Yellowstone DLWS #7 – 10.11.06

Lower Yellowstone Falls this morning put on one heck of a show for us!ÂPhoto captured by D2X, 70-180 on Lexar digital film

Yellowstone DLWS #6 – 10.10.06

Old faithful Bason
Photo captured by D200, 17-55AFS on Lexar digital film

Yellowstone DLWS #5 – 10.10.06

The warmth came back to the participants and the weather, slight cloud cover and performing geysers made Old Faithful basin a special evening.
Photo captured by D200, 17-55AFS on Lexar digital film.

Yellowstone DLWS #4 – 10.10.06

Waterfall going into the Firehole River.Photo captured by D2X, 200f2 on Lexar digital film

Yellowstone DLWS #3 – 10.10.06

A glorious morning in Biscuit Basin! So nice, I’m posting two images from this AM.Photo captured by D200, 17-55AFS on Lexar digital film

Yellowstone DLWS #2 – 10.09.06

West Thumb or Elk, Elk or West Thumb? That was the struggle with last nights’s evening shoot. I left the battling elk and ran down to capture this shot of one of West Thumbs pools. Ah…to have to make such decisions!
Photo captured by D2X, 12-24AF on Lexar digital film.

Yellowstone DLWS #1 – 10.09.06

The Photo Gods were smiling on us today….SNOW at Norris Basin!
Photo captured by D2X, 12-24AF on Lexar digital film

Yellowstone – 10.08.06

Aaaahhhh….to be in Yellowstone….no place better for the soul!

Here with our DLWS having a great time. As long as I have a connection, I will try to post an image each day. This is from our first ‘staff” day where my good friends Vincent, Joe, Laurie & Sharon cruised the park. This is Mammoth Hot Springs, shot in the rain.

Photo captured by D200, 105VR on Lexar digital film

New Firmware Coolnesses – 10.06.06

So, have you updated your D2X / D2Hs yet? I know I have, instantly. There are some cool new features to the new firmware you might not have read the fine print or played with yet to know about. Here’s just a couple of highlights that might just get you excited.

There is a five page PDF instruction manual update you can always refer to since I’m going to be brief.

*AF speed increase: while there’s no want of quantitively express an increase, AF speed, especially acquisition in low light is better.

*Burst has increased from 35 to 60 frames BUT the buffer size hasn’t increased. I’ve not thoroughly tested this yet but it sure sounds good.

*Tone Compensation: you can now load up to 3 custom curves via Camera Control or NC 4.4.2

*When you select sRGB, you now have available a B&W mode. personally, I’d still to convert in post, but you now have the option in camera.

*GPS: not a biggie for many, it is for me, it now works with a digital compass & records GPS in three decimal places.

*Custom Function f5: This permits you to assign basically TWO functions to the Function Button. For example, I have High-speed crop assigned to FUNC +Command Dial and Flash off assigned to just FUNC. Before the new firmware, you could only assign ONE function to the Function button.

*Image Authentication: I have the feeling this feature will have added features in the near future, turn it on now!

*Save/Load Settings: loads YOUR camera settings onto the CF Card so when you switch cards in camera, in theory, you can instantly have all your settings set up in the new camera.

*CCD Cleaning: has now been made “easier” because the Mirror lock-up can now be used WITHOUT a AC adapter for cleaning your CCD.

These are the settings that I’ve been working with and see improvements. I strongly suggest you spend the weekend playing to find what works best for YOUR photography.

New D2X / D2Hs Firmware – 10.03.06

Nikon today has posted the firmware for the D2X and for the D2Hs . Head to the links to read all the changes the firmwares make and download the files.

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