D2X performance at ISO 800 vs film...

Now, that is what I am talking about! Nice one, Nikos!

Vivek, I said I tested a D2X and a Canon 20D. It doesn't necessarily mean I own those cameras.

 

And at least in my case, I typically don't shoot birds in flight with a 500mm/f4 from a tripod. It is much easier hand holding a 300mm/f4 to follow flying birds. I know some Canon users use the 100-400mm zoom for that same purpose. The combo between a 300mm/f4 AF-S and an F5 bodies works very well for birds in flight while the 300mm/f4 + D100 is a complete disaster. Therefore, I have reasons to believe that any D2 or F6 would work also.

...i got a pic of my dog running...sorry to let ya down Vivek

The 200mm f/3.5 ED Nikkor and a (severely) modified TC-16A seems to be great for hand holding, for me. Now, I realize the limitations of the AF drag from the camera (D70). It is quite frustrating. Yes, there is more hope with the D2X. Though the camera's itself will be add some weight, faster reaction times from the camera should made it a joy to use.

 

Hmm..no new D2X,yet, Shun?

Running sounds way better than some other activities of dogs, Eric! :-)

BTW, my remarks were not at all meant to be disparaging towards your work or posts, Eric. Lovely examples for the original question!

Come on guys, Vivek and Shun, you can't help the burning sensation in your pockets. You want it, they have it in the store, now just swipe that card. You feel the heart rate go up at the very thought of it. ;-)

Ilkka, I am still waiting for that elusive D200 that gives me 10MP and Multi-CAM 2000 at $1200. :-)

Burning sensation in the pocket (and everywhere else for that matter) is a sure thing if I go near any shop with a D2X with an intent to buy now.

 

Thanks for prompting, Illka!

do it and get it over with.

Gits, showing me all those amazing images and me not able to fund a credit card. Shocking behaviour. Noise Ninja worth the money for my D70 tho? anyway I can pretend??

Bleep the ISO. I just want an intro to the babe in the green tank and black hat. Whew!

Yeah, makes one wonder! Is he lucky because of his new tool or the subjects he works with?!

I think exposure-wise, digital is easily the most forgiving medium of all. This is because of the low noise (at <= iso 400), you can adjust the images a lot more than film scans in Photoshop without the noise becoming a problem.

 

With color negative film, exposure becomes very critical if you want to enlarge more than 5x. This is a real problem for me and I might as well buy a D2X just to avoid my problems with scanning color negatives.

 

Slides come out just fine in scans in terms of grain, but they are too contrasty for most people photography. I do use them for all sorts of things, but I can't imagine anyone who would want their portrait taken on slide film ...

Unless the photographer is Steve McCurry, of course :-)

uhm, Astia exists for this purpose Ilkka. Nice stuff, and crossed as well.

so where do Nikon go after then D2X? I'm hoping that if they announce a replacement in the not to distant future, the price of the D2X will come down...D3X here we come!?!?

D200 and D200h both with 16 mpix resolution and priced at $1500 or less.

And the moon. On a stick. With bells on. :-P

so in reality, nothing is in the public domain about Nikon's next top end DSLRs then?

Concert: Before you post anything on the Nikon forum, do you read any of the instructions that appear there? There lies your answer to all the speculative questions on D3000X, etc..

The D2X just came out and it's the king of the hill at the moment. Can't really imagine a replacement less than 3 years away. The time between D1X and D2X was about 4 years ...

 

Yes, I know Astia. Also, E100GX has excellent characteristics for skin tone. But I still think color neg gives sweeter tones of people with traditional enlargement or contact printing (yum). I'm just so frustrated in how difficult it is to get even minilab quality prints (ok, a very good minilab is what I use) by scanning and printing color negs. But this is off topic.

Ilkka, the meta date in cs2 shows that the d2x is using 1600 and 3200 iso when the camera is selcted at H-1 and H-2 respectively.

I know this is a bit off topic. I'm a new and proud owner of a D2X. I'm thrilled with it. While I've always had loss of quality when resizing images for posting, it seems the problem has worsened with my D2X photos. I don't know if that's due to the very large file being reduced so much or what. It's frustrating when the quality of the uploaded images look nothing like the crisp full size versions.

 

The images posted in this forum thread don't seem to be suffering the same problem. I'd love to hear your steps for resizing prior to uploading.

 

(I'm shooting RAW and using PSCS to resize.)

Laurie, the D2X has so many pixels that you might need to down sample frequently. With PhotoShop CS or CS2, use Bicubic Sharper to down sample.