Posted by Paula Graham on June 19, 2006 at 4:49 PM
Went off to try and get exposure right on white birds as I could not find any gulls!! , this Pelican seemed a good model.
I find I easily get the whites overexposed and in bright light it is not so easy to see the histogram.
Posted by Rene de Heer on June 19, 2006 at 5:20 PM
Paula, I think its a bit overexposed and wonder if the compostion could be improved by having the bird a bit more to the right of the frame.
Rene de heer
As a test shot it's fine.
Stop down another stop.
I checked the levels in PS and it doesn't appear to be blown out in too many ares, it just needs a bit of a tweak.
After seeing Vince's owl shots blown up big I would have no problem in saying that the D2x files are superb for detail.
Certainly looks like the combo is measuring up, really looking forward to seeing your images once you are more familiar with it.
Posted by Paula Graham on June 20, 2006 at 9:52 AM
Thanks, John. Indeed, I shall have to stop down a little more. I get a bit confused with white birds: did a spot metering on the whitest part first and dialed in +1...and everything was flashing like mad.
So, did dial in minus 1/3 but that clearly was not quite enough but the raw file looked quite grey, which I sorted with the eye droppers.
Still do not feel I can 'master' the camera, though!
I shall practise a lot more...hope to locate some gulls!!
The Nikon meter works differently to the Canon meter that you are used to, so it is going to take a little while for you to become comfortable with it. The sensor calibration is also somewhat different between the two systems. The Canon sensor calibration tends to about a 1/3 or 2/3 of a stop more sensitive than the D2x - see this thread http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos5d/page21.asp
Posted by Paula Graham on June 21, 2006 at 4:19 AM
Thank you Phil, that explains everything and I shall try and 'forget' what I used to do with the Canon gear and start with an open mind afresh!
I did notice that the matrix metering very often seems to be just right and I did not need to go through all the spot metering and mistakes that come forth from that!
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8 repliesI find I easily get the whites overexposed and in bright light it is not so easy to see the histogram.
D2x, 200-400 VR, iso 200, manual metering, tripod, Capt 1 conversion.
Rene de heer
If you see what I mean.
Major.
If you see what I mean.
Major.
Stop down another stop.
I checked the levels in PS and it doesn't appear to be blown out in too many ares, it just needs a bit of a tweak.
After seeing Vince's owl shots blown up big I would have no problem in saying that the D2x files are superb for detail.
John
So, did dial in minus 1/3 but that clearly was not quite enough but the raw file looked quite grey, which I sorted with the eye droppers.
Still do not feel I can 'master' the camera, though!
I shall practise a lot more...hope to locate some gulls!!
I did notice that the matrix metering very often seems to be just right and I did not need to go through all the spot metering and mistakes that come forth from that!