Well I know its been a long wait, but I’m finally getting around to processing all those pictures taken in the last 4 months. Expect quite a bit of new stuff coming soon.
We’ll start with two great panorama vistas: The first taken at the ‘Grand View’ vista point and the second taken at the ‘Desert View’ tower. Remember, these are really scaled down (the full size posted in the gallery is 25% of the original, so the detail in the full size is remarkable — click on the title to head to the gallery page). I’m anxious to print these.
Just a quick little rant here. There is one (in my mind) huge flaw with the Nikon D70 interface (and wasn’t corrected when I tried Jeff’s D80) — The ISO setting is not showing in the viewfinder or on the top LCD. To me, this is a huge oversight. I think I took 50 pictures at the Grand Canyon when I got there and I had forgotten to set my ISO (it was left on 1600 from a indoor night shoot the previous outing). I usually have a good routine where the ISO is the first thing I check; I simply forgot this time. As a result, I missed out on some really good early morning light, with ruined photographs that have ISO 1600 noise. Simply showing this value in the viewfinder or on the LCD would be a quick reminder what the setting is. In my mind its more important that what the white balance is set at (because as long as you shoot RAW, you can adjust later) and equal to the file format (RAW/JPG) and quality (Fine/Small/etc), because they are things that aren’t recoverable.
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Comments (4)
I’m assuming Nikon doesn’t show the ISO because they’d need another 7-segment LCD cluster capable of showing more than 3 digits (”1600″ or “3200″). On the auto programs, there is a designated “ISO Auto” element that shows in the display and viewfinder when it’s active.
I suppose what they could do is display the ISO when the meter isn’t active. (When the meter is active, you get speed and aperture.)
If you replaced the white balance area with an ISO number, I think you’d have plenty of room (granted it would be more individual LCDs).
I’ll still try to put together them as a pano and see how good some noise filters are =)
But then you wouldn’t have any white balance display in the LCD at all. And white balance has a pretty huge effect. (No, I don’t shoot RAW, which is another nerd debate.)
For noise reduction, I use Neat Image.
Ack! No RAW!? You’re missing out IMO. Yes it’s a longer work flow… but the amount of control is worth it.
I’ve demo’d Neat Image and Noise Ninja… I haven’t committed to one or the other yet.