Heligoland really has one great recreational value. I'm still relaxed after the weekend, even though I just had two days of constant stress. The Bird lovers I already have among us provided with pictures, here are the other impressions from my short trip.
This leads me to briefly write something about the Nikon D4. The pictures were all taken in aperture priority mode. I, who usually only expose in manual mode, let my exposure brain take a vacation and just wanted to see what this new one would do 3D color matrix measurement III with 91.000 pixel sensor so can. A lot, in my opinion. Even in the extreme backlight situations, there was no great need to intervene in the automatic system. EV of plus or minus 0,3 or 0,7 are really not worth mentioning and, if in doubt, can be corrected later in the RAW image editing program of your choice.
And one more thing: I couldn't have taken most of these pictures with a D3. That's actually always the exciting thing about a new camera - which limit is pushed in which direction. Why couldn't I have taken the pictures with the D3? Because it was too bright. Some pictures were taken at open aperture 1.4 and 1/6400s at – just – ISO50! With a D3 the images would have been overexposed. The camera can only do ISO100. So at least a 2/3 aperture is missing. Why at least? Because with the D3 I never had the feeling that ISO100 was actually half of ISO200. Mathematics is only half the battle, but physics cannot be cheated. Anyone who has ever heard of the Schwarzschild effect will agree with me, even if it happens on the other side of the exposure scale.
So: everyone is cheering about the new thing High ISO monster and I post ISO50 images. It's really strange, this internet...
this internet is crazy! 🙂
Technical question: Are the ISO values below ISO 200 “artificially” pushed down by the camera, or does the D4 address them natively?
Not that I would recognize a “depreciation” there… 🙂
Best regards,
.marc
ISO 3 is native on the D200 and ISO4 on the D100. Both calculate down one aperture, but the D4 seems to me to calculate more precisely.
BTW: since I didn't expect ISO100, 1/16000s was originally on my wish list as the shortest exposure time 😉
Ha, those are also nice framework values that were on the wish list. 🙂
Just trying to imagine what a 1/16000s corresponds to. At this point I would like to pull the audience joker... 😉
Hi Stefan, do you really mean "bird lovers"? I haven't looked at the pictures yet because I'm at work, but I'm looking forward to later 🙂
Or rather “bird lovers”?
Bassy
Benjamin
Do two dots really make that much of a difference? 😉
Impressions from Heligoland
“Be careful” Stefan with your enthusiasm. Your “neighbor” and almost namesake “Steffen” was filled with enthusiasm for a new Nikon (D800).
>> The motto: My house, my car, my bank! Wow and then the 36 MP, phew just awesome! — Sorry, but that hardly reads like “pants down…” <
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Otherwise? Super-good-mood-inducing D4 pictures! I would rather be on the North/Baltic Sea, by the sea, than in the mountains. Definitely with a certain grunge effect, your Heligoland impressions. Who actually says that it is “forbidden” to take (fun) photos with a D100?
Ralf
PS.: Don't tell anyone: even with the D800 I can go from L 100 to L 0,3 to L 0,7 = ISO 1 according to real ISO 50...
I'm glad you like my pictures. Then I pulled down the right pants 😉
Hi, the pictures are really great. The only negative thing I noticed in picture 3 was the blue border on the right posts, which are pretty blatant. What kind of lens was that…..??
Gray filter on the D3 or the lens in front of the D3 and I also have a few apertures less is cheating, but in the end it is the result that counts! 😉
Please don't worry about the hems, they'll come through post-processing.
Nice! I also discovered the 35mm with f/1.8 as my favorite lens (okay, as a D3 user I need an antiquated gray filter for that) and have never owned such a cheap and good lens...
Everything is true, but the 35 was not used here. That was last here http://www.stefangroenveld.de/2012/unterwegs/ : )
Interesting motifs, great colors, beautiful perspectives and great weather: the pictures are really great!
I've never been to Helgoland, so my question is: What's the traffic light doing in the middle of the beach?
Thank you!
This is a pedestrian traffic light that warns when planes are taking off. If you continue when the red light is on, you could quickly become headless...
Thanks for the explanation and have a nice weekend!