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Post by fotomanaz on Oct 11, 2006 13:06:29 GMT -5
Linda, I looks like you have had some good response to your original post. I looked closely at both shots and both have camera movement that is evident and the Sony image also shows some banding across the image.
I shot film for nearly thirty years before I went digital. The Digital camera sensors perform more like transparency film than negitive, in other words if in doubt slight underexposure it prefered to any over exposure. This said, I have run tests on three options for getting light meter readings and found that for all but the 12-24mm lens, I still use the "center weighted" meter setting for most of my work. I am sure this is because I cut my photographic teeth on the Nikon F2 which had that kind of meter and I got good at nailing the exposures on Kodachrome film. The D200 has many more features than my first DSLR (Nikon D100) and could be more of a problem than not when leaning to use this fine camera.
Since "film" is so cheap, just shoot a lot of images in different lighting situations and get a good feel for how you and the camera respond to a lot of diverse lighting situations. Like all complex tools, there is always a learning curve that one has to follow.
I have a link I can email to you of some of my digital images if you would like to take a look.
David
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Post by uksweetheart on Oct 13, 2006 12:29:28 GMT -5
Hi David, I would love the link, maybe others would too.. thanks, Linda
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Post by Linda on Oct 13, 2006 23:59:32 GMT -5
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Post by fotomanaz on Dec 3, 2006 14:18:13 GMT -5
My experience: I have been using Nikon's since my first F2 in the early 70's and later F4's; most of the time I shot either Tri-X at 650 ASA or Kodachrome 25 depending upon the assignment. The habits I developed shooting those cameras have stayed with me and from the moment I picked up my first D100, I found it performed exactly as did my older film bodies. The images the D100 gave me were both exposed properly and in focus. Now I have added a D200 to my stable of camera bodies and from my experience, I can switch from one to another and still get properly exposed and in focus images. My guess is there could be a problem with your particular camera body. I would have Nikon do a courtesy inspection of it and see if that helps.
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