devwild : these are very nice again.
 
Is it my monitor or your pics look a bit underexposed btw? Saturation and contrast are perfect, but I would need +0.3 to +0.7 IL to get the pic to look really better on my monitor (it could be monitor's fault as they are old CRTs though quality ones (diamondtron Nec tubes on two iiyama vision master pro 510 22 inches)). I have the white and black points set to proper value, contrast and brightness are also set up to proper value (should be since a while), though I won't see the same level of details in dark areas in comparison to a LCD set up properly.

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@devwild: very nice road picture with the Grand Tetons! You won't easily find a scenery like this here in the Austrian Alps due to lack of open space between the mountains.

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devwild : these are very nice again.
 
Is it my monitor or your pics look a bit underexposed btw? Saturation and contrast are perfect, but I would need +0.3 to +0.7 IL to get the pic to look really better on my monitor (it could be monitor's fault as they are old CRTs though quality ones (diamondtron Nec tubes on two iiyama vision master pro 510 22 inches)). I have the white and black points set to proper value, contrast and brightness are also set up to proper value (should be since a while), though I won't see the same level of details in dark areas in comparison to a LCD set up properly.

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Thanks as well. They are a bit underexposed, but I tend to prefer it that way, on screen at least - you'll see a lot of my photos are like that (I also almost always shoot at -2/3EV). I do lighten them a bit more when I do prints. They also look a lot better on a dark background than on head-fi's colors but I don't do borders unless I feel the picture really needs it.  I admit a couple of them I planned on lightening a little more and replacing because I legitimately didn't check them well on a better calibrated monitor before posting, but it hasn't bothered me enough yet . The last image I spent a lot of time with and settled on where it is for the best balance of detail and stormy drama, so it will probably stay dark.

You guys take beautiful pictures.....  I only have a Canon G7 with a 6X zoom
 
There was a moon out last night.... rested on the top of my car.....
 

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 Nobody questions why anyone still shoots in B/W with analog cameras.

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Wrong!
I question why people still shoot in B&W if it doesn't add to the photo, no matter what medium.

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These two are worth quoting again, they are so nice.
I to will echo the comment about them being a tad bit dark.  I tried editing the last one, but after a minute I didn't come up with anything better, so I think you have made very good use out of the dynamic range.
 
 
I also got a kick out of the composition.  It's not the angles I would have been drawn too, which reminds me again that each person, standing in the same location, can take a totally different photo.
Were these your film photos, or still from digital?

Then there's always the issue that one may never know when something needs B&W film until the moment when it is desirable to use it.
 
I don't know if you can convert color films to B&W with as much flexibility as converting a B&W negative, which have definite, repeatable characteristics when printing traditionally.

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These two are worth quoting again, they are so nice. I to will echo the comment about them being a tad bit dark.  I tried editing the last one, but after a minute I didn't come up with anything better, so I think you have made very good use out of the dynamic range.

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Thanks again. That is indeed the conundrum I often run in to, especially in direct sunlight like these two.
 
 
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I also got a kick out of the composition.  It's not the angles I would have been drawn too, which reminds me again that each person, standing in the same location, can take a totally different photo.
Were these your film photos, or still from digital?

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Still digital, though I just got my film back last night. I didn't get as many good photos as I would have liked, but I got a handful of keepers. I had some issues with the manual focus on the 24mm TS-E - the DOF was a bit narrower than I thought, so I have some less-than-perfect, though not bad handheld landscapes where I had dialed back the aperture. I also botched a few by accidentally tilting the lens a bit, but I expected that, since I noticed the mistake on the trip. I wish I could say I had a photo that blew me away, but unfortunately no. Definitely learned some things about my photographic habits though, and that will be useful.
 
The Ektar film was definitely higher resolution and smoother grain - the color was a bit strong on the yellows/greens, but not nearly as bad as I've seen others complain about, and I didn't get any blue tinted photos like I've seen. Wish I would have used both rolls I had, I used up too much of the first one testing and getting used to it. The Superia was way noisier that I expected for an iso 200 film - one of my rolls in particular was worse than the other and gave some fairly speckled skys plus chroma noise, but overall the photos were nice and the color good. I was noticing that some of my digital RAW edits from last week were actually really close in color to shots from the same location with the Fuji film. I definitely would like to try the Pro Fuji film at some point. 
 
I will post a few but it may be a while, I've got other things going on this week.

Hey all,
 
The last few days have been devoted to testing the D7000, so I'm going to post some of my test images here. Nothing too fancy, just high ISO tests.
 

ISO 3200
 

ISO 3200
 

ISO 3200
 

ISO 6400
 

ISO 6400
 
Clicking on the pictures should take you to full sized versions. These are straight out of the camera JPGs, taken between night and dusk. I haven't edited them except to blur the license of the Corvette. Yes, I realize that I missed the front plate on the other car; I forgot about it.
 
I underexposed both ISO 6400 shots a tad, but it was later when I took them than when I took the ones at 3200. All shots were taken with an 18-200 VR lens.
 
EDIT: Clicking on the images doesn't work right now, because my image hosting sites are refusing to upload; I'll update the message when I get it working. Or, this message will become a humorous legacy if I forget.
 
EDIT 2: It does now. Yay!

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Hey all,
 
The last few days have been devoted to testing the D7000, so I'm going to post some of my test images here. Nothing too fancy, just high ISO tests.
 
 

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Hey!
 
Did you have a D90 previously? I'm to buy the D7000 as soon as it's released here (withing a few days), could you let me know how many stops you possibly gained in ISO settings for noise to be the same VS D90?

Yes, I had a D90 previously. I sold it before I bought the D7000, so I haven't done a direct comparison. My impression is that there's a little over a one stop solid improvement. With the D90, 1600 was the highest I'd ever use, and I think 3200 is probably the highest I'll usually go with the D7000. The 6400 looks impressively good for a DX sensor, however.

My sister's sweet little miss.

 
Peggy's Cove

 
Peggy's Cove

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Peggy's Cove

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It's a technically fine photo, but where's the emotion?

I got in some more D7000 shooting today, still primarily high ISO work, and got some pretty good results. I'm very pleased with the D7000 so far.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Unlike my last series, some editing was done here, mostly contrast and/or color work. No full-size images at this time.

Damn, I always forget about that one.
 
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It's a technically fine photo, but where's the emotion?

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