The Nikon Thread

GeekKopi

Brett H wrote:

Some spectacular pictures on that website mate. Very schmick altogether!!

thanks B. It's all coming together. Slowly but surely. I'm about to add options for prints and canvasses too. A little hobby sometimes can generate a little income stream. At least it pays for my gear.

FreshCoffee2

Thanks for explanations guys, very helpful and interestink especially the graduated filter scario 🙂

GeekKopi

90% timing, 10% skill. Post sunset dusk. Blood red sky. I took this photo last night. Today it got featured on a few social media sites. 2 minute exposure @ ISO100, f11, 11mm at 8:55pm.

Brett_H

Just lovely! We have a new Nikon friend joining us from Teds!! It's being delivered because the thought of braving the city was too much to bear so when I saw free postage.... No points for guessing what model but it means I'll the availability for me to use a camera will now be greater as it won't be tied up in the studio!!

Koffee_Kosmo

Brett H wrote:

Just lovely! We have a new Nikon friend joining us from Teds!! It's being delivered because the thought of braving the city was too much to bear so when I saw free postage.... No points for guessing what model but it means I'll the availability for me to use a camera will now be greater as it won't be tied up in the studio!!

Good, You can come over and take some photos on my sound system and a coffee This meet up has been 2 years in the making folks :stir And that dusk photo is beautiful KK

GeekKopi

Brett H wrote:

Just lovely! We have a new Nikon friend joining us from Teds!! It's being delivered because the thought of braving the city was too much to bear so when I saw free postage.... No points for guessing what model but it means I'll the availability for me to use a camera will now be greater as it won't be tied up in the studio!!

Mmmm. If I had to guess it would be a Nikon d810. Or you went totally left field and got a canon eos 5diii with its shonky DR /stir.

Brett_H

Or better yet, a 50mpx 5dR with a sigma 18-55 lens circa 2003. >😃

GeekKopi

Merry Christmas everyone. It's getting to that time of year where I'll prolly be switching off for a while. I'll leave you with these photos taken from the top of 100 steps to Federation. The cityscape of Melb was shot at around 5am with a 140mm Tele. Sky was actually pink as pictured.

FreshCoffee2

A great way to finish off. Lovely piccies.

Brett_H

Glorious!

FreshCoffee2

Hey guys , could one of you good nikon guys pls advise which button on a D7000 selects Live View? There is an "L" button but the screen stays black...so wondering if that may not be it?

GeekKopi

Fresh Coffee wrote:

Hey guys , could one of you good nikon guys pls advise which button on a D7000 selects Live View? There is an "L" button but the screen stays black...so wondering if that may not be it?

hi FC. I believe on they camera there is a slide switch with an LV symbol. Flick it clockwise . The switch is on the top right with the back of the cmsera facing you.

FreshCoffee2

Thanks mate will try. Sister in laws camera and trying to help her...there seems to be a problem!

GeekKopi

Fresh Coffee wrote:

Thanks mate will try. Sister in laws camera and trying to help her...there seems to be a problem!

how did you go FC. In the meantime here is a HDR (processed off camera) photo from last night. 5 exposures (-3, -2, -1, 0, +1 EVs). Good thing is you can't tell its HDR - and that's how it should be. And yes those dark clouds got me wet. Some light showers while taking the photo.

Brett_H

And we're back.... And glad to be so. Beautiful mate!

FreshCoffee2

Thanks for the follow up! I had been thinking of explaining but have had a house full of family for days and haven’t had the chance. Only a handful of people left now, so… S.I.L. has D7000. She fitted her newish 18-105 Nikkor lens and was complaining the view through the viewfinder was impossibly dark (middle of day). I had a look and also found the autofocus was not functioning. She removed that and fitted her Sigma lens (70-200) and the view through the viewfinder was as normal…but again there was no auto focus. I have absolutely no experience with Nikon and when I asked for location of Live View activation (she didnt know), I was just wanting to see if there was any diff between view finder view and that though Live View...trying to help her trouble shoot source of problem (as the two lenses were indicating differently)…. Subsequent to that I noted her battery indicator was showing imminent power failure and advised her to charge the battery and see if that helped…and while I was telling her that the power actually failed and camera auto'd off. With fully charged battery all functions subsequently returned to normal, problem solved. What is interesting about this is how the two (diff brand) lenses on this body indicated different symptoms but both lost partial functionality with battery power very low…. My experience with my Canon bodies and lenses is that it all works as normal until the auto off function just shuts it all down. Weird. PS....got lots of family christmas shots over the last few days...

GeekKopi

Fresh Coffee wrote:

Thanks for the follow up! I had been thinking of explaining but have had a house full of family for days and haven’t had the chance. Only a handful of people left now, so… S.I.L. has D7000. She fitted her newish 18-105 Nikkor lens and was complaining the view through the viewfinder was impossibly dark (middle of day). I had a look and also found the autofocus was not functioning. She removed that and fitted her Sigma lens (70-200) and the view through the viewfinder was as normal…but again there was no auto focus. I have absolutely no experience with Nikon and when I asked for location of Live View activation (she didnt know), I was just wanting to see if there was any diff between view finder view and that though Live View...trying to help her trouble shoot source of problem (as the two lenses were indicating differently)…. Subsequent to that I noted her battery indicator was showing imminent power failure and advised her to charge the battery and see if that helped…and while I was telling her that the power actually failed and camera auto'd off. With fully charged battery all functions subsequently returned to normal, problem solved. What is interesting about this is how the two (diff brand) lenses on this body indicated different symptoms but both lost partial functionality with battery power very low…. My experience with my Canon bodies and lenses is that it all works as normal until the auto off function just shuts it all down. Weird. PS....got lots of family christmas shots over the last few days...

Ahhh. The old battery is flat. Glad it all worked out. Seems Nikon turns certain automated functions off when power is low and makes you switch back to manual focusing. The viewfinder being dark is probably due the lcd overlay on the focus screen being switched off by the lack of battery power. Looking forward to seeing the photos FC. I'm probably heading out soon to make an Exxon Mobil refinery look majestic.

mycuppa

One of my favorite places - Bells Beach (Southside) quick point and shoot this morning (unfortunately lots of people jostling for a spot). Also took a few from the Xmas Day fire around Lorne area just prior to evacuation, but considering the tragic loss and trauma of the situation, decided against showing.

Brett_H

A beautiful picture and a good decision. I remember having my dslr in the car when stopped at an accident between a car and a petrol tanker, many years ago in the Lockyer valley. It would have been wildly inappropriate to snap away given the loss of life and property. I'm no journalist and no desire to see the world through those eyes.

GeekKopi

mycuppa wrote:

One of my favorite places - Bells Beach (Southside) quick point and shoot this morning (unfortunately lots of people jostling for a spot). Also took a few from the Xmas Day fire around Lorne area just prior to evacuation, but considering the tragic loss and trauma of the situation, decided against showing.

great photo and yes I agree with B. Tragedy

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