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    Is there a point at which noise reduction isn't helping?

    This might be almost a philosophical question, but anyway... A bright sunny day here today so I spent some time at a classic car show, got a few pics of these legendary Australian beasts. D7200, ISO100, 1/200sec at f7.1 with the the Nikon 16-80 f2.8-4. I shoot RAW and JPG ('standard'...
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    Capture NX-D users: what's your take on unsharp mask settings?

    I primarily use it as a RAW converter and 'tweaker' and often export in TIFF and use Zoner Photo Studio to add additional effects - though the JPG exports out of NX-D often 'hit the spot' for my purposes without any further adjustment required. The fact that NX-D can maintain the camera's...
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    Post Your Automotive Shots!

    Both are quite elegant designs!
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    Best combination for highest shooting rate

    I'm using the full image quality (14-bit lossless + JPG fine) at the moment and it's great. With the airliners, depending on my vantage point, I've got about ten seconds with each aircraft to get as many shots as I can, so I'm looking for the best way to get as many shots as I can in that ten...
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    Best combination for highest shooting rate

    I photograph airliners on approach and landing at our city's airport: everything from Dash-8 to A380. I'm trying to get the best combination of setting to enable the best 'fps' shooting rate, without compromising image quality too much. I understand shooting 'JPG-only' would enable the best...
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    My 10-24 has been in the workshop

    Gave the 10-24mm a short workout today and there's definitely an improvement. Really glad I a got a second opinion!
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    My 10-24 has been in the workshop

    After three years of the 10-24mm f3.5-4.5 G being the most frustrating lens I own, I last week finally took it in to a service place to get properly tested. One repairer two years ago charged me $60 to tell me it was fine and it just needed a clean. The repairer I took it to this time has a very...
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    In praise of out-of-camera JPGs

    I've had a D7200 for about three years, totally love it. I've also done my fair share of RAW post-production. Over the past few months though, I've been looking more closely at the the OOC JPG images coming out of the camera (mainly for clients who need images turned around in a hurry) - and I...
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    Mark on image

    This might sound a bit odd, but can anyone see a blemish/discoloration in that circle I've put on this image? Moreover, does anyone know what might be causing it?
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    New 70-300 or second hand 80-200?

    I have a D7200, and am choosing between a new 70-300 f4.5-5.6G IF ED VR, and a second hand 80-200 f2.8D (about three years old). Both are around the same price (approx AUD800). I like the idea of the build quality on the 80-200 ('serious' metal and glass) but the 70-300 is newer technology and...
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    The 70-300 AF-P, the D7200 and VR

    A few things I'm keen to hear people's thoughts about. I've read a lot about the 70-300mm AF-P DX f/4.5-6.3G ED VR zoom. Pretty hard to ignore it, it costs $400 (about USD320) in Australia. Reviews are for the most part very good: seriously good value for money. I'm wondering if what we're...
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    Sharpness and clarity

    Within the picture control menu on the D7200 are the sliders for 'sharpness' and 'clarity'. I realise it's entirely subjective (and as I understand it, increasing sharpness accentuates noise while increasing clarity reduces color accuracy) but what settings are people using in what situations?
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    Maximum ISO for routine use

    I've just spent a few days in Bali with my new D7200 and one thing I've had a bit of fun with is the full automatic, flash-off setting. I went into some low light situations where I though an exposure would have been pretty much impossible with a film camera, just pressed the button and said...
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    Four days, 300 shots and then...

    I bought a 7200 body and 35mm f1.8G in Sydney on Thursday of last week. It had been a great camera (and lens) up until Monday of this week, when I got the dreaded 'Err' message in the top LCD display, and it's pretty much frozen as far as taking pictures is concerned. It's at the warranty...
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