
>
> files.me.com/ericwelch/4juu68
>
> It's from the Atocha, a Spanish galleon that sank off Florida in 1622. We
> have it on exhibit in the entrance to our library. Mostly high intensity
> incandescent light with some daylight coming in from a skylight directly
> above. Colombian emeralds obviously and gold probably from there too.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuestra_Señora_de_Atocha
>
> Eric
>
> "In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, 'Make us
> your slaves, but feed us.'" - Dostoevsky
>
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