Old faithful Bason
Photo captured by D200, 17-55AFS on Lexar digital film
October 2006
Monthly Archive
The warmth came back to the participants and the weather, slight cloud cover and performing geysers made Old Faithful basin a special evening.
Photo captured by D200, 17-55AFS on Lexar digital film.
West Thumb or Elk, Elk or West Thumb? That was the struggle with last nights’s evening shoot. I left the battling elk and ran down to capture this shot of one of West Thumbs pools. Ah…to have to make such decisions!
Photo captured by D2X, 12-24AF on Lexar digital film.
The Photo Gods were smiling on us today….SNOW at Norris Basin!
Photo captured by D2X, 12-24AF on Lexar digital film
Aaaahhhh….to be in Yellowstone….no place better for the soul!
Here with our DLWS having a great time. As long as I have a connection, I will try to post an image each day. This is from our first ’staff” day where my good friends Vincent, Joe, Laurie & Sharon cruised the park. This is Mammoth Hot Springs, shot in the rain.
Photo captured by D200, 105VR on Lexar digital film
So, have you updated your D2X / D2Hs yet? I know I have, instantly. There are some cool new features to the new firmware you might not have read the fine print or played with yet to know about. Here’s just a couple of highlights that might just get you excited.
There is a five page PDF instruction manual update you can always refer to since I’m going to be brief.
*AF speed increase: while there’s no want of quantitively express an increase, AF speed, especially acquisition in low light is better.
*Burst has increased from 35 to 60 frames BUT the buffer size hasn’t increased. I’ve not thoroughly tested this yet but it sure sounds good.
*Tone Compensation: you can now load up to 3 custom curves via Camera Control or NC 4.4.2
*When you select sRGB, you now have available a B&W mode. personally, I’d still to convert in post, but you now have the option in camera.
*GPS: not a biggie for many, it is for me, it now works with a digital compass & records GPS in three decimal places.
*Custom Function f5: This permits you to assign basically TWO functions to the Function Button. For example, I have High-speed crop assigned to FUNC +Command Dial and Flash off assigned to just FUNC. Before the new firmware, you could only assign ONE function to the Function button.
*Image Authentication: I have the feeling this feature will have added features in the near future, turn it on now!
*Save/Load Settings: loads YOUR camera settings onto the CF Card so when you switch cards in camera, in theory, you can instantly have all your settings set up in the new camera.
*CCD Cleaning: has now been made “easier” because the Mirror lock-up can now be used WITHOUT a AC adapter for cleaning your CCD.
These are the settings that I’ve been working with and see improvements. I strongly suggest you spend the weekend playing to find what works best for YOUR photography.
