[nikonf4] Re: D7000 images
- From: Eric Welch <photoew@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 09:04:30 -0700
By the way, I'll send a photo of graining later.
Eric
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.
- H. L. Mencken
On Nov 1, 2010, at 8:35 AM, WiltW@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Both messages which I sent, one to f4@xxxxxxxxxxx and the other to
> nikonf4@freelists arrived in my AOL mailbox.
>
> --wilt
>
> In a message dated 11/1/2010 8:22:06 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> WiltW@xxxxxxx writes:
> 'pieces of graining' or 'pieces of training'...neither mean anything to most
> folks, even if one is right and the other is wrong! Could you explain?
>
> --wilt
>
> In a message dated 10/31/2010 10:41:20 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> ericwelch@xxxxxx writes:
> Dang spell check. I meant graining.
>
> Eric
>
> For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and
> wrong. - H. L. Mencken
>
> On Oct 31, 2010, at 10:38 AM, Eric Welch <photoew@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> This is the real deal from our exhibit on high end gold pieces. We have some
>> pieces of training in gold that are mind-boggling it takes such precision.
>>
>> Eric
>>
>> For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and
>> wrong. - H. L. Mencken
>>
>> On Oct 31, 2010, at 10:34 AM, Dave <downsouthdave@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Ah! Atocha treasure, or repros made from the originals as patterns? We saw
>>> the Atocha traveling display years ago in Claremont, CA. That whole
>>> recovery is a fascinating story. Nice treatment!
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Eric Welch <ericwelch@xxxxxx>
>>> To: nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Sent: Sat, October 30, 2010 1:58:03 PM
>>> Subject: [nikonf4] D7000 images
>>>
>>> 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_Se%C3%B1ora_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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