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p.1 #1 · D300 @ISO3200

Very impressed with ISO3200 results from last night. No NR D300 85 f1.4 available light at
St. Clair's Winery for a little R&B.

2008 © trenchmonkey

May 17, 2008 at 01:38 PM

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p.1 #2 · D300 @ISO3200

TM,

Tell us more, any secrets here??

May 17, 2008 at 01:50 PM

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p.1 #3 · D300 @ISO3200

Tom Conte wrote:
TM,

Tell us more, any secrets here??
Hey Tom, Exif should be intact but I shot -2/3 EC to keep the skin tones natural.
Think they were at f1.6, switched to MF after a couple bottles of wine...not sure
of the logic in that move but the static shots came out pretty well.

May 17, 2008 at 01:57 PM

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p.1 #4 · D300 @ISO3200

Hey TM, thanks! Are these in-camera JPGs or RAWs processed with Capture,...? I guess what I'm asking is: should I suspect the in-camera jpeg engine for the high noise I see at ISO 3200?

May 17, 2008 at 02:08 PM

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p.1 #5 · D300 @ISO3200

I have all the NR crap turned off...these are JPGs straight out of camera.

I played around some with it but found over ISO800 the images really softened up.
Saw a tip here for EC adjustments (forgot his name, but Thanks!) -1/3 for ISO1600
and -2/3 for ISO 3200 to keep the colors natural.

Edited on May 17, 2008 at 02:17 PM

May 17, 2008 at 02:11 PM

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p.1 #6 · D300 @ISO3200

Sounds good, I'll turn off the NR crap and use the suggested exp comp from now on, thanks... you dah man!

May 17, 2008 at 05:38 PM

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p.1 #7 · D300 @ISO3200

Were talking the high ISO NR crap not the long exposure NR crap right?
Great work TM

Dan

May 17, 2008 at 07:20 PM

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p.1 #8 · D300 @ISO3200

Dan Bellyk wrote:
Were talking the high ISO NR crap not the long exposure NR crap right?
Great work TM

Dan

I turned off everything but the keg tap, Dan...thanks!

May 17, 2008 at 07:26 PM

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p.1 #9 · D300 @ISO3200

As I mentioned already in another forum one of the secrets is that the photos were processed with Picasa 3.0! Interesting ....

May 17, 2008 at 08:36 PM

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p.1 #10 · D300 @ISO3200

Will,

These are impressive shots. You did a good job on exposure. I've found that even though the D300 is an improvement over earlier Nikons, nailing exposure at high ISO (1600 and above) is still necessary. I took some ISO 3200 shots last night and will post if I get a chance .... we'll see how my D300 fares.

I really like the 1st. I'm sure these guys would love copies.

Cheers,
Andre

May 17, 2008 at 09:25 PM

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p.1 #11 · D300 @ISO3200

great shots indeed, I really like the first one.

Guy

May 17, 2008 at 09:32 PM

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p.1 #12 · D300 @ISO3200

Andre Labonte wrote:
Will,

These are impressive shots. You did a good job on exposure. I've found that even though the D300 is an improvement over earlier Nikons, nailing exposure at high ISO (1600 and above) is still necessary. I took some ISO 3200 shots last night and will post if I get a chance .... we'll see how my D300 fares.

I really like the 1st. I'm sure these guys would love copies.

Cheers,
Andre

Appreciate it, Andre. Yeah, I shot the group since they had Bio's on their website but no
pictures. We all know that will never do! Got some fine crowd candids, people were in great
moods last night. I was blown away by the lack of noise...looks like I'll have some rather
expensive paperweights from you know who, when I'm doing this type of shooting.

Edited on May 17, 2008 at 09:55 PM

May 17, 2008 at 09:55 PM

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p.1 #13 · D300 @ISO3200

gugs wrote:
great shots indeed, I really like the first one.

Guy
Thanks, Guy! I'll post some more after culling thru wedding candids from last weekend.

May 17, 2008 at 09:57 PM

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p.1 #14 · D300 @ISO3200

monkey your' a maniac !!! you know nikon cant shoot over iso 800... haha

just foolin.

say, did you use auto WB? I see a slight tonal shift between image 2 and 3.. could be exposure, but i find the same warmer than should be tones in incadescant light when shooting high iso with my d300

J

Edited on May 17, 2008 at 11:04 PM

May 17, 2008 at 11:03 PM

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p.1 #15 · D300 @ISO3200

Tom Conte wrote:
TM,

Tell us more, any secrets here??

Mr Conte, Ive found, as others have that D2X mode 2 renders less noise than any default D300 profile. IIRC any D2X mode functions this way.

May 17, 2008 at 11:05 PM

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p.1 #16 · D300 @ISO3200

I know!

I think any shift was in direct proportion to the amount of wine consumed...
pretty sure it was in 'A' WB most of the night with some forays into incandescent.

May 17, 2008 at 11:10 PM

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p.1 #17 · D300 @ISO3200

Justin Huffman wrote:
Tom Conte wrote:
TM,

Tell us more, any secrets here??

Mr Conte, Ive found, as others have that D2X mode 2 renders less noise than any default D300 profile. IIRC any D2X mode functions this way.

Crap...these could have been cleaner

I was in 'monkey mode...left my D2X home.

May 17, 2008 at 11:12 PM

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p.1 #18 · D300 @ISO3200

HHAA!!!! good chuckle monk'

J

May 17, 2008 at 11:13 PM

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p.1 #19 · D300 @ISO3200

Justin Huffman wrote:
Mr Conte, Ive found, as others have that D2X mode 2 renders less noise than any default D300 profile.

Mr. Justy,
Thanks.

T

May 18, 2008 at 12:34 AM

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p.1 #20 · D300 @ISO3200

Great shots, particularly the first one... love the colors.

May 18, 2008 at 04:56 AM

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p.1 #21 · D300 @ISO3200

"I turned off everything but the keg tap, Dan...thanks! "

Very funny, very easy to relate to too as I climb into my fourth stubbie.

mmmmm beer. love the 1st shot mostest.

Edited on May 18, 2008 at 07:55 AM

May 18, 2008 at 07:52 AM

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p.1 #22 · D300 @ISO3200

dj dunzie wrote:
Great shots, particularly the first one... love the colors.
Thanks, DJ

May 18, 2008 at 12:23 PM

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p.1 #23 · D300 @ISO3200

K.P.K. wrote:
"I turned off everything but the keg tap, Dan...thanks! "

Very funny, very easy to relate to too as I climb into my fourth stubbie.

mmmmm beer. love the 1st shot mostest.

Appreciate it, Kev.

May 18, 2008 at 12:23 PM


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