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04/28/2012 01:17:22 PM · #1 |
For the longest time, I was a Canon guy. Without going into research, I hated Nikon's gut because of the dials on its body. We have Nikon cameras only in our studio where I work, and I kept changing the auto focus, f stop, shutter speed without my knowledge all day long, and I just wanted to throw the camera to the wall and walk away.
...until I had Canon 40D and images started to look like a lot worse than any Nikons we had. D1Xs I have the same, dials on the body but I HAD to teach myself to learn use those dials without actually changing it. Lesson number one, ALWAYS (bold letter, underlined, red color "ALWAYS") check your settings before you actually click on the shutter. That should help you a lot.
What is the thing you hate(ed) about your current or previous cameras? |
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04/28/2012 01:47:32 PM · #2 |
Are you crazy? : )
I guess, since you asked, the mode selector knob on the upper left corner of the D7000 has no lock. It's easy to bump it into a different shooting mode without knowing it until you begin shooting. I have learned to check it often.
Other than that one little item, love the 7K and everything about it.
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04/28/2012 02:14:06 PM · #3 |
I really like my camera, but hate carrying that heavy weight around, even without extra lenses.
My main problem is missing shots because I don't have the correct focus point selected and don't have time to focus and reframe.
For both these reasons I'm probably going to buy a micro four-thirds camera (with touch screen) for normal day-to-day use. I nearly ordered a Panasonic G3 this week, but then I found out that the G5 is likely to be announced in May and I would hate a new camera to be outdated before I even get it. |
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04/28/2012 02:36:04 PM · #4 |
| I love my Nikon D300 for everything apart from one thing. That bloody rubber door that covers the output sockets. Within a year or so it started to not close properly and would just pop open. I couldn't get it closed in the end so i've just gaffa taped it up. Used to drive me mad. A very annoying design fault. Thank god my new Nikon 700 doesn't have the same style door. |
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04/28/2012 03:38:13 PM · #5 |
| Nope. Love my camera. Feel like it was made just for me. |
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04/28/2012 04:34:47 PM · #6 |
I don't blame the camera, I blame myself for bad shots. Heck, there have been amazing shots done with camera phones by people who have enough talent.
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04/28/2012 09:31:08 PM · #7 |
| i wish the sensor had more dynamic range. |
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04/29/2012 08:36:36 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by GinaRothfels:
I really like my camera, but hate carrying that heavy weight around, even without extra lenses.
My main problem is missing shots because I don't have the correct focus point selected and don't have time to focus and reframe.
For both these reasons I'm probably going to buy a micro four-thirds camera (with touch screen) for normal day-to-day use. I nearly ordered a Panasonic G3 this week, but then I found out that the G5 is likely to be announced in May and I would hate a new camera to be outdated before I even get it. |
GinaRothfels...you could always consider the Panasonic GH2...the body price has dropped, and a new one has not been announced yet. I love mine! I spend a lot of time over at Mu-43.com and have learned a lot. I love carrying my camera around now...small and lightweight. I house my camera, and three lenses in a small Crumpler bag ( which wears more like a messenger bag). I am enjoying this camera system so much more. I have also developed a passion for video and video editing, and you can't beat the GH2 for video. |
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04/29/2012 09:17:51 AM · #9 |
I've had my D7000 for about a year now. For the first 10 months, I hated the high ISO performance. Despite everyone saying it was great, I found it to be "coarse" (with luminance noise, as opposed to the chroma noise I see in Canon cameras). Now admittedly, I shoot RAW and I'm a pixel peeper. And I don't like noise reduction...I typically don't use it.
However, I recently discovered what I believe is the secret to making high RAW ISO better on the D7000. You have to most definitely expose to the right...even overexpose a bit. This seems counter-intuitive when you read about the D7000 sensor. It supposedly has linear noise response curve, meaning you can use a lower ISO, up the exposure (RAW) in post, and end up with the same noise you would had you shot with the higher ISO.
That seems to be true, BUT you will have a lot of noise (more than I want). Exposing to the right, and even overexposing per my meter to .3 or .7 produces MUCH better results. So rather than use a low ISO and underexposing, you get better results using the higher ISO and overexposing. Which of course, doesn't sound like it's linear, or at least there's something else going on. The article at Luminous Landscape about optimizing exposure (and their older article Expose Right)summarizes it...there are a lot more "levels" of tonal information recorded in the brighter areas of the photo. From their article:
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A typical consumer DSLR recording 12 bits per sensel is able to record up to 4,098 separate tonal values.
If we assume a 10 stop dynamic range this is how this data is distributed...
The brightest stop = 2048 tonal values
The next brightest stop = 1024 tonal values
The next brightest stop = 512 tonal values
The next brightest stop = 256 tonal values
The next brightest stop = 128 tonal values
The next brightest stop = 64 tonal values
The darkest stop = 32 tonal values
As can be seen, each stop from the brightest to the darkest contains half of the data of the one preceding it.
"""
I've been getting much better results at high ISO doing that.
Message edited by author 2012-04-29 09:18:51. |
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04/29/2012 09:40:42 AM · #10 |
Pentax k-r :
First thing I found awkward was the ISO button being directly under my the ball of my right thumb, always. Imagine my surprise seeing the overexposure warning going in the viewfinder, only to look at see ISO was set to 6400 instead of 200 where I'd left it. It took a little adjustment to normal grip to keep it from getting away from me.
Other than that, there's a lot to like. |
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04/29/2012 12:26:55 PM · #11 |
| I just wish I had more iso to play with. I've shot with a 5d mark II at night time. No comparison. *sigh* |
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04/29/2012 12:43:39 PM · #12 |
On my Xsi, it would be the lack of iso performance.. i try not to shoot over 200, i will not go over 400...
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04/29/2012 04:56:08 PM · #13 |
I hate that none of my cameras take high scoring pictures...
It IS the camera, NOT me, right? |
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04/29/2012 05:35:31 PM · #14 |
My camera frustrates me with its old technology. It won't focus fast enough for wildlife shots, the ISO is so pathetic that I rarely take shots that are not outdoors at midday and the amount of pixels are so little that I wouldn't dare print anything larger than a passport photo. But then I see what others here have produced with the same camera and I realise that it's not the tool but how you use it.
I do love my camera but I've made no vows to love and to hold... so I will move on and up when the money is available. But with kids and ongoing renovations it may be until death do us part. |
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04/29/2012 08:42:44 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by Abra:
My camera frustrates me with its old technology. It won't focus fast enough for wildlife shots, the ISO is so pathetic that I rarely take shots that are not outdoors at midday and the amount of pixels are so little that I wouldn't dare print anything larger than a passport photo. But then I see what others here have produced with the same camera and I realise that it's not the tool but how you use it.
I do love my camera but I've made no vows to love and to hold... so I will move on and up when the money is available. But with kids and ongoing renovations it may be until death do us part. |
350D served me very well. Almost got me a blue (I mean "ALMOST")... it was getting smaller for my needs, I wanted to have a little larger preview in the the back. I don't remember anything else that I disliked about that camera. I sold it for a 30D, which was also an excellent camera, until I find an opportunity to get me a 40D (and sell the 30D)... which made me switch to Nikon. D1x gave sharper images than 40D, I just couldn't afford any other cameras after 40D disaster but buying D1x, which was the best move I made. Besides the stupid controls on the body, D1x hands down the best camera I had so far image guilty and built quality wise (I love the results so much, I don't even care about much smaller and horrible preview screen in the back)
I don't think it's common to see someone going way back and love the results as much as I do. |
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04/29/2012 08:51:19 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by dagaleaa:
Originally posted by GinaRothfels:
I really like my camera, but hate carrying that heavy weight around, even without extra lenses.
My main problem is missing shots because I don't have the correct focus point selected and don't have time to focus and reframe.
For both these reasons I'm probably going to buy a micro four-thirds camera (with touch screen) for normal day-to-day use. I nearly ordered a Panasonic G3 this week, but then I found out that the G5 is likely to be announced in May and I would hate a new camera to be outdated before I even get it. |
GinaRothfels...you could always consider the Panasonic GH2...the body price has dropped, and a new one has not been announced yet. I love mine! I spend a lot of time over at Mu-43.com and have learned a lot. I love carrying my camera around now...small and lightweight. I house my camera, and three lenses in a small Crumpler bag ( which wears more like a messenger bag). I am enjoying this camera system so much more. I have also developed a passion for video and video editing, and you can't beat the GH2 for video. |
Then funny thing is the GH2 is the one camera I could literally buy tomorrow because I've found a shop that's got it in stock. But it's slightly older technology that the G3 and the body is quite a bit bigger. At this stage I'm going to wait until the G5 is announced and then decide which one suits me best. I'm still considering the new Olympus too, though the price puts me off somewhat.
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