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Subject: [Leica] Snow in Woods Hole
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Tue Jan 29 11:45:01 2008
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On Jan 29, 2008, at 12:38 PM, Richard Taylor wrote:

> Thanks Steve (and George and Robert).  I don't live there now but  
> have a lot of friends in the area and sail there every summer.   
> Looks like the Eel Pond shot is the favorite so far though watching  
> that duck swimming through the skim ice was a bit mind blowing.    
> Made me wonder for his/her sanity.  Duck fat must be the world's  
> best insulator.
>
> I'm really pleased with the D300 though I'm still climbing the  
> learning curve with it.  Reliable focus in dim light is still an  
> issue (I don't use the focus assist lamp) and it occasionally  
> overexposes a couple of stops in bright light.  Even with spot focus  
> and holding it with a half-push on the shutter doesn't always work  
> when the light is low.
>
> Image quality is top-notch.  Auto white balance is good.  I haven't  
> yet tried either extreme of the ISO range yet (that is beyond  
> 200-3200).  At 3200 there is noticeable chroma noise in the darker  
> parts of a picture but that can be controlled by forcing it into  
> black when it's a issue.  It's a handful to carry, but what really  
> capable DSLR isn't these days?


small compared to the D3 though...


>  It was nice not to have to worry about water getting into it in the  
> snow.


how do they describe the water resistance?  I take it that it is well  
sealed...


Steve
>
>
> I'm planning some focus tests to see if I can resolve the focus  
> issue.  Don't really know what to think about the overexposures yet.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dick
>
>
>
> On Jan 29, 2008, at 1:56 PM, Steve Barbour wrote:
>
>> On Jan 29, 2008, at 11:42 AM, Richard Taylor wrote:
>>
>>> It snowed a bit last Sunday morning in Woods Hole leaving the  
>>> place to the weather and the ducks.  These were all with the D300,  
>>> ISO 200.
>>>
>>> Eel Pond - Nikkor 55-200 zoom at 100 mm f16@1/15 VR on.
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/CAPE_COD/300_0299.jpg.html
>>> http://tinyurl.com/2avfwh
>>
>> a really beautiful atmospheric image of Eel Pond Dick...
>>
>>
>> I remember fondly a few wonderful summers I spent in Woods Hole in  
>> the 60's...
>>
>>
>> do you live there now?
>>
>> Also tell us about your Nikon D300...are you happy with it?
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> C&C always welcome.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Dick
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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