[nikonf4] Re: D7000 images
- From: Dave <downsouthdave@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 10:41:55 -0700 (PDT)
Wow! The real deal just cleaned up, or was some repair necessary?
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From: Eric Welch <photoew@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sun, October 31, 2010 1:38:41 PM
Subject: [nikonf4] Re: D7000 images
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.
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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!
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From: Eric Welch <ericwelch@xxxxxx>
>To: nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Sat, October 30, 2010 1:58:03 PM
>Subject: [nikonf4] D7000 images
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>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
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>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.
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>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?
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>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.
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>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.
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>Here are the links:
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>Unmodified:
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>files.me.com/ericwelch/ b1is5f
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>Added noise reduction in CS5 and tweaked colors and contrast.
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>files.me.com/ericwelch/ 4juu68
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>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.
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>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuestra_Se%C3%B1ora_de_Atocha
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>Eric
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>"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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