[nikonf4] Re: D7000 images
- From: Eric Welch <photoew@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 10:38:41 -0700
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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