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We keep hearing this claim being made and for some scenarios I would agree that it could happen, however not for all by a long way. Last night my son and partner had their engagement party in a dimly lit and noisy room above a bar in Manchester. The younger people probably thought it was bright...

On my D800 this lens seems to suffer with some focus breathing. If I AF fine tune it for closer (2-3 m) indoor use it is wrong for longer distances. It's not always a problem but it's definitely there at wide apertures. If I use it on the D300s which has more DOF it's less of an issue. Don't...

I've done a quick and dirty test to try and create what I think you're trying to do. By that I mean it has no artistic merit. I used my D800 in DX crop (15.4mp) mode to get close to the resolution of your D7000. It's a fraction lower but not so much that it affects this. First I tried a 90mm...

Often people comment on the size of some DSLR bodies such as the D7100 or D600 and recommend a grip to resolve the problem, if it presents one. I then go and look at my old Pentax ME Super and Nikon 601 and the are small by comparison. How did people manage to hold these older film cameras?

I bought the Nik collection back in March and I'm very pleased with it. I was wondering if anybody has received updates as I haven't and I can't see any on their website.

I currently have the 24-120F4 and it's a great lens. I actually chose it over the 24-70 as it's more versatile for my actual use with the extra range and VR. I'm sure at some point in the future I'll convince myself that I need the 24-70 :rolleyes: My current dilemma is that we are planning a...

Here is one of a ship taken from a ferry. I think this is as much a testament to the VR on my 24-120F4 as the resolution of my D800. Put together they are impressive.

Well I thought that would get your attention :) Following some recent discussions regarding the D800s’ amazing resolution and ability to crop a good image from the far distance I thought I would do a test to demonstrate how a DX body would out resolve it in like for like circumstances. I would...

My daughter got married this weekend and my wife and I were asked to do the photos. No pressure there then :eek: For the first time I loaded both memory slots on the D800 and configured the primary for RAW and the backup for fine/medium JPG (Still 20MP !!) just in case my card went down. Luck...

My wife has been hanging on with her D300, but today we decided enough was enough and got the 7100. It should be interesting to say how it compares. Primary reasons for the upgrade / re-grade is better ISO performance and some more resolution / cropability.

These two said that my pictures were not up to scratch (In fairness they were probably right) :) OK I've actually been practicing lighting setups and these two are really handy.

Dave, it's interesting that you assume I'm wrong because my facts (See attached images) contradict your understanding. The size of a file in bytes is determined by pixels Wide X Pixels high and that is a fact barring a few meta tags. Explain how you have two files with the same pixel lengths...

I spent some time trying to get my head around DPI settings and concluded that it is only relevant to printers. For example, if you have a jpg that is 1000 pixels wide, a screen will display it using 1000 pixels on the wide side. I don't believe DPI is considered. I have messed around exporting...

We now have our home studio ready to play with. The dimensions make it just big enough to get a full length portrait in at 85mm which I'm happy about as I didn't want to go much wider to achieve it. Head and shoulders is not an issue. Our mobile bench (The unit with drawers in) arrived today as...

I am in the process of making my home studio in a spare bedroom. The room is about 3.6m x 3.6m with standard height ceilings (only about 8 foot). The thing that's bugging me is what colour to paint it as it's not a huge space for a studio, therefore be more difficult to control/kill light. The...

I was just bored so I wandered over to Mr Rockwells site for some light reading. Immediately I ended up angry. The first article on the page was entitled "AF fine tune?". Having spent a lot of time trying to get my lenses dialled ( all Nikon) I was flabbergasted that he said it was a waste of...

I'm normally OK at this sort of thing but my brain isn't working today so here goes. My wife has a 90mm macro that she use on her D300. If she fills the frame with whatever she is shooting it will be a 12mp image with associated resolution. If I put this DX lens on my D800 or a D7000 for that...

Last year I decided I wanted to learn a bit more about using a flash properly so I purchased an SB900. I bought some books and improved my knowledge including using my friend's Sekonic meters. I'm quite lucky as he sells them so I've tried the whole range from 758 down. I also started to play...

I have the 24-120 F4 currently and I'm pleased with it. I may buy the 28-300 sometime over the next 12 months for a travel lens. My question is, would I find myself taking the 28-300 off the camera very often and replacing it with the 24-120 because the image quality is that much better? I used...

I recently sent the D800 in to Nikon because I could not AF fine tune my 70-200 / TC-20e combo as it was too far out of range. I got the body back today, although the lens and TC are following (long story). Apparently they have adjusted both the body and the lens combo. I now need to fine tune...