The Nikon Thread

Brett_H

True! its a fluke when you cut them exactly right like this one to reveal the in-flow and make maximum shadowing/chatoyancy of the fortifications but I got lucky. Polishing was a cinch on the flat lap because the weight is perfectly distributed given that it's a sphere. This is the reason we shoot full frame. Every extra bit of detail in the shadows counts!

Koffee_Kosmo

Just took a shot of my coffee trees ripe and ready to pick cherries I pick them when the get to the riper maroon hue It's a Queensland thing And the dog we are baby sitting with more than a mouthful He stole our dogs bone KK

GeekKopi

Koffee Kosmo wrote:

Just took a shot of my coffee trees ripe and ready to pick cherries I pick them when the get to the riper maroon hue It's a Queensland thing And the dog we are baby sitting with more than a mouthful He stole our dogs bone KK

great pics KK.

FreshCoffee2

Great pics KK and Brett, for your most recent offerings 🙂.

GeekKopi

Brett H wrote:

True! its a fluke when you cut them exactly right like this one to reveal the in-flow and make maximum shadowing/chatoyancy of the fortifications but I got lucky. Polishing was a cinch on the flat lap because the weight is perfectly distributed given that it's a sphere. This is the reason we shoot full frame. Every extra bit of detail in the shadows counts!

very cool Brett. I'm sure the glass has more to do with it than the sensor size [emoji108]

Brett_H

Bit of both mate. The dynamic range is where it's at for us.

GeekKopi

Brett H wrote:

Bit of both mate. The dynamic range is where it's at for us.

hate to say it the d7200 has +0.1EVS dynamic range on the d750 - 14.6 to 14.5. [emoji13] Pretty close but the d750 retains its sharpness at extremely higher ISOs so low light photography the d750 will shine through its pants!

FreshCoffee2

Carefull fellas....this is a nikon thread and you are starting to sound like Leica fanboys :stir Just been looking at the last three photos again and there is no doubt about it. Brett that stone is HOT, and I love the dog and coffee cherries courtesy of KK 🙂

GeekKopi

Fresh Coffee wrote:

Carefull fellas....this is a nikon thread and you are starting to sound like Leica fanboys :stir

LOL. Don't get me started on Leica.

FreshCoffee2

BS aside....its amazing just how much pleasure you can derive from your camera (all 1.6 kg of my big one with heaviest lens). I often lug the thing around with me when going down the farm to do something (as you have seen), and I take an aweful lot of shots that get deleted. But you have to use it or you lose it as they say. No better way to learn.

GeekKopi

Fresh Coffee wrote:

BS aside....its amazing just how much pleasure you can derive from your camera (all 1.6 kg of my big one with heaviest lens). I often lug the thing around with me when going down the farm to do something (as you have seen), and I take an aweful lot of shots that get deleted. But you have to use it or you lose it as they say. No better way to learn.

Spot on FC. I also lug it around even though my wife says leave it at home. I don't listen to her anyways but I do tend to make myself look like a pro-tog to avoid looking like a tourist that has their expensive dslr set on auto mode. [emoji38] I've also taken some pretty amazing iPhone 6 shots too. It's got a very capable camera. Pic attached of a sunset (Bali shot from Lombok -even though you cannot see Bali due to clouds). The dynamic range was very good and I was able to recover some of the detail in post processing in the jpg.

Brett_H

Leica.... If only I had the money and the ocular impairment to not realise I'd wasted the money.... SHOTS FIRED! Err... GK.. I'm not doubting your figures but having shot both side by side the bigger pixels of the 750 resolve more detail in gemstones. I don't know why... my experience is with both formats and both have their merits which is why I still shoot a D200 in bright light and long reach!

GeekKopi

So who has played around with long exposure landscape photography (during the day). Post your experiences. I'm planning a long exposure sunset shoot sometime this month with a few mates. Here's my new black glass. 10stops 82mm. Brand is Benro. They mainly do tripods and other photo hardware and now also filters. It's pretty comparable to a Hoya filter at half the price.

Brett_H

Wow.... That's dark! I had no idea they made filters!

GeekKopi

Brett H wrote:

Wow.... That's dark! I had no idea they made filters!

as dark as they come for a screw on. The only way to go darker is by stacking square filters (say 150mm squares) in a Lee holder. Or use a CPL and screw on ND and then you have 11stops. Any more than 2 screw in filters and vignetting will be an issue. Picked my filter up for $50 from http://photo-shop-studio.com.au Colour cast is minor (actually less than a B&w filter at 10 stops) and sharpness is great. There is some vignetting (corrected in post) with the ultra wide angle lens (as expected) due to the lens elements sticking out like bubbles but on my other two lenses it's fine. With 10 stops a 1/20 exposure becomes around 60seconds so shoots are done mainly in bulb mode at iso100. With the CPL filter on top it becomes a 2 minute exposure.

kbilleter

That's very cool. My wife wanted to get a variable filter at one stage but we figured stacking was a better idea so you have the option of controlling polarisation. What do people think about graduated filters for landscape? Worth it or are cameras dynamic ranges good enough these days?

GeekKopi

kbilleter wrote:

That's very cool. My wife wanted to get a variable filter at one stage but we figured stacking was a better idea so you have the option of controlling polarisation. What do people think about graduated filters for landscape? Worth it or are cameras dynamic ranges good enough these days?

Hi mate. GNDs are worth it if you're serious about landscapes or just do multiple exposures (metering for sky and ground) / bracketing and do a HDR in post processing. In saying that the DR of camera sensors nowadays are pretty good and you might get away with it (a single shot without a GND filter) in some shoots where you can apply a GND effect in post processing on the RAW file. Just don't shoot JPG for that as you loose too much information with that compressed file type.

kbilleter

Cool, thanks. Always looking for stocking fillers for the wife ;-)

FreshCoffee2

As this thread seems to meander around the subject of full frame gear irrespective of brand, thought I would mention I was just having a look around one of the photo forums and came across an interesting thread with this link to another site: http://www.digitalphotomentor.com/7-questions-to-ask-before-you-upgrade-full-frame-camera-body/?utm_source=Digital+Photo+Mentor&utm_campaign=879a480a29-DPM_Blog_Broadcast&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ec33f1d0c3-879a480a29-263023941&mc_cid=879a480a29&mc_eid=874d580825 (feel free to remove if it contravenes our site posting policies here). Theses days consumerism has not much to do with "need" and much more to do with "want" and affordability. Certainly we see that in my industry, and its no different with camera gear. The link is a quick to read and straight talking guide on whether anyone "needs" full frame gear or not. One thing not mentioned, is the difference in functionality between bottom end and top end gear, although it is covered indirectly in the advice that rather than updating from entry level to pro level, stepping up a couple of steps along the way may suffice for most people. Anyway, thought it was interesting. Enjoy.

Brett_H

Good find FC!! I went full frame because the camera I really wanted happen to be full frame D800). Now, not dissimilar to brand allegiance I'm stuck in that format. I'm not complaining. I still use the D200 with its 18-200VR lens and its DX format... But, if it dies tomorrow I won't miss it.

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