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| Posted: Sun May 24th, 2015 05:09 |
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Eric
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The wife did find an alternative camera support to the missing tripod...but I refused to bring it with us. Attachment: support.jpg (Downloaded 59 times)
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| Posted: Sun May 24th, 2015 14:49 |
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jk
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Here is the document. http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Learn-And-Explore/Article/ftlzi4po/af-area-modes.html
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| Posted: Sun May 24th, 2015 14:51 |
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jk
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Eric wrote:The wife did find an alternative camera support to the missing tripod...but I refused to bring it with us. Just need a set of wheels and it will be a great portable camera support. 
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| Posted: Mon May 25th, 2015 04:21 |
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Graham Whistler
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JK thanks for that link a great help. I shall go down to our local reserve at Titchfield Haven later this week when this fuss has died down.Cutting from yesterdays paper you can not even park there at the moment! Later in week will go an see how I get on with all this new info. Attachment: Yellowlegs153.jpg (Downloaded 51 times)
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| Posted: Mon May 25th, 2015 12:32 |
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Eric
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jk wrote:Here is the document. Thanks JK I think one of the big issues with these different modes, is being prepared (as in mindful) to use them. I don't or rather haven't been out to specifically shoot birds or horses or motor vehicles much of late. A lot of my photography has been happenstance.....walking around on holiday taking things that interest me. So there is a discipline involved in setting the camera up for the task ahead. I suppose the worst example was me in France last year, when we wandered round a 'static' chateau, then motored on to wildlife park. I didn't even think to switch from AF-S! And as a result some of the more agile critters were less than sharp. Methinks it's time to get out and use the camera to the full.
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| Posted: Mon May 25th, 2015 14:04 |
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Robert
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Well, I may seem a bit of a philistine but unless 'photography' is the first consideration and there are no really tough obstacles to creating an acceptable image, I am more than happy to leave the D3100 to it's own devices. I still check the image for sharpness and general exposure of the critical areas but on the whole with the average scene, and often with quite demanding scenes, the fully auto gets the job done very nicely for me. If I were wanting top quality I would of course be using the D200 with a fast, non zoom, non AF lens... On a tripod! But no doubt many would consider that approach more akin to that of Fred Flintstone.
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| Posted: Mon May 25th, 2015 14:26 |
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jk
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Robert, you crack me up! I think that the old addage of whatever gets the job done well is the key. What works for one is sub-optimal for another. If your images are sharp and correctly exposed then how you got there is immaterial unless you are in a race!
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| Posted: Mon May 25th, 2015 15:48 |
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Eric
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Robert wrote:Well, I may seem a bit of a philistine but unless 'photography' is the first consideration and there are no really tough obstacles to creating an acceptable image, I am more than happy to leave the D3100 to it's own devices. I still check the image for sharpness and general exposure of the critical areas but on the whole with the average scene, and often with quite demanding scenes, the fully auto gets the job done very nicely for me. Sorry but I wouldn't switch from Aperture to Auto. It's not a case of getting top quality...which we know is only achieved by your formula. But it's about maximising quality for the available equipment. I would always want to have control over the aperture that's best for the image and best for the lens performance. I acknowledge that the average scene with static subject will be adequately captured by Auto. But looking at the aperture, shutter speed and ISO settings that Jans camera selects on Auto would not be my choice. The algorithm that chooses when to lift/lower ISO as opposed to changing aperture or shutter seems peculiar. But of course that's not a Nikon. Lol
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| Posted: Mon May 25th, 2015 16:08 |
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Eric
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jk wrote:Robert, you crack me up! I agree to a degree, but in the interests of continuing the debate...do you not feel it's a slippy slope? There's thin line between 'fit for purpose' and 'good enough'. I just took some kitchen photos for a customer. ( yes I have retired but it was a series of 6 kitchens that should have been finished and done before April) The customer ( who makes and fits the kitchens) came back with an email saying "STUNNING IMAGES!". They were over the moon with the quality. I thought they were average ...in fact ....part of me was already saying †I've retired...so if they are no good, what the heck, they just won't ask me again...good!†The point is ...taking images to meet an average albeit acceptable standard doesn't do us any favours. 
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| Posted: Mon May 25th, 2015 16:09 |
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Robert
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Well what convinced me was the first photograph I took with my new, ex-Eric Field D200 IR that I took when I got home from collecting it. Using the 18-105 UV zoom from my D3100, I took a picture of the boat 'Oakdale' which featured in another thread hand held because I was just interested to see the IR effect in my own surroundings. In the image when enlarged to 100% on my computer screen I can just make out the legs of some of the cows browsing in a field almost 4 miles away. I didn't even see the cows when I took the photograph, although to be honest I didn't bother looking... Because I was photographing the boat and the hill behind. If my camera can resolve that level of detail, I am more than happy. It may of course be a result of the D200IR no longer having an anti-aliasing filter... I haven't bothered trying a comparative test against a standard D200 mainly because I am happy enough with the definition I get anyway, although perhaps if I am stuck for some amusement one fine day I will give it a go.
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