bushpig 0 Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 elements is great for the average tinkler I use it. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Just used the Elements feature: "Image > Divide Scanned Photos" to clip out a heap of scans. I have some post-processing to do, but it's a fantastic toy. Link to post Share on other sites
miller 1 Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Went out today and took 200 photos. Just about to put them in the computer (for the first time) and see how that goes. Felt great Link to post Share on other sites
miller 1 Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Photos look good but I wish I had it set to FINE when I took them. I thought I had, but they were done on NORMAL. I'd have liked to have seen them at their "finest"! Just something I noticed now. When looking through the viewfinder with the camera switched ON there is a very faint vertical line going from the central bottom to the middle focus mark in the centre. It disappears when the power is off. I hadn't noticed it before but presume it is ok and normal - it doesn't show on the photos. Did I just not notice it before? Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 No idea about the viewfinder, there's no line in mine. Perhaps I should have paid the extra money to get the line I set mine up for fine quality and medium size. Medium fills my 21" monitor, I don't need anything bigger than that. Link to post Share on other sites
miller 1 Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Some of my photos from today Link to post Share on other sites
miller 1 Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Hmm, wondering about that line. As I said it doesn't affect the photos at all, and seems to appear when the camera is turned on. Anyone with a D200? Yes I think from now on it will be FINE and MEDIUM for me too. Live and learn! Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Nice. My family, historically, were millers. Happy milling. Link to post Share on other sites
miller 1 Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Fine lines around active focus area in viewfinder = These phenomena are normal and do not indicate malfunction. That's that then I suppose. It may have been there from the beginning. I'll just accept it as a "feature"! Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Be happy. Your extra money brings fine lines. I don't get those Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Temples and the like make for some great photos don't they when the weather co-operates. Link to post Share on other sites
XilR8 0 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Everyone here is very Nikon-oriented. Does anyone use Canon? What about the Kiss Digital N (350D)? Link to post Share on other sites
miller 1 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 I wrote to Nikon support in the States about my little issue and they came back with: "No this is not a defect it's normal. It provides power for that specifc focus site to illuminate and indicate focus." There we go. I looked at Canons and Sonys when I was out to buy, but decided that the Nikons were the way to go. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 I'm going to put my Canon digicam into storage/reserve. Anyone know what to do with the battery? Should it be charged or flattened? Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 I can't help you there soubs but what to do with batteries in situations like this always ???s me. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 If it's a Li-Ion battery, leave it with a fair bit of charge. If it discharges fully, you'll knacker it. Link to post Share on other sites
miller 1 Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 I'm just loving this camera - 600+ pics taken now, still early learning but having tons of fun Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Shutter madness! Link to post Share on other sites
miller 1 Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Well spend all that cash I feel the need to go mad!! A lot of fun it is though, finding the shots. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Strange: Matrix metering centre focus Colour Mode III ISO 100 White Balance Auto Taken indoors with only light through the windows, the colours come out all washed out and faded but iamges have enough light. Don't know why White Balance Auto can't cater, I have to turn it to Shaded manually to correct it. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I have also found that me manually selecting the White balance gets better results than leaving up to the camera. Link to post Share on other sites
miller 1 Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Yes I am learning about white balance now and getting some good results from manually changing it. This is all a lot of fun. Still interested in that funky fisheye lens. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 colleague has an SB800 to sell. Don't know. Don't like used. But very cheap. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 The Nikon D40 is a delight. So glad I've switched back to a DSLR Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Some people need to learn how to use google. Link to post Share on other sites
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