Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Many thanks for all this info Daniel. I'm just packing now to go into the heat of battle. I tried a few test shots yesterday, which seemed OK, but the lens is very slow. As I'm inside for actors/theatre work I am slightly concerned, but am hoping the subjects won't mind the light cranked up a bit. I suppose I'd better set the ASA at 400 or more. Only major concern I had when looking at the shots, was that the blacks contained white specks (artifacts?) Size wise, I'm also thinking of using JPEG setting in Fine. I presume I can make TIFF copies in CS. My 'standard' lens is the 18-70. It is slow and I'm finding I'm not getting the ultra sharp handhelds I need, but we'll see. Just got to look at medium or large image size now. I knew I should have read that manual!!:-) Cheers, Matt On 07/06/2005, at 3:25 PM, Daniel Ridings wrote: > Matt Morgan wrote: > > >> My question is to do with settings on the D70 to get optimum >> quality. I really haven't learnt much about the camera as I use >> it as the usual spray gun for the kids etc. >> > > Program setting for exposure, matrix metering and RAW will get you > very very far. > > > >> Any thoughts on the quality of the D70 and it's standard zoom lens? >> > > I don't know what you mean by "standard". Before I left on my trip, > I picked up a 18-70 consumer (Nikkor) zoom for my D100. In my > opinion, it's a beauty. A real beauty. > > At one of the hotels I'm kind of a known character. The white guy > who likes to take pictures. The whole staff turned out in the > morning while I was waiting for my ride. I only got one take on > most of them, sometimes two if I thought they blinked. So here's a > machine gun portrait sessions with the standard zoom wide-open: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/Faces > > Don't worry about RAW. Do not shoot in TIFF. There is no reason too > and it takes up too much time and space on your cards. Photoshop > can handle the RAW's just fine (at least for me). It gives you a > chance to tweak the color balance and exposure if needed. If not > needed, just shoot in JPEG. > > Best, > Daniel Ridings > (still tired, just got back) > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >