Intermission
Nikon D70, 1/60, f3.5, 35mm, flash fired
My photo-buddy caught slacking on the job. (Actually, she's an incredible photogapher and it was a well deserved break)
Location: Cooper Community Center Fundraiser
Distance: 2 miles, 3.2 km
Transportation: Subway
5 comments:
This new flash of yours is working really great. I'm also very impressed by the colour reproduction from your Nikon. You are making me very antsy to get my new Digital Rebel XT, as I've been without a digital SLR now for three months.
Yes, I think I'm in love with my flash. Or at least, that's what I've been told. I tend to drag it everywhere now.
I'd love to check out the Rebel. I've heard good things about it. It kills me to say this, but I think on the digital front, the Canon is slightly better than the Nikon.
Do you have the SB-600?
I like Canon better, which is why I have a 10D. I think they do the digital stuff better. However, I'm not a big fan of the Rebels. I think a used 10D is a better value than a new Rebel XT. The 2-dial system is key when you're in high-pressure situations.
Nikon seems to have better metering than Canon though, at least on their lower-end cameras. My 10D overexposes a lot, so usually I set my exposure compensation to -1/3 or -2/3 stop. But it's not a big deal. That's what the histogram and exposure compensation are there for.
My Nikon D70 underexposes a bit--and the white balance is constantly off. I think I've complained about the white balance to everyone. I just don't think that carting around a piece of white paper to re-calibrate is practical in high pressure situations, or in situations where the light changes a lot.
ergh. yeah, with the white balance, i would have suggested that maybe you should shoot RAW since you can adjust the white balance later, but you said the nikon RAW software sucks, right? and i don't think photoshop supports nikon RAW files anymore because nikon's being an ass about opening up their RAW format.
i guess you'll just have to play with the white balance compensation amounts to get it close to where it should be...
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