Fen
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Reged: 12/03/2002
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First of all, thankyou for all the help and advice you all gave me in the other thread. Was very helpful.
I ended up buying:
- Nikon D3
- Nikon 14-24mm F2.8 G AFS ED
- Nikon 105mm f2.8G AF-S VR Micro IF-ED
- Sigma 50-500mm F4-6.3 EX EOS HSM DG
- Nikon SB-800 Flashgun
Now... First Impressions 
The weather here has been appalling so haven't been able to go out and take lots of photos, so it's been a case of familiarising myself with the camera, the button layout and the menus and boy is that enough for starters! The manual is a weighty tome and I've only skipped through it so far.
The camera itself feel so perfect in the hand, the buttons/dials all seem to be in the perfect place for easy access. I haven't got huge hands, but it just feels... well... 'right'. I'm you all know what I mean!
I've only had the 105mm Macro on there so far, due to the weather. Managed to get into the garden for a few minutes between the rainstorms.
Took a few quick hand held shots of a couple of flowers, just as test shots...
Not a fantastic shot... But it's ISO 1000.
Here's a close up of a darker area, for noise:
The photo is straight out of the camera, auto everything and then converted to TIFF in Lightoom and then to JPEG via Photoshop.
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Mark_Norton
Reged: 29/06/2002
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I'm pleased you're enjoying it, but I don't think the close up is from a part of the picture which is in focus. Do you? You don't need £3500 of camera and lens to do that! Where does the camera think the focus point is?
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Fen
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If I was posting a photo to show the sharpness, then I would've posted a sharp photo.
The closeup wasn't to show the sharpness, more the lack of noise. I won't bother in the future!
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Roger_Provins
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If I was posting a photo to show the sharpness, then I would've posted a sharp photo.
The closeup wasn't to show the sharpness, more the lack of noise. I won't bother in the future!
... but but please do  I'm very interested in seeing what sort of noise (or rather lack of it!) this camera can produce - gives me a wonderful bench mark to compare with my own.
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Dom_Rivers
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You carry on Fen, I expect a picture or two from every lens at every iso setting and aperture under a variety of conditions, it'll be good to get a blow by blow account from the man on the street rather than a journo.
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Mark_Norton
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Now that you've clarified what your intention was with the closeup, I understand.
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Adesw
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I see noise! *points like a little kid
Seriously though, ISO 1000. Thats nothing.
You can use iso's equal to your debpt with the d3!
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TarquinBiscuit
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Well done Fen: I have stared at many dark areas taken with the D3 and at 100% and been amazed at the results achieved at ISO 1000 and well beyond.
The D3 has changed my way of doing things in photography. Your 1000 ISO is quite modest, but it will give you extra depth of field or faster shutter speeds when the needs arise.
I took this picture on a very bright day a couple of weeks ago. I used a modest ISO 500 which gave me, at 70mm on the 24-70, 1/500th at f/15. On a duller day I would have been quite confident to use a much higher ISO without any noise worries.
And for those who right-click I know I spelled the place of the shot wrongly 
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NorthernNikon
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And for those who right-click I know I spelled the place of the shot wrongly
Worse than that, it's a colour shot on a sitte called "justmono"!! 
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alanS
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TB - Nice shot that.
Fen - 14-24 on a FF sounds like it'd suit me! You have a bit of a gap in your zoom lengths there so is something like a 24-70 f2.8 on the menu for the future?
I'm very jealous, but I think I'll wait for the next Canon mid range FF and struggle by with my 20D until then. That noise example looks very impressive! and very attractive to fans of available light,
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TarquinBiscuit
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And for those who right-click I know I spelled the place of the shot wrongly
Worse than that, it's a colour shot on a sitte called "justmono"!!
Yes: you spotted that!
I did think of naming the website
www.justmonobutsometimesIsurrepticiouslystickinabitofcolour.co.uk
but was never sure how to spell surreptitious.
Thanks, Alan: Llanddwyn is one of my favourite places and it was lovely to be there on a gorgeous afternoon when we mostly had the walk to the island to ourselves.
I have since bought the DVD of "Half Light" with Demi Moore which was supposed to be set in Scotland but was filmed on Llanddwyn Island (Anglesey), or for the Welsh Ynys Llanddwyn, Ynys Mon
Q What do they call a sheep tied to a post in Llanfairfechan?
A The Leisure Centre
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parisian
Over the hill and far away...
Reged: 10/02/2002
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No Clive, two sheep is a leisure centre. One is merely foreplay.
For anyone that has never been to Llandwyn it is a wonderful place and well worth the trip. Happily we live only a dozen miles from there so it is a pleasant run for dog walks etc.
Fortunately the pink lighthouse (for the movie) has been restored to a more acceptable white.
More pics please Clive.
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TarquinBiscuit
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I think Llanddwyn is my favourite of all UK walks, followed closely by the cliff top walk to and down onto Three Cliffs Bay on the Gower.
Here's another one on the mainland this time, Peter. Again the D3 with 24-70. ISO 500, focal length 36mm, f/18 and 1/250 second. Special No-Prize event for first person to give the name of the lake and the mountain behind (which I last climbed in 1964)
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Towershot
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Reged: 19/03/2007
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Nice shots m8, spelling not a strong point with me iether,
But syruptissue sounds like a medical condition......
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Stewpot
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Reged: 10/12/2006
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Fen
I have been reading your post's recently (with only a hint of envy) and glad to read and see the first results please keep us posted
Regards Stewpot
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Fen
BAD WOLF
Reged: 12/03/2002
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Thankyou.
I'll be in Brighton tomorrow with the new girl, hopefully... weather permitting... will get some more shots
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Towershot
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Thankyou.
I'll be in Brighton tomorrow with the new girl, hopefully... weather permitting... will get some more shots
Don,t worry if it rains,,,slurps  wet teashirts and such.......
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Fen
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Errr "new girl" is the camera
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Towershot
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And you don,t think it,s sexy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Fen
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And you don,t think it,s sexy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
well... I wouldn;t put a t-shirt on it!
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