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[bifta23]

ahh nice one, i've got the sb800

the d3 is the body that i want but sadly its 3 times the price of the d300

[daveofficer]

Originally Posted by bifta23

ahh nice one, i've got the sb800

the d3 is the body that i want but sadly its 3 times the price of the d300

it's the body we all want. *sigh*

[bifta23]

Originally Posted by daveofficer

it's the body we all want. *sigh*

and the new 14-24 and 24-70 lenses *double sigh*

flash, what's the in-built sensor cleaner like? heard mixed reports.

[Flash@TMB]

Originally Posted by bifta23

ahh nice one, i've got the sb800

the d3 is the body that i want but sadly its 3 times the price of the d300

Yeah it's the SB800 I'm using now.

As for the D3... being full frame you get the a related (but opposite) problem with lenses as when we moved from full frame film to digital.

The main advantage with the D3 (I think is) even higher ISO? And also because it's full frame but still 12.5 megapixel, the pixels are larger and therefore faster to react, meaning better performance in low light conditions.

With the SB800 it's possible to shoot in the bar without going up to 3200 ISO, so not sure that that level of performance is altogether necessary except at the darkest of venues. Anyway there's always B&W.

Do seem to have a colour temp problem in some shots though, the D200 used to work best on auto (though according to the manual it couldn't detect anything that cool), but am going to try the D300 on incandescent mode cos it seems to be struggling with the LED lights in particular. Not even sure that LED is technically incandescent lighting???

[daveofficer]

shoot in raw, fix the white balance later in capture nx or lightroom/adobe camera raw. though you should be able to custom set the white balance on the d300 surely, be strange if you couldn't.

the handy thing about fixing it in lightroom is you can save your settings as a preset and just apply them to every picture you ever take in the bar as you load them up. of course you might even have a certain number of presets that you can save in camera as well but i've not played around with the d300 that much to confirm such a thing.

[bifta23]

yeah you can set 4 custom profiles with all your settings on the d200 so would imagine you can do the same on the d300

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Flash@TMB

This site used to print the photos full size, but now they appear as thumbnails that you have to click on. Anyone know why?

What you need to do is get the Direct Link Code, which appears in the information panel under the Filmstrip in the Gallery. Just wrap an [IMG] around it and it should work out fine.

[fort max]

^^^^nice choice of photo for demonstrational purposes...^^^^

[Flash@TMB]

Originally Posted by Dave

What you need to do is get the Direct Link Code, which appears in the information panel under the Filmstrip in the Gallery. Just wrap an [IMG] around it and it should work out fine.

It appears that the text "_thumb" is now being automatically added to links in the gallery. Sorted now thanks.

[The Ghost Of Fudge]

Originally Posted by fort max

^^^^nice choice of photo for demonstrational purposes...^^^^

if only i were female...