Tom, I have heard of similar tales from my old photo buddies at the Kansas City Star. I am now using the Nikon D200, and while it is far better than the D100 and the old D2H, I think Nikon's technology is not as advanced as Canon's. I stay with it for the same reason your paper id: lots of Nikon lenses. But one thing I forgot to mention, and something that we can all agree on (I think) is that the image begins in the #1 computer, our brain. Ansel Adams said to visualize the final result when conceptualizing a scene; O. Winston Link drew complex diagrams showing where he would place his lights, camera(s), what other lighting there might be and made very careful exposure calculations. Bottom line: either you see it or you don't; and no matter the equipment, either it is a good photo or it isn't. In my checkered photographic experience, I find railroad photography, whether prototype or model, is especially challenging. Big, moving locomotives over which the photographer has no control are difficult in one way, miniature trains tough in a completely different way. Roy Inman
From: Tom Busler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 19:16:51 -0800 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} darkroom printing and "real" photography I sure would concur with Bob. Digital photography has given us vastly expanded options and allows the production of some amazing work. Roy Inman Roy and all: I am a newspaper photographer using digital cameras. I agree, but with a major qualification--it depends on the camera! We used Nikon film cameras for more than 40 years, and they were great. When we went to digital, we bought Nikon mainly because we had a jillion Nikon lenses. We had D1, D1H, and D2H models. They were all s**t. I thought digital was s**t, based on our Nikons. They broke very often, for no reason. When they "worked", the "grey scale" was non-existant. If you had detail in highlights, the shadows were gone. And vice-versa. Yet the mid tones were extremely flat. They ate batteries so fast I carried an inverter and charger in my car. The flash was hit-or-miss, mainly miss. We borrowed some Canon equipment and tested it. No comparison! Night and day! There is a good contrast range, mine haven't haven't died yet, the flash works, and I charge batteries every 3 or 4 weeks. Tom Busler Hernando MS [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
