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D3s 1.2 crop
Mike Copeman, Photographer
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Queen Creek | AZ | USA | Posted: 2:01 AM on 04.01.10 |
->> Hi all, I am getting ready to make room in the arsenal for a D3s and I have a question concerning the image quality, sharpness, file size, etc. when shooting on the 1.2 crop. Does anyone use this feature and is it worth while ? Thanks for your input.
Cheers, MIke. |
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Nic Coury, Photographer
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Monterey | CA | | Posted: 2:57 AM on 04.01.10 |
->> hey Mike,
In my understanding, IQ, sharpness, ISO quality, etc., is not compromised with crop modes. The only thing that changes is the file size, which should be given in the manual or any site that has specs on it.
It's basically like cropping an image in PS. You're just making the image smaller. |
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Thomas Oed, Photographer
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San Diego | CA | USA | Posted: 5:34 AM on 04.01.10 |
| ->> Agreed with what Nic said... I have a D3 and a D2x, and the crop modes can be useful at times, and they do not effect sharpness or image quality. You're just sampling a smaller area of your frame... the rest of the camera functions and features are unchanged. |
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Brad Barr, Photographer
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Port St. Lucie | FL | USA | Posted: 9:29 AM on 04.01.10 |
| ->> There is no affect using crop mode...any of the crop modes. As Thomas said...you are simply using less of the sensor. It makes a nice size file too :-) |
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Mike Copeman, Photographer
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Queen Creek | AZ | USA | Posted: 1:17 AM on 04.06.10 |
->> Thanks all for the input, it will be a nice addition.
Cheers, Mike. |
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Paul Alesse, Photographer
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Centereach | NY | USA | Posted: 8:29 PM on 04.06.10 |
| ->> It mimics the Canon body in terms of crop factor or at least pretty close. It was a very formidable addition to the "s" IMO. Now I can get a little more reach without sacraficing a whole lot of pixels. 1.5 was a big tradeoff. This, not so much so. Honestly, it was a deal breaker for me. Higher ISO performance may not have been enough for me to go from the D3 but that 1.2 forced me to cough up the cash. I believe 1.2 still gives you around 8 MP... which is plenty. |
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Paul Alesse, Photographer
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Centereach | NY | USA | Posted: 10:29 PM on 04.06.10 |
| ->> Or should I be saying... "deal maker"? I could never get those expressions straight. |
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Mark J. Terrill, Photographer
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Simi Valley | CA | USA | Posted: 2:19 AM on 04.07.10 |
->> Paul,
I don't quite get what you mean by reach. What is there to gain by using this feature? If you crop the full 12MP picture down to 8MP in Photoshop, you're doing exactly the same thing. I don't see this as a deal maker feature. The only benefit that I can see is the ability to crop ahead of time for someone who is editing your take and I do use it for that on occasion. There are a lot of other features that make the D3s a tremendous camera, but I don't see this as one of them. |
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J.J. Alcantara, Student/Intern
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Baton Rouge | LA | USA | Posted: 4:34 PM on 04.07.10 |
->> We use the Nikon D3x at work, and I shoot primarily in HS crop mode when shooting sports because of the slow frame rate at full frame.
The image quality is not affected at all. All it does is reduce the size of the file because it's shooting a smaller frame; which, with the bigger file sizes at full frame, I can still shoot with 8GB cards rather having to go out and buy 16s. |
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Paul Alesse, Photographer
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Centereach | NY | USA | Posted: 4:47 PM on 04.07.10 |
| ->> Mark... it's a deal maker in terms of youth action sales where images are going from camera to viewstation and/or web within minutes. There is no time to crop the images (some as many as 30,000 in a weekend) and make them available to the customer in a short amount of time. |
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Mark J. Terrill, Photographer
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Simi Valley | CA | USA | Posted: 4:49 PM on 04.07.10 |
| ->> Ah. That makes sense. |
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