First Image from Rich G's D2X

[Rich Gibson]

I took this shortly befor dusk. It's a crop of one of the many Azalea bushes all over the Washington D.C. area.

Rich

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[Chris101]

Looks good! Congratulations you lucky dog!

 

[Rich Gibson]

I REALLY like the color separated histograms. I have been over compensating with the D100 and the D2H. When I can see if it's only one color I can get a better idea of how much EV I have to add or take off.

Learning ti was a breeze since it has virtually the same layout as the D2H.

Rich

 

[Simon]

Good stuff Rich - you sod !

I have D2X on order now (I've taken quite a punt as I brought grey market from Hong Kong - D2X stocks here in Sydney are non-existent) I sure hope it all turns out ok :?

You have taken a similiar path to me - I see you have a CP990 (they were incredible cams - another camera I wish I had not sold)

Now that we are starting to loose our summer (am in late Autumn here) the light is alot cooler and the blown highlight issues I have been getting with my D2H seem to have gone away) I hope the D2X handles DR better than the 2H

regards

 

[Rich Gibson]

Good stuff Rich - you sod !

regards

Um......by sod, you don't mean SOD, sod do you? As I recall there is a certain meaning over in the U.K.

Thanks. I'm not really happy with the shots. The light was going and I boogered up the depth of field. I had to crop the one above to get rid of the closer, out of focus petals.

The weatherman promises sun (hooray!) tomorrow. I should get more, different shots.

Good luck on the purchase. When you pick up the D2X with your right hand it's like shaking hands with an old friend!

Rich

 

[Simon]

Sod means "darn I wish I had one too"

Heh, sod is a term of endearment here (in Australia anyway) . . . I hope it has a similiar meaning in US (hmm not sure)

Yes I know what you mean about picking them up, I have also owned the D1H, D1X and D2H's too. Only issue is when I work on a job for up to > 8 hours hand holding them, man, my hands get tired - I tend to lift one arm and cradle the camera in it after a while just to spread the load.

The handling of the cameras are wonderful though - the Ergonomics Dept at Nikon are worthy of a medal - they rock !

 

[Catz]

Nice picture of the azaleas. Ours are starting to bloom outside and with all the rain we had here today and all night tonight, they should be fully out in a few days. Too bad they are only short lived.

Also, welcome to the X family. More and more are showing up and always nice to see what comes from the X.

 

[MontyDog]

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[JerseyJay]

Well done Rich.

I got mine last week and I'm loving it as well.

 

[Larry Gleason]

Yeah, nice job on the azaleas. That is not an easy flower to shoot, especially the reds. Usually azaleas look like mush in photos. Welcome as a new owner of a beast!

 

[PhotoDawg]

Very good first shot I must say!!

 

[Rich Gibson]

Yeah, nice job on the azaleas. That is not an easy flower to shoot, especially the reds. Usually azaleas look like mush in photos. Welcome as a new owner of a beast!

Thanks Larry and Bryan.

Rich