Re: Habitat For Humanity Loves The D3!!

In rec.photo.digital Rita Berkowitz <ritaberk2008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Matt Ion wrote:

>>> Even at a 1,000mm handheld I didn't get a shot of Jimmy Carter, but
>>> I did get an ultra sharp shot of this guy kicking up some sawdust.
>>> Damn, that old
>>> 2X TC kicks ass!
>>>
>>> <http://www.geocities.com/ritaberk2008/habitat.htm>
>>
>> Is that harsh over-sharpening just inherent to the D3 then?  It
>> appears in all your shots and so far you haven't admitted to doing it
>> in post-processing, so that only leaves us to assume the camera is
>> doing it.

> Are you looking at the 1024 x 768 or the one in the web page?  The one
in
> the web page is HTML resized and is terribly oversharpened due to that. 
The
> 1024 x 768 image is what is coming out of the D3 except for being
resized
> for web viewing.  The 500/4 is a very sharp lens, even with the 2X TC. 
It's
> just a great combination that brings out a lot of detail that most
people
> aren't used to seeing, it seems.

You don't need a particularly good camera or lens to produce very
sharp 1024x768 images! Or are the photographs with which you advertise
the virtues of this camera a subtle form of American irony?

-- 
Chris Malcolm        cam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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