Archive for April, 2008



12
Apr

Card Reader USB 2.0 Champ

Good review of card readers. I hope to get a Lexar some day soon
clipped from sportsphotoguy.com

USB CF Readers

The Lexar Professional UDMA Dual-Slot USB Reader clocks in as the champ with an average UDMA card-to-computer speed of 26 MB/sec, with the Omniflash Uno! USB 2.0 CF Reader and the Hoodman RAW USB 2.0 UDMA Reader spaced evenly behind at 24 MB/sec and 22 MB/sec, respectively.


The Lexar reader is a slick-looking square with a pop-up, dual-slot interface that accepts both CompactFlash and SD/SDHC cards.  Not only did it have the highest overall performance with the 10 UDMA card types tested, it was consistent: speeds ranged from 23-26 MB/sec, and cards that performed poorly in the other readers fared better in the Lexar.  The fastest card in this reader was the Transcend 266x at 27 MB/sec, though several cards (including Lexar’s own 300x) averaged 26 MB/sec.  At $80 (street), ultimate USB performance will cost you, however.

08
Apr

D300 Journal

Some Good information on the Nikon D300.
clipped from nikond300.dpnotes.com

clipped from nikond300.dpnotes.com


Birds in flight with the Nikon D300


March 27th, 2008

D300 camera settings for shooting birds in flight, and a comparison with the Canon 1D Mark III

  blog it
08
Apr

D300 Links

I thought I’d start this thread since I just bought a new D300 and I’ve read a lot about the camera recently. I see a lot of people with questions asking for help and I thought I would compile some useful links in this thread for beginners as well as other folks Hopefully, with the help of the kind folks here, we can make this a very informative thread.

First, there’s the owners manual, which you can download here for easy reading on your PC/Mac

http://www.nikonusa.com/pdf/manuals/noprint/D300_en_noprint.pdf

Here’s a thread from Nikonians with a very helpful spreadsheet about all of the settings.

http://www.nikonians.org/… …orum=149&topic_id=113811&mesg_id=113811&page=

Here’s a discussion at NikonCafe with some very useful tips & tricks for settings and such.

http://www.nikoncafe.com/vforums/showthread.php?t=138731

Here are a few excerpts from Elite’s D300 made easy DVD
Active D-Lighting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtWDS1va_Dk&feature=related
Live View
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSABJjmk-gI
Demo Tips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3lhyUNapqs&feature=related

Here are some links to a few articles and threads that are helpful.
High Pass sharpening in Capture NX
http://dptnt.com/2007/11/high-pass-sharpening-using-nikon-capture-nx/
Live View White Balance
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1039&message=25928617
Setting files for capture NX
http://www.luminescentphoto.com/capturenx.html

Other helpful websites
Nikon Digitutor
http://www.nikondigitutor.com/eng/d300/index.shtml
Luminous Landscape
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/
NikonCafe
http://www.nikoncafe.com/vforums/index.php?
Thom hogan
http://www.bythom.com/
Bjorn Rorslett
http://www.naturfotograf.com/index2.html
Rob Galbraith
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/index.asp

I hope some of these links are useful for many of you and I hope we enjoy our news tools. Please feel free to use this thread to post more helpful ideas, thoughts, links, pics questions so that well all benefit.

Stay positive and shoot for the stars!

Brad.

02
Apr

Wise Old Owl

Wise Old Owl, originally uploaded by louis dallara photography.

“A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren’t we like that wise old bird?”




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