On Nov 12, 2004, at 9:20 AM, John Cole wrote:
I'm very impressed with it, but with the Nikons I'm used to using the Shadow/highlight tool to great effect on interiors, and no noise in the shadows....
Kodaks hate underexposure where Nikons hate overexposure. That's one of the biggest gotchas that seems to bite people. With most Kodaks you're far better off exposing for clean shadow detail and pulling highlights back in post processing (or with light control) if you have to. Nikons seem to be just about the opposite. Be sure to experiment with the 'Longer' exposure mode. It's capable of some really clean exposures at the expense of using very low ISO settings and rather long exposure times. It works very well for interiors.
And if you really want super large format quality from this relatively tiny little camera... Invest in a panoramic tripod head and some time learning to use some sort of stitching software. Building mosaics from a handful of SLRn files stitched together can give a real 4x5 camera look and feel to very large prints.
Bob Smith
Accurate Image • Bob Smith Photographer • Waco Texas USA http://www.accurateimage.org
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