My first pics here and first with D2X

Superb shots!

Congratulations!

I went to the Zoo last week as well, I found out that the Sigma 800 actuallis to loong for it...

andreas

 

Thanks for sharing your pictures with the Cafe, Tom. I enjoyed these first shots with your new D2X.              

 

Your house sold in ONE day?!

Wow, that's very fortunate to do sell it so quickly. Thse shots are very crisp and sharp. What in cam settings did you use for these jpgs, ie, contrast, sharpening, and color mode?

 

Boy Tom, that's a beauty

The detail contained in the shadows along with the whites is fantastic!

 

Great shots!!

I especially concur with the previous bits about the nice, warm light and the shadow detail.
You've done your new camera proud.

 

Re: Your house sold in ONE day?!

Thanks, Steve.

I had contrast set to low, though I think with jpeg it would have been better to have it on normal. Low sharpening, color mode II adobe, sunny WB. I did run two sharpening actions 27,8,0 and 100, .2, 0 in PS.

I'm still at the first impressions stage, but am sure enjoying this camera.

Tom[/quote]

Congrats Tom on your camera. I can tell you are having a lot of fun with it. I haven't got that far in the manual with the settings for contrast but I did with sharpening and I always have mine set to the highest sharpening setting because I found that if I take a picture of something with letters in it, they are not clear.

Melissa

 

For Tom

Melissa,

If you work with photoshop or other similar programs, you may find that you have more control over your final result if you do the sharpening there. That's why I leave it on low in camera.

Tom[/quote]

Thanks Tom,

I do use PS quite a bit but when it comes to sharpening I either use the in camera sharpening which I found to be much better than Fuji's S2 or I use Nik Sharpener Pro which is a great program for sharpening. PS's USM I found to be trial and error. I have however, used PS's USM to increase a picture which is a trick I learned from someone.

Melissa

Melissa

 

Tom,

Very impressive shots. Nice and sharp, and well exposed.

Glad you are enjoying your new tool.... :lol:

Frank