david_rice

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<p>"Fred" my cat. Nikon FE, Nikkor 50mm f1.4, Fuji Neopan 400, 1/125 @f4<br /><br /></p><div></div>

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<p>Man and Wife - Nikon F3, Nikor 50mm F1.4, Fuji Neopan 400 ASA</p><div></div>

<p>Lunch with friends.</p><div></div>

<p>Taken on Mulholland Highway in a hair pin turn.</p><div></div>

Taken my way to work today on Pacific Coast Highway near Malibu, CA.<div></div>

<p>Tested my Norman P800 tonight and there is 250 VDC on the sync terminal. I used to use it with my older Nikon F3 but would not use it with a modern DSLR without a Wein safe sync.</p>

<p>I was using a flash mounted on a flash bracket. I had a TTL cord from the camera shoe to the flash. In auto iso mode you can select the max ISO in the menu. You can then select the min ISO by holding the ISO button on the back of the camera and rotating the command dial. I learned about the min ISO setting today. If I force it choose a higher ISO by setting the min ISO higher it does choose a higher aperture number for more DOF.<br>

All this automation is new to me as I came from shooting a Nikon F3 ten years ago. I began to trust P mode because it worked great for the most part outdoors on a bright sunny day. But for flash indoors where the flash provides most of the light for the exposure it chooses poorly. I just have to learn a the nuances of the automatic modes. I also think I will be using A, T and M modes more often in the future.</p>

 

<p>Thanks for the all the responses. I was just surprised that program mode would use a "wide open" aperture in that situation. On the D80 you can pick a maximum ISO in auto ISO mode. I don't see a option for a base ISO. I will be using program mode less now and the semi manual and manual modes more often now.</p>

Motorcycle in a hairpin turn on Mulholland Highway<div></div>

<p>Last night at Thanksgiving dinner I took about 100 photos of family and friends with flash. Reviewing them today I found many with depth of field issues. Sharp focus at the focus point but other areas are soft due to limited DOF. All are shot with flash, auto ISO and program mode with a 18-135 3.5-5.6f DX Nikkor lens. 90% of the exposures the camera selected 100 ISO and a aperture of F4. My question is why does the camera select ISO 100 with such a wide open aperture limiting the DOF? The sensor is certainly capable of great images at much higher ISO's. Seems like in program mode it should favor a smaller aperture and a higher ISO to give a less shallow DOF. Do I need to shoot in aperture priority with flash so I can force the camera to choose a higher ISO?<br /> This is my first digital SLR. I cut my teeth on all manual cameras back in the film days. Automation is a mixed blessing. It gets things right a lot of the time but also requires babysitting to make sure it does not make bad choices.</p>

No it is not normal. There is mechanical stop that should not alow you to advance the film until the shutter is fired. Someone probably

forced and broke it at some point. I had one with exactly the same problem. I had it serviced.

Just got into large format photography. I have a Crown Graphic

camera. I have been taking transparencies with Fuji Velvia and Kodak

E100VS. Now I want to make some high quality large prints. What is

the best way to do this? I have heard LightJet and Cibachrome are the

best. I want to have my transparencies scanned so I can remove the

dust that seems to be unavoidable before printing. I need to find a

good lab in the L.A area. What are you expriences or recomendations?