View single post by Robert

Posted: Mon Jul 9th, 2018 05:45

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Location:	South Lakeland, UK
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Without getting too technical I think one of the reasons the D3 did so well was because of it's lower but adequate pixel count. Your frame shows 'Northern Rock' rocking! there is considerable movement in these railways, rocking and shaking to some degree, the higher the definition the more it shows in the image.

Steady-cam and VR can only steady the image in the camera, if the subject is moving too, one has a problem. That's one reason why the D300S images were nearly all rejected, due to subject movement causing unsharp images. The D3 and D300S both have similar pixel counts per image but the D300S is effectively denser per frame due the the smaller sensor, therefore it's 'fussier' about subject movement.

At one stage I upped the ISO a bit to raise my shutter speed @f/8 which I felt I needed, to get reasonable DoF. If I did it again I would just use the D3 (no D300S but maybe a second, wider lens in my pocket instead) in M, 1/500Sec @ f/8 with auto ISO and fairly wide limits. With the D3 the noise penalty would be preferable to movement blur or loss of DoF.

I am looking forward to watching the Go-Pro output, I had a very quick look at the first batch but I want to watch it right through. Right now I am mining bricks and making some track rollers for a friends digger. o.O

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