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| Posted: Sun Dec 23rd, 2018 06:51 |
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Robert
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After a chance chain of events which I won't bore you with, I collected a very cheap D800 with just 15,500 clicks from London on Friday. On my way home I called on Eric for a chat and a cuppa, I also called at UK Digital at Clitheroe on Saturday morning on my way home. The D800 is very clean, a lovely camera. The reason I called at UK Digital was to take a look at a macro lens, the Laowa 2X to 5X 25mm f/2.8. https://www.ukdigital.co.uk/laowa-25mm-f28-25-5x-ultra-macro-lens-nikon.html?utm_source=googleshopping&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8q7qpOjA3gIVysqyCh1wRwFDEAQYASABEgKi6fD_BwE This is one image I took with the Laowa lens at 5X of a ball point pen. I didn't make any settings on the camera, this is a crop from the original. I can make out my reflection in the ball, which is about 0.5mm dia. This was hand held. Attachment: Screen Shot 2018-12-23 at 12.49.11.jpg (Downloaded 40 times)
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| Posted: Sun Dec 23rd, 2018 07:20 |
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Eric
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Robert wrote:After a chance chain of events which I won't bore you with, I collected a very cheap D800 with just 15,500 clicks from London on Friday. On my way home I called on Eric for a chat and a cuppa, I also called at UK Digital at Clitheroe on Saturday morning on my way home. Hi Robert ...glad to see you made it home safely and good to catch up.
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| Posted: Sun Dec 23rd, 2018 07:32 |
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Robert
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Don't know what happened there... I replied to Eric's post, which he edited, but my reply went awol?
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| Posted: Sun Dec 23rd, 2018 07:37 |
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Eric
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Robert wrote:Don't know what happened there... My problem, Robert. I got confused which day you came to see me. 
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| Posted: Sun Dec 23rd, 2018 08:15 |
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Robert
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I'm just confused!
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| Posted: Sun Dec 23rd, 2018 10:39 |
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jk
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D800 is very good. I still have mine and in reality it is still very useful. The D850/Z7 produce monster RAW files comparedto the D800.
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| Posted: Sun Dec 23rd, 2018 13:25 |
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Robert
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jk wrote:D800 is very good. I still have mine and in reality it is still very useful. The D850/Z7 produce monster RAW files compared to the D800. I'm still holding out for a D810, I feel the improvements over the D800 are worthwhile but am bideing my time, prices are plummeting, the D800 was at the right price, the D810's are still holding at the moment, time will tell. When a plentiful supply of Z6's arrive then the D810 may start to fall in price. The D800 fits my PB4 like a glove and pairs perfectly with the micro Nikkor 55mm lens for 1:1 copying, I am so pleased because it means I can start the laborious task of converting most of my slides and negatives to digital. Finally I feel the process (resolution and dynamic range) is 'good enough'.
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| Posted: Tue Dec 25th, 2018 15:51 |
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Robert
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The D800 is meeting hopes and expectations I have taken over 400 exposures of my fathers slides which were taken in 1965 with a Zeiss Contaflex. Not wishing to be unkind but the exposures are frequently a long way from ideal, high contrast scenes flowers in sunlight with heavy shadows in the frame, very difficult exposures. Mostly Kodachrome and Ektachrome slides, some are a different make and are beyond salvage. I started by making trial exposures and homing in on a decent exposure but that wasn't successful. I couldn't get a decent reproduction with a single exposure so now I am bracketing five exposures at 0.7EV, then using Lr's HDR tool to make one decent image from the five. It certainly makes the MacPro work, I had 12 exposures of one slide which I used to make an HDR. The MacPro seemed to be taking a long time then I realised it's clock had stopped! I re-booted and ran the HDR again, no problem second time. The large D800 NEF files don't seem to be too much of a problem, the interface seems just as lively as usual, importing 400 plus D800 NEF's didn't seem to be significantly different from importing 400 D3 files onto the SSD where I store the imported images while I process them.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 26th, 2018 12:11 |
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jk
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What LR version are you using LR Classic CC?
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| Posted: Wed Dec 26th, 2018 13:12 |
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Robert
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Yes, the Classic version. This is a typical example of the slides, this one taken at the Chelsea Flower Show, very poor shadow detail but HDR seems to enable the extraction without compromising colour density. Attachment: CFS 1965 a.jpg (Downloaded 25 times)
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