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Cowabunga · Aug 7, 2016

Netherfield said:
Well as she said "to replace it all" I think she'd been wise and built it up and bought some good used equipment over a few years.

I managed to have a good natter in between things, she had an assistant to carry her gear and found that multiple cameras each with different lens attached meant less time swapping lens around, and sometimes catching odd shots you might otherwise miss, also did a few in black and white, which she told me are better having the camera do it rather than converting colour shots.

If she was shooting Raw and post processing, as the majority of professional photographers do, but not all, the photo files are in colour. It makes no difference whether the camera converts it or the computer. Same result.
I like taking black and white in-camera but also have no hesitation converting either jpeg or raw files to monochrome on the computer.

Derrick Hughes · Aug 24, 2016

Great In Grass said:
I have a D800 super camera just keep experimenting to find your own style, I use Flickr to store my image and you can get some good feedback from other users.

I have a lovely 14/24mm f.8 lens if you are looking for one.

Do you have any more lenses to part with @Great In Grass

Dry Rot · Aug 24, 2016

For me, it has been more important to have Photoshop to edit pictures. Sometimes I get a better picture with my little Nikon Cool Pix bought off Ebay for £50 than the £2,000 Nikon D200 just because it is more convenient to use.

For example, I find I can crop pictures, then edjust exposure, etc. to give me an image using a 17mm - 55mm Nikkor on the D200 that I would have had to use a telephoto to get back in my 35mm days.

Photoshop is pretty awesome, but it is also like Word in that you don't have to use all the facilities just to write a letter!

I now crop to frame the picture as I want it, then go into Image and then Adjustments, then play with the first four choices and probably tweak Shadows/Highlights. Finally, adjust Image Size for publication on the Internet. There is plenty more to play with if you feel so inclined but it is not compulsory. When I used a PC, I preferred Paint Shop Pro, but I don't think that's available for a Mac.

Cowabunga · Aug 24, 2016

Dry Rot said:
For me, it has been more important to have Photoshop to edit pictures. Sometimes I get a better picture with my little Nikon Cool Pix bought off Ebay for £50 than the £2,000 Nikon D200 just because it is more convenient to use.

For example, I find I can crop pictures, then edjust exposure, etc. to give me an image using a 17mm - 55mm Nikkor on the D200 that I would have had to use a telephoto to get back in my 35mm days.

Photoshop is pretty awesome, but it is also like Word in that you don't have to use all the facilities just to write a letter!

I now crop to frame the picture as I want it, then go into Image and then Adjustments, then play with the first four choices and probably tweak Shadows/Highlights. Finally, adjust Image Size for publication on the Internet. There is plenty more to play with if you feel so inclined but it is not compulsory. When I used a PC, I preferred Paint Shop Pro, but I don't think that's available for a Mac.

Photos on the Mac does all of that and more and it is standard. The user interface of Photos is deceptively simple but it is a powerful editing and cataloguing tool, especially with the Affinity suite plugged in. It handles raw and JPEG.

Other plug-ins, or 'extensions' as Apple call them' are 'DXO Optics Pro', 'Filters', 'Tonality' for monochrome.

Other stand-alone programs that are very powerful are the free Nix suite. This plugs in to Photoshop, PSElements and Lightroom I think but a picture file has to be exported to Nix from Photos. Also I don't think, from memory, that 'HDR Effex', which is part of the Nix suite, works with Mac OSX.

Great In Grass · Aug 24, 2016

Forage Trader said:
Do you have any more lenses to part with @Great In Grass

Not at the moment Derrick, we've now booked a couple of weeks in Scotland for later in the year, a place which is made for the 14/24mm so I'll be keeping that for a while longer.

Once a lens collection has been built up to suit ones requirements they are seldom sold.

Derrick Hughes · Aug 25, 2016

Great In Grass said:
Not at the moment Derrick, we've now booked a couple of weeks in Scotland for later in the year, a place which is made for the 14/24mm so I'll be keeping that for a while longer.

Once a lens collection has been built up to suit ones requirements they are seldom sold.

Do you have the mk2 24 70 Nikon

Great In Grass · Aug 25, 2016

No, to b****y heavy for me!

I have the 24/85mm and the 24/120mm, the 24/120mm is an excellent lens.

Here's what can be achieved with the 24/120mm;
https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=nikon 24-120mm

Cowabunga · Aug 25, 2016

Great In Grass said:
No, to b****y heavy for me!

I have the 24/85mm and the 24/120mm, the 24/120mm is an excellent lens.

Here's what can be achieved with the 24/120mm;
https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=nikon 24-120mm

Its more accurate to say that these are what can be achieved by skilful use of Photoshop. In some cases taking Photoshop images to hell and back. Nothing wrong with that, but it ain't the lens doing it, or the camera. Not unless you print them very large and appreciate the dynamic range and sharpness of the basic image behind the photoshopping.

Great In Grass · Aug 25, 2016

Off course it's the lens & camera doing it driven by a keen eye also, if you don't have the dynamic range in the original image no end of photo shopping will help in the final product, you can't make a silk purse out of a pigs ear!

Great In Grass · Aug 25, 2016

Forage Trader said:
Do you have the mk2 24 70 Nikon

What lens do you have with the D800?

Derrick Hughes · Aug 25, 2016

Great In Grass said:
What lens do you have with the D800?

it Came with the Latest Nikon 70 200 , the 24 70 is around £1800 so a bit above my budget at the moment , may go for the Tamron equivalent

Derrick Hughes · Aug 25, 2016

Great In Grass said:
No, to b****y heavy for me!

I have the 24/85mm and the 24/120mm, the 24/120mm is an excellent lens.

Here's what can be achieved with the 24/120mm;
https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=nikon 24-120mm

yes I see , you love your landscapes , I know I have a hell of a journey to get anywhere near that , but when you hold something with a bit of quality in your hands it makes you want to go for it I feel , at least I cant be blaming it on my camera now can i

Great In Grass · Aug 25, 2016

Forage Trader said:
it Came with the Latest Nikon 70 200 , the 24 70 is around £1800 so a bit above my budget at the moment , may go for the Tamron equivalent

Before you buy the Tamron I suggest doing some homework on the Nikon 24/124mm and visit some of the technical sites on the web. It's not a to shabby a lens some say it almost matches the 24/70mm Mk1.

I have the 70/200mm too, I get my man servant to carry that for me when it's on the camera.

A neat trick with the Nikon is that you can change from full frame sensor to crop sensor thus multiplying the reach of your lens, for example a 24/70mm becomes a 36/105mm.

If you need help just drop me a PM.

Great In Grass · Oct 3, 2016

@Forage Trader Grays have a sale on if your looking for a lens they offer quality stuff: http://www.graysofwestminster.co.uk/products/secondhand.php

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