I know this has been beat to death and it is not that I am saying that I do not want a D200 for my backup since I can use all my flash gear and have a deeper buffer , better raw compression speed etc, but I have been working some images for the last 3 weeks from the D100. I had a show onboard this train that I am happy to say was a Big success . Actually I have been working on the collection for 2 years, but I have made some huge progress in raw workflow over that time too
Anyway , I could strip the metadata from this file , it is a D2x shot but I have any number of D100 files of this train etc and at all but the extremes of print sizing you cannot tell which is which most of the time.
Well John, I've always said that you managed to wring all that the D100 was capable of producing and then some and the results were shown over the weekend with your successful show.
BTW, you are documenting all of your RAW workflow for an upcoming book on the subject, AREN'T YOU (not too subtle nudge )
Trey Neal wrote:
Well John, I've always said that you managed to wring all that the D100 was capable of producing and then some and the results were shown over the weekend with your successful show.
BTW, you are documenting all of your RAW workflow for an upcoming book on the subject, AREN'T YOU (not too subtle nudge )
hehe , yeah Trey , maybe by the time I retire I will get 'round to it
in truth I miss the D100 many times an wait for Nikon to hit another home run just like the D100 was when she hit the market
How many images are stacked here? Is it just one? Impressive DR if it's just one.
The past couple of weeks Ive been printing using some info I gleaned from you. That and seeing what you've been able to do with your images from the D100 have been a real eye opener.
I can't imagine having the extra detail from something like a D2X or 1Ds or SLR/n or SLR/c or even a medium format back.
What I have now is almost too much sometimes (for portraits anyway).
Folks gotta realize that it's not just download and print - there is a very important middle step where you prepare that image for printing. That's the hardest part to get a handle on.
Let's not forget that it is only really about the print. That's what people actually fork money over for - prints.
It's only the gearhead in me that keeps peeking at other camera bodies. The photographer in me is really happy with what I have now and I cannot really justify any more camera bodies.
TJ Asher wrote:
How many images are stacked here? Is it just one? Impressive DR if it's just one.
The past couple of weeks Ive been printing using some info I gleaned from you. That and seeing what you've been able to do with your images from the D100 have been a real eye opener.
I can't imagine having the extra detail from something like a D2X or 1Ds or SLR/n or SLR/c or even a medium format back.
What I have now is almost too much sometimes (for portraits anyway).
Folks gotta realize that it's not just download and print - there is a very important middle step where you prepare that image for printing. That's the hardest part to get a handle on.
Let's not forget that it is only really about the print. That's what people actually fork money over for - prints.
It's only the gearhead in me that keeps peeking at other camera bodies. The photographer in me is really happy with what I have now and I cannot really justify any more camera bodies....Show more →
Hi Todd
I think this is just a couple , as i was trying out some new ideas on this , I outta take notes as I cannot remember all I did on this one , I grabbed a jpeg from the raw+jpeg format I use and started having too much fun. i really like the effects tho here , I wanted that real hard edged contrast like we see in very old prints . I think I made some headway in that regard here
You are right about the prints , it is where the men get seperated from the boys and I am so happy that I can sell with total confidence anything folks see of my work on the web and be Guaranteed that the print will be even better by far than the web version of the work. I am afraid it cannot be said of lots of work we see posted on these forums
I go back to D100 images all of the time John. It is amazing to see how good they are if they were exposed properly. I do like the D2X better but if you are willing to work on them a bit the D100 produced stunning files.
Pretty cool. I like your previous series a bit better but I can see how a fine art photographer would appreciate this more as it is definately more edgey
gdstaples wrote:
Pretty cool. I like your previous series a bit better but I can see how a fine art photographer would appreciate this more as it is definately more edgey
thanks Dunc , just trying out new stuff like you all the time, trying to emulate that amazing contrast in the old school films is not easy , but I think I got close on this one
glowrider wrote:
i can attest first hand that the quality of the print from John's d100 file at 16x24 is stunning. No way in hell you could tell it was a 'mere' d100.
hehe , David , I told ya that the print was amazing and it wasn't just the salesman in me was it
I am so glad you have it David and I cannot wait to see a snap of it hanging on your wall my friend
Stripper wrote:
I go back to D100 images all of the time John. It is amazing to see how good they are if they were exposed properly. I do like the D2X better but if you are willing to work on them a bit the D100 produced stunning files.
you are right John , but I made several huge prints for the show and I am simply amazed at the files from this camera
Never thought that I would get such a nostalgic kick looking at this forum, so keep those trains a rollin'. As a kid in the 50's I'd watch the big Southern Pacific trains working their way up the western Sierra grades. But my real thrill was riding in the cabs of little steam engines at sawmills in northern Calif., while my dad carried on business as an executive with Fruit Growers (Sunkist). Everyone of those big mills had roundtables and huge ponderosa and sugar pine logs would come in by flatcar and be dumped into the mill ponds. Alas, way too young for photography...
. Actually I have been working on the collection for 2 years, but I have made some huge progress in raw workflow over that time too 
(not too subtle nudge 
