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Wes Allen

Boulder climber
KY
Dec 28, 2007 - 12:36pm PT
Glad you were able to find something that will work for you! It is lots of fun, and you can learn a ton with digital. Not sure about nikon, but canon has a cool utility that will show you what settings were used, along with the active focus point, and that can help you learn why a photo was blurry/not sharp/or not exposed right. You can then take that info, and apply it right away.

Nefarius, I love my canon fisheye as well - very sharp, and a love the colors - esp. they way it handles nice blue skies! I just picked up a new Mark III this morning. Nice, and seems to be working fine, despite all the people that are reporting issues with it. It is raining here though, so no way to test my 300 and AI Servo yet...
Euroford

Trad climber
chicago
Dec 28, 2007 - 12:40pm PT
this guy is kind of like the PTPP of camera stuff, so in the same vane he offers up some possibly good tips but take it with a grain of salt i suppose. he does go through the camera settings really well and i found his D40 and D200 writeups very useful.

here is his dealio on the D70.

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d70/d70-settings.htm

i do find auto-iso very useful. he changed his tune on that feature in more recent writings.

maldaly

Trad climber
Boulder, CO
Dec 28, 2007 - 01:04pm PT
Happie,
I loved my D70 and shot more than 40,000 pics on it. Ditto what euroford says about the kenrockwell site. He's full of great info on how to use the settings and manipulate the camera to your benefit. I think the reason a lot of people don't like him is that he's not into shooting RAW and there's just so much there to talk about and discuss and spend time on. If you're a pro, RAW is a good thing. If you're a hobbyist (like most of us) RAW seems to be a waste of time and storage space.

Poke around on that website. There's a whole treasure trove of articles about Photoshop processing, file storage, ISO, White Balance and other good stuff.

Have a great time with your camera.
Mal
Nefarius

Big Wall climber
Fresno, CA
Dec 28, 2007 - 02:03pm PT
Nice, happie! Great shot of teddy! =)

Wes - Congrats on the MkIII. Nice camera. Good luck with the AI Servo! Hopefully they get that issue worked out for folks afflicted soon! By 300, you mean 300 2.8? Very nice lens! I love shooting with that lens!


Mal said - "RAW seems to be a waste of time and storage space."

Aint that the truth, Mal! I have to buy new drives soon... AGAIN! I process the RAW files (save the RAW too), save them as TIFFs, (which I use as my digital negatives) save a copy of more popular/select TIFFs soft-proofed with profiles to match my printers and save a copy for the web. I also have copies of my highest selling prints in the offered print sizes.

All of this is stored on 2 external drives, one being a constant copy of the other for redundancy. I also have 2 DVD copies of everything, one of them off-site in a safe-deposit box.

All in all, it's much less work in the end when someone requests a print, but each "keeper" takes up a LOT of space!

happiegrrrl

Trad climber
New York, NY
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 28, 2007 - 03:34pm PT
Well...I think I'll just take out a Lloyd's of London policy and use Brinks Armored trucks to safeguard and store my priceless Teddy pics.....hahaha.

I can imagine as a pro how utterly imperative it is for you to have foolproof systems. I bet in times of stress you have those awful sorts of nightmares - can't find the camera, then can't find the lens, then the shutter sticks, then the memory card falls down some sinkhole.... If you get all the way to where the system crashes in the dream - you probably wake your neighbors with the tossing and turning and gutteral grunts and whimpers!

Thanks for all the help guys, and also for that link Euroford!
Wes Allen

Boulder climber
KY
Dec 28, 2007 - 04:07pm PT
Yep, 300 2.8 IS, and it is the nicest lens I have used. I had a 400 2.8 IS, but the 300 has better IQ. I don't do much AI servo with 10fps and fast action in bright sun, so I think the mark III should work out fine for me. I do still have a Mark II is can use for those times if I have the need.

Happy, you should look into some of the online photo hosting sites for basic backup - you can upload high res of your favorite shots, and then if you hard drive crashes you will have a copy off site. I would recommend picking up an external hd still though - you would be amazed at how fast the photos will pile up!
maldaly

Trad climber
Boulder, CO
Dec 28, 2007 - 04:35pm PT
Thanks for the props radical. My favorite set of photos were at a friend's wedding in Ridgway this spring. Check them out at: http://ranchexitphoto.zenfolio.com/p479102591/

I had a blast at the wedding and, after sorting through the photos, thought that maybe I had a future as a wedding photographer.

Then I remembered the mother-in-laws...

Mal
maldaly

Trad climber
Boulder, CO
Dec 28, 2007 - 10:52pm PT
Yeah, That's Jim and Angela. I blew it up and gave it to them for their 10th anniversary. That was about the only heterosexual kissing going on that day.
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