[nikonf4] Re: D7000 images

  • From: Koichi Mac <nikonf3tmd4@xxxxxxx>
  • To: nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:21:57 -0700

        Neither did I.  I think that F4@xxxxxxxxxxx is toast on my end.


Koichi Yasutani - a.k.a. Steve + MP
Lakewood, WA U.S.A.
2010 / 11 / 1           21:22 PDT

On Nov 1, 2010, at 0903 , Eric Welch wrote:

> That's odd. I didn't get either one. I didn't see them in my spam filters 
> either. 
> 
> 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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