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Nikon Df
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actually wonderful Pictures !
(hope they doesn't require specialist-skill and special processing in post)
thorkil
The Smoking Camera
New member
In Los Angeles with the DF using the 58/1.4g and 24/1.4g.
Love the D4 sensor.
I feel awkward using the camera and I'm not very fast at making adjustments.
Hopefully I will get better.
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Love the D4 sensor.
I feel awkward using the camera and I'm not very fast at making adjustments.
Hopefully I will get better.
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jonoslack
Active member
Thank you Bob!
The reason I stopped shooting Nikon (last cam was D700) was because of a tricky yellow 'cast' in late evening light. Now this shot looks rather like it's still there? But of course, not having been there it's hard to be sure.
Joe, those are lovely images.
All the best
Hi Jono,
There seems to be a much more neutral balance to this camera's sensor...what you describe is the reason I left Nikon...loved Sony....just not a lot of ZA glass - well a few select lenses but not a wider range of exotics. I have heard one person mention an improvement in Nikon yellow bias even on the older bodies with the Nano coat lenses.
The picture in question was indeed that yellow from very early morning and a weird choice of yellow paint for the windmill. It was used on a lot of the buildings in the train yard and when early, late or with overcast conditions really is an almost gourd yellow color...not lemon.
Here is another example....
I do think that the overall balance is now very neutral but that the somewhat strong color saturation exaggerates any potential yellow source...an example is the Gingermen and Stuff pic above where the table is a bit too honey colored.
This picture is of a caboose in a very strong yellow/red that shows this tendency:
However looking for the yellow bias of old, I was heartened by this pic which is about as dead neutral as possible...shot maybe 20 minutes after the Aero and Smith picture.
The brown and yellows pretty much rendered as they appeared to me that morning.
I would recommend that you trial the camera if at any point you think you may be interested in one...as a caution they are still a bit bigger than the m43 and Pentax K cameras.
Not sure if I elucidated much with the above other than to say I am pleased with what this camera delivers...I do need to shoot some portraits and people shots to look at skin tone rendering. From what I see with the camera I suspect it will be great with a mild drop in saturation of colors.
Regards,
Bob
There seems to be a much more neutral balance to this camera's sensor...what you describe is the reason I left Nikon...loved Sony....just not a lot of ZA glass - well a few select lenses but not a wider range of exotics. I have heard one person mention an improvement in Nikon yellow bias even on the older bodies with the Nano coat lenses.
The picture in question was indeed that yellow from very early morning and a weird choice of yellow paint for the windmill. It was used on a lot of the buildings in the train yard and when early, late or with overcast conditions really is an almost gourd yellow color...not lemon.
Here is another example....
Nikon Df 50 F1.8 Kit Lens
Train Car Rust in Yellows
Train Car Rust in Yellows
I do think that the overall balance is now very neutral but that the somewhat strong color saturation exaggerates any potential yellow source...an example is the Gingermen and Stuff pic above where the table is a bit too honey colored.
This picture is of a caboose in a very strong yellow/red that shows this tendency:
Nikon Df 50 F1.8 Kit Lens
Rail Sign in Yellow
Rail Sign in Yellow
However looking for the yellow bias of old, I was heartened by this pic which is about as dead neutral as possible...shot maybe 20 minutes after the Aero and Smith picture.
Nikon Df 50 F1.8 Kit Lens
Rail Tie
Rail Tie
The brown and yellows pretty much rendered as they appeared to me that morning.
I would recommend that you trial the camera if at any point you think you may be interested in one...as a caution they are still a bit bigger than the m43 and Pentax K cameras.
Not sure if I elucidated much with the above other than to say I am pleased with what this camera delivers...I do need to shoot some portraits and people shots to look at skin tone rendering. From what I see with the camera I suspect it will be great with a mild drop in saturation of colors.
Regards,
Bob
The Smoking Camera
New member
Thank you Jono and John.
Iso 3200 f/4 1/80 sec inside observatory.
Iso 3200 f/4 1/80 sec inside observatory.
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Vivek
Guest
Joe, :thumbs:
+1! Both Joe's and Bob's images really demonstrate a lot of the positive attributes of this camera's potential, not to mention the lovely imagery they posted themselves. Nice!
Dave (D&A)
glenerrolrd
Workshop Member
The newer Nano coatings produce a more "blueish" file than the older lenses. I have a 135Dc and when I shoot it next to my 85/1.4 nano coated G lens ...the difference is obvious . Its not all the coatings as Nikon s CMOS sensors tend toward yellow green (compared to CCD) ..but my wife's D600 shows almost none of this bias .
Can anyone compare the viewfinder to a D800???? My guess is they are identical but I am hoping for some improvement .
Can anyone compare the viewfinder to a D800???? My guess is they are identical but I am hoping for some improvement .
So I found a hack to import Df RAW files into LR....does not seem to work with C1
Here is a conversion of the overly saturated yellow file from NX2 ... looks not to be a sensor issue but software....as LR renders this file pretty close to neutral.
Thanks,
Bob
Here is a conversion of the overly saturated yellow file from NX2 ... looks not to be a sensor issue but software....as LR renders this file pretty close to neutral.
Nikon Df 50 F1.8 Kit Lens LR Raw Conversion
LR Conversion Rail Sign in Yellow
LR Conversion Rail Sign in Yellow
Thanks,
Bob
OK
The hack allows files to be seen in C1 as D4 files....
Here is a quick...and I mean slam dunk quick conversion of the overly yellow file that Jono highlighted earlier...
Thanks,
Bob
The hack allows files to be seen in C1 as D4 files....
Here is a quick...and I mean slam dunk quick conversion of the overly yellow file that Jono highlighted earlier...
NIKON Df 50 F 1.8 Kit Lens C1 Conversion
Smith and Aero C1 Conversion
Smith and Aero C1 Conversion
Thanks,
Bob
Identical --
Agree,
I realized that I did not look at the camera...looked through it...at that point a D4 chip in a smaller body sold me on the camera.
And it looks better by the day!
Regards,
Bob
DDudenbostel
Active member
I checked Capture 1 and didn't find the DF on the list of supported cameras. Is it supported?
I use mainly LR5 and there's no support for the DF yet. I do have Capture 1 express 6 and would buy 7 if it supported it.
I received my DF yesterday and love it but the supplied view NX is terrible. Matter of fact it's pathetic. The camera can't even get close to its full potential until there's raw support in LR and C1.
As to the camera I'm very pleased. I've been a nikon user in my work since 1970 and the DF feels so familiar. The fit and finish is excellent and image quality for in camera jpg and tif files is very good. If the jpgs look this good the raw images will yield very fine images. I'm especially pleased with the ease of switching between between current G glass, AI and non AI lenses. Great job nikon!
The only changes I'd make if I were the designer would be to change or make possible for the user to change focusing screens. I'm one that likes a split image with microprism collR around it. Thinking about it it might be due to the ability to maintain precise positioning of the focusing screen to maintain accurate focus. It also may be due to losing the ability so see some of the focus points with Splitcwedgs right in the center. The provided screen seems to be the same as my D800. It's not terrible but it could be improved. The only other thing is the razor wheel. I didn't like them on the RF bodies and I don't care for them now. It would have been a big improvement it they had made the same type of wheel as I the D800 and other bodies. Again it's no big deal but it seems awkward to me.
Other than these minor changes so far I think it's near perfect.
Here are a few C1 conversions.....
Nikon Df 50 F 1.8 Kit Lens C1 Conversion
Steam Engine Detail 02
Thanks,
Bob
Thanks.
They look very diffent to NX2!
But powerfull, less saturated indeed, a bit harder(bit more contrasty)(perhaps just a matter of lifting the shadows a bit) (and I guess more like real life perhaps, allthough some of the soft rendering in NX2, was very pleasent too), and Black is more Black (one can almost feel the texture/surface)
thorkil
i dont know if its just the photographers and post processing but Inadmit that the files in this thread look very good,rich iMO.
I still have some Nikon lenses.... if I did not have the 5d I would like to check outthe df. And if I could testrun one I would happily shoot it side by side with my Canon and see which camera I like better. I think they should have offered the D4 sensor in a smaller body earlier.
I still have some Nikon lenses.... if I did not have the 5d I would like to check outthe df. And if I could testrun one I would happily shoot it side by side with my Canon and see which camera I like better. I think they should have offered the D4 sensor in a smaller body earlier.