Ooh! How do you get into the shipping yards? I've always wanted to check that out!
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Ooh! How do you get into the shipping yards? I've always wanted to check that out!
Scintillation
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swishbrade
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Scintillation said:
I love the D800 series because you are still left with plenty of resolution after all the required tilting and shifting in LR
Scintillation
Senior Member
I love the D800 series because you are still left with plenty of resolution after all the required tilting and shifting in LR
Ah yeah, that is true. If you still want more resolution, you can always do a pano and correct the distortion in post!
avsquare
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Haha, all your 100MP and above shots :bsmilie:
swishbrade
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Scintillation said:
Hi Scintillation, I realized after my post that your shots were done multiple shot pano style and I shouldn't have quoted your pic in my comment. Sorry about that
We really can stretch, tilt, crop, shift, bend D800E files anyway we like.
BTW may I know which pano head are you using for your horizontal and vertical panos pls?
Cheers!!
Scintillation
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Hahaha, not always lah! PC upgrade is very due though!
Hi Scintillation, I realized after my post that your shots were done multiple shot pano style and I shouldn't have quoted your pic in my comment. Sorry about that
We really can stretch, tilt, crop, shift, bend D800E files anyway we like.
BTW may I know which pano head are you using for your horizontal and vertical panos pls?
Cheers!!
No worries! I'm using a Benro panoramic head for my multi-row panos. It's a little on the heavy side, but works pretty well.
I still do wish for a tilt-shift, hahaha!
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avsquare
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Ivy Bridge i7, 16GB DDR5 and SSD :thumbsup:
Quick question with the new iMacs and Macbook Pros - when customising on the Apple website what should we maximise for those using the Nikon 800Es (photos are up to 90MB each) in terms of priority (as there is always a limit as to how much you can spend). Should it always be:
Firstly RAM: 8 to 16 to [32 G - not available on Macbook Pros but possible on iMacs]
Secondly Harddrive speed: 7200 to Fusion Drive to SSD
ClockSpeed of CPU: i5 to i7
I use Lightroom as my main cataloging and processing software - and then Nik Software for the best pics. Of course it would be great to be able to get the best/fastest/mostest but budget is a contrain so let me know if my order of priorities is wrong.
Advise would be greatly appreciated if I have got the order wrong. Much appreciated.
Firstly RAM: 8 to 16 to [32 G - not available on Macbook Pros but possible on iMacs]
Secondly Harddrive speed: 7200 to Fusion Drive to SSD
ClockSpeed of CPU: i5 to i7
I use Lightroom as my main cataloging and processing software - and then Nik Software for the best pics. Of course it would be great to be able to get the best/fastest/mostest but budget is a contrain so let me know if my order of priorities is wrong.
Advise would be greatly appreciated if I have got the order wrong. Much appreciated.
Hey guys,
Just got a D800 and wonder about the AF fine-tune.
I never had a problem on my D70s, D300 (no fine-tune done) on all my lenses eg. 85 f1.4D, 50 f1.8D, 80-200 f2.8D, 35mm f1.8G etc.
I kept feeling that the D800 is backfocusing and when I tried AF fine-tune ......it seems to be -20 for both my 85 and 50 and -15 for the 80-200.....I am already at the max fine-tune capability for the 85 and 50. Is that normal? the 35mm f1.8g surprisingly did not need any fine-tune.
Just got a D800 and wonder about the AF fine-tune.
I never had a problem on my D70s, D300 (no fine-tune done) on all my lenses eg. 85 f1.4D, 50 f1.8D, 80-200 f2.8D, 35mm f1.8G etc.
I kept feeling that the D800 is backfocusing and when I tried AF fine-tune ......it seems to be -20 for both my 85 and 50 and -15 for the 80-200.....I am already at the max fine-tune capability for the 85 and 50. Is that normal? the 35mm f1.8g surprisingly did not need any fine-tune.
avsquare
Senior Member
How did you test for back focusing? Camera mounted on tripod and using mirror lock up mode?
If not, try again - handholding a D800 and shooting at it's widest aperture needs quite some skills and including the huge mirror slap, can cause you some misfocusing problems.
Handheld on pillow, prone position plus high shutter speed ISO 3200 and above.
As I just relocated back to Sgp, I gave away from tripod to a friend abroad. Dont think it is due to mirror slap - i somehow find it lighter then my D300. After AF fine-tune, it is consistently sharp. I do not really think that the resolution takes a whole lot of "stringent" handholding skills as mentioned by lots of reviews.
Just worried that -20 adjustment is pretty drastic! I usually don't do AF fine-tune even for my D300 and that worked great!
Problem is my camera was just bought from B&H so servicing might be a problem at NSC....
I went a completely different route; I built a Hackintosh: a generic PC that, with a few tweaks, can run OSX: http://lifehacker.com/5841604/the-always-up+to+date-guide-to-building-a-hackintosh
For less than $2500 I have:
- Asus P8Z77V-LX Motherboard
- i7 3770k running at 3.5GHz (that I could overclock)
- 32GB RAM
- GTX 650 ti 1GB video card that supports Cuda and Photoshop CS6 GPU acceleration
- 256 GB SSD boot drive
- 3TB hard drive
- DVD Writer
- Coolermaster case
- Dell U2711 27" 2560x1440 IPS, wide color gamut monitor
(If you haven't seen a wide gamut IPS monitor in action, it's a think of beauty, it makes ordinary LCDs look dull and color constrained.)
Sure, it takes some work to set up and configure, but it blows away the totally-tricked-out highest end iMacs in performance for about $2000 less.
A Hackintosh might no be everyone's ideal solution (it's not an out-of-the-box plug-n-play solution), but if you have even minor tech chops, it's a great value.
Oh yeah--it also triples boots: OS X (Mac), Windows 7 and Linux (Ubuntu 12.10).
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avsquare
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Hmm, maybe try again, testing at ISO3200 doesn't seem too good an idea. I once thought my Canon 50L had focusing issue but it turned out that it was my handholding problem when I tested on flat and stable surfaces with stable subjects.
In any case, I don't think NSC will solve it for you. As long as it is within your micro-adjustment range, NSC will tell you that your lens/camera combo had no problem. Including an adjustment of -20/+20 is required. :bsmilie:
Will try again tonight and put the camera on the floor. At least it seems to be working for me after the adjustment. next time I think they will have to go up to +/- 40........btw testing was done with "pillow" stabilizer and subject is a calendar...hahaha so quite stable actually.
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The Gigabyte boards are generally more Hackintosh friendly! I would have bought the Gigabyte, but I had the Asus already and it actually works quite well with Mountain Lion.
I just came back from the USA a couple of months ago. Also, the prices are cheaper over there since they had a recent promotion where they throw in a SD card 32gb extreme Pro and a Lowepro bag and some third party battery. In addition, they have good return policies.
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