john_holcomb

<p>The D700 and D300(s) were spectacular and beloved products which Nikon has refused to update. Since the D700 went out of production, and the D300s became obsolete a couple of years prior to going out of production, Nikon sports and action shooters have been left without a budget/step-down sports/action camera.<br> Nikon appears to be playing a dangerous game with its own customers, trying to force them to ante up for the D4(s). I think the likelier outcome is that they will slowly migrate to Canon, with rich photogs using 7DIIs as second bodies for their EOS 1DS Xs, and poor ones using the 7DII as their primary body.</p>

<p><em> I took over 1500 images on Sunday testing the continuous AF with Chris' settings and almost all were in focus, not so much because the continuous AF worked so well, but because it worked well enough and was close enough based on the aperture I was using. I had the aperture stopped down enough that any minor mis-focusing did not really matter. Had I been shooting with a fast aperture lens wide open, many of my shots would have been out of focus.</em><br> <em><br /></em>This is disappointing. What's the point of paying for a fast lens if you can't shoot it wide open?</p>

<p>Thanks for the tips. <br> It seems that there are two independent goals with raw conversion software. First, in order to save time, you want the default rendering to be at least as good as an in-camera jpeg. Second, you want the best ultimate quality possible after user manipulations. With LR, I was put off by the default rendering, and didn't experiment with the program too much after that.<br> Looks like I'll have to try Lightroom again.<br> Also, I downloaded a trial copy of Capture One, and used it on some difficult (blown highlights) files. It seemed to produce good results, but not as much so as Photo Ninja, FWIW.</p>

<p>Hi All-</p> <p>I have an old Olympus E-1 that I usually shoot in raw + jpeg mode. On the whole, I am very satisfied with the E-1's internal raw conversion, but I do like to have the raw files for those shots that need a little extra help.<br> In the past, I've always been satisfied with Apple Aperture. With Apple's recent announcement that it is discontinuing support for that program, I recently downloaded a trial version of Lightroom. While I do not have an opinion about the ultimate functionality of Lightroom vs. Aperture, I felt that the default conversions of E-1 files were lacking in overall contrast, saturation, and sharpness. I much prefer the default Aperture rendering.<br> Am I missing something about Lightroom? Are there presets or changes I can make to the defaults that will bring the default rendering of E-1 files up to par?<br> Also, I am interested in whether or not anyone has found any other raw conversion software to be especially good with E-1 files. I have tried PhotoNinja on some files with seriously blown highlights, with much better results in highlight recovery than anything I can get from Aperture.<br> Further thoughts appreciated. Thanks in advance.</p>

<p>Pardon me, I meant to say "D300s."</p>

<p>Horse racing, football & baseball. In the film era, pros would carry a high-end C or N body with 300/2.8 lens, another with an 80-200 2.8, and perhaps a third with a 50 or a wideangle. I imagine that they carry about the same today, substituting full-frame digital bodies for film.<br> It seems like a reasonable compromise for an amateur to just go with a good APS sensor SLR, and match it with the 80-200. One can add an mFT camera, or other large-sensor compact, with normal or wideangle, and do most of what the pro can do, with very little loss of quality.<br> So I suppose my question is whether you can take the quest for compact, portable equipment even further, and use an E-M1 with appropriate glass in lieu of, say a Nikon D3s or D7100, without offsetting compromises?</p>

<p>The big issues would be EVF lag, shutter lag, AF quality/speed, and performance at ISO 800-1600. I could see the combination of the E-M1 and 50-200 SWD or 150 f2.0 being a viable option for sports, but have concerns about the foregoing, and would like to hear from anyone with personal experience.</p> <p>Thanks!</p>