Nikon D80 announced.
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I forgot to mention, here's my review of the D80:
http://www.urban75.org/photos/nikon-d80-review.html
http://www.urban75.org/photos/nikon-d80-review.html
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Kanda said:No more reviews for a while please Ed... you've cost me a small fortune in the last month
I've been playing with quite a few cameras recently, but I'm sticking to the D80 and Ricoh GRD as my very fave cameras.
Once you've got used to the DLR-like controls of the Ricoh every other compact feels like a fiddly-feast, and, of course, the D80 rocks!
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Set contrast to max and colour saturation to lowest in the image custom settings.
Save it off as a custom shooting setting and you'll be able to reach it quickly through the Adjust wheel.
The image quality levels (contrast, sharpness, and saturation) can be found in the SETTINGS function (MENU->IMG SET->SETTING1->etc.).
You're still going to get grain at 1600, but with the right lighting you can get great results - and at least the images are sharp rather than processed into a watercolour-esque mush like other cameras.
Good example here:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1013&message=21069085
Save it off as a custom shooting setting and you'll be able to reach it quickly through the Adjust wheel.
The image quality levels (contrast, sharpness, and saturation) can be found in the SETTINGS function (MENU->IMG SET->SETTING1->etc.).
You're still going to get grain at 1600, but with the right lighting you can get great results - and at least the images are sharp rather than processed into a watercolour-esque mush like other cameras.
Good example here:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1013&message=21069085
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Since getting the Ricoh GR-D a few weeks ago I've had mucho fun with it. I have grown to understand the controls and find them so easy now. On my ADJ. button I have ISO, Focus metering, Light metering and something else I forget at present. I use the zoom rocker for EV comp.
I switched back to my D50 a couple of days ago for some self-portrait work and man, only having the one dial suddenly made me realise how useful the GR-Ds controls are and what people meant when they said they wished the D50 had two. I found it positively cumbersome to try to change settings, having to remember which button to push whilst turning the dial etc. It's still a great little camera, don't get me wrong - but now I'm lusting after the D80.
However, I can see it being a very long time before I could afford one, even if I traded in my D50 first. I'd say a bit of over-exposure isn't a problem seeing as though you will more than likely be shooting RAW and will be putting it through some RAW conversion software when you get it out the camera - exposure is a doddle to correct in RAW.
I switched back to my D50 a couple of days ago for some self-portrait work and man, only having the one dial suddenly made me realise how useful the GR-Ds controls are and what people meant when they said they wished the D50 had two. I found it positively cumbersome to try to change settings, having to remember which button to push whilst turning the dial etc. It's still a great little camera, don't get me wrong - but now I'm lusting after the D80.
However, I can see it being a very long time before I could afford one, even if I traded in my D50 first. I'd say a bit of over-exposure isn't a problem seeing as though you will more than likely be shooting RAW and will be putting it through some RAW conversion software when you get it out the camera - exposure is a doddle to correct in RAW.
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