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Subject: [Leica] Snow in Woods Hole
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)
Date: Tue Jan 29 12:02:34 2008
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... bet ya' walk out with one.

Regards,

Dick



On Jan 29, 2008, at 2:45 PM, rclark01@comcast.net wrote:

> I just received a call from my local camera shop and they received  
> five D300s in their shipment today.  I'm heading down tomorrow to  
> take a look...
>
> Robert
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor@comcast.net>
>
>> 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? It was nice not to have to worry about water
>> getting into it in the snow.
>>
>> 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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