> Question 1.) No clue. I expect Nikon
to say it
always worked that way
> and your memory is faulty...
LOL so did I,but i finally talked to a live Nikon person today(first time ever)
and they
feel it was a
calibration problem after the board was installed(like they didi not do it.:-))
>
> Question 2.) Any time you make a change to XP it requires a
> re-registration/activation. Microsoft has made this relatively
> painless, but I still see it as a mindless intrusion by a huge
> corporation bent on controlling my desktop. For that reason alone I
> haven't installed XP on any machine I own.
SP2 was installed several months ago,so that was not it. Unless a recent auto
upgrade is
to blame.??
>
> Question 3.) I don't even have a guess.
Its ok. Some one has responded.:-)
Dvae
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Hey gang.
> >I'll try and keep this short and to the point(s)
> >
> >1-I had the AF and Meter board replaced in the D2H last fall.I have only
> >used it on a
few
> >flash pictures
> >since then,but i took it to my daughter final out door tune up show and shot
> >a few. The
3d
> >matrix
> >metering seems to over expose now, about 0.7 to 1.0 with major right hand
> >highlite
spikes
> >and
> >midtones are right up to the "roof" of the histo box.
> >I;m calling Nikon re this,to see if it something a computer check up will
> >fix,however,
i
> >notice now that
> >the histo has 'spikes' all through it were it did not before. Picture a nice
> >smooth
> >mountain with sticks
> >poppin up in various places. Anyone tell me why its would do that.Similar to
> >what one
> >would look like
> >after using auto levels. Those kind of spikes,but they shoot up through and
> >past the
main
> >body of
> >thehisto.
> >I dont get that on the istD,just a nice smooth histo,and i dont remember the
> >d2h doing
> >that before.
> >Actually prior to the baord going south,the 3d matrix worked pretty well
> >I have asked this on my nikon board but i'm being avoided:-(.
> >
> >2-Turned on the computer last night and got a message that XP has not been
> >activated,please do so
> >now.Only problem is it was activated when i bought the unit over two years
> >ago. I have
> >upgraded to
> >SP2. Would this indicate some sort of invasion in my computer.??I have had
> >turn on
> >problems lately.
> >
> >3-Tried to take a few squirrel and Bluejay pictures in the backyard with the
> >istD and
> >Sigma 300f4. I just
> >noticed it says macro on the lens. Is this activated with that limit/full
> >switch.?
> >I googled the lens but came up empty.
> >
> >Dave
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> A man's only as old as the woman he feels.
> --Groucho Marx
>
