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<p>It seems all of these photos are just as good now, as when these were leading edge Nikon technologies. I'm enjoying today's thread. Here's one from my D80 and 18-135 kit. Dang, why do I always sell-off these really good cameras?</p><div></div>

<p>"Dogmatism" - I'm right, and you're not.</p>

<p>All has been bleak and cold, the last week. We had zero minus wind chills for a number of days. On Jan. 5th before dawn, I looked out our window to see this setting of the moon through our trees.</p><div></div>

<p>Arthur, I believe I'm now getting better images from those cheaper/slower kit zooms (18-55 VR II, 55-200 VR) since Nikon has come out with great low light results from Expeed 4. </p>

<p>If you can imagine it, you can do it. That is art. Taste is another matter.</p>

<p>New snow over the weekend brought a granddaughter to our backyard!</p><div></div>

<p>The condensation problem occurs when a cold camera is returned to a warm environment. You won't have the problem when taking the warm camera out into the cold. My practice is to leave the camera and lenses in the bag for 1-2 hours after returning to the warm house. Cold weather is more of a problem for your battery than for the camera. Some recommend carrying a spare battery in a warmer pocket and changing it into the camera if necessary.</p>

<p>Hanging the ornaments at our house last week</p><div></div>

<p>casey, there are two solutions for red eye. It can be removed in post processing, or better yet, the D90 might have a red-eye reduction setting in the flash menu. Pop up the flash in taking mode, and then depress the flash button again, and hold it in. That should bring up a flash menu on your topside LCD. You then scroll to the selection with a flash and an eye symbol (using the main control wheel). I'm guessing on this, because I think my D80 worked this way. It's been a while since owning it, and my memory's fading on D80 menus.</p>

<p>Casey, specifically how would you like your photos from the D90 to be better?</p>

<p>The D3300 has a newer, improved sensor with double the resolution, broader dynamic range and improved low light image quality. But it is a big step down in body controls. Its viewfinder is based on a pentamirror (smaller, and not as bright as your D90) and it lacks an AF motor. A D7100 would be a wiser choice, if you're accustomed to the D90's handling. But it would also be a few hundred dollars more.</p>

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<p>parv, I wasn't implying any legal benefits from BBB. But if people went there to check out this photographer and saw that others had problems, it could help a little. <br> As for those who see no fraud here, it's rather obvious to me that a contract was made and the photographer ceased to deliver after a number of requests and time passed beyond that of the contract. How is that not fraudulent behavior?</p>

<p>A hearing in small claims court might be the only way to resolve this obvious case of fraud. If you're not comfortable with that, I wonder whether assistance from your local Better Business Bureau might help. You can probably file a case with them online.</p>

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<p>+1 What Stephen said.</p>

<p>A three generations shot of the girls in our family, after decorating for the holidays last Saturday</p><div></div>

<p>I would bracket and chimp for a standard, then set manually for that.</p>

<p>The main culprit is cold batteries. Keeping one warm in the pocket to switch out with the cold one in the camera can get you much further in extreme cold. Oh, and if a snow flake falls on your cold lens, don't blow it off! Warm breath ices a lens instantly.</p>

<p>I like my a D3300 kit with 18-55 and 55-200. 24MP, together with Expeed 4 processor provide excellent image quality and low light noise characteristics. If you're used to having two control wheels and more buttons for assigning manual control, the D3_ _ _ cameras are a bit lacking. There is an assignable Fn button on the left of the pentamirror housing, a single control wheel and buttons for +/- exposure (top) and drive modes (back). Otherwise, there is a quick menu button that opens to other options on the LCD, but three button presses are required to change settings there. It's small and lightweight, very easy to carry. The viewfinder is quite bright for a pentamirror, and a bit larger than the D3200. Samples are here in my gallery and on <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/126668185@N02/">Flickr.</a></p>

<p>There's a far more tame photo of my Kodak Retinette, <a href="/photo/17599245">here</a>.</p>

<p>For me raw is better also, though out-of-camera jpegs from my D3300 have better dynamic range, color and resolution than anything I did with raw and older bodies, up until a couple of years ago. However, sometimes for family activities where the kids want instant files for their social media sites, jpeg comes through beautifully with no muss, no fuss. It depends on the shooting situation, so for me it's both/and, rather than either/or.</p><div></div>