V1.02
Thom Hogan’s Complete Guide to the Nikon D300
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All of the detailed examples in this book were taken with a
Nikkor 70-180mm Nikkor lens, and use standard test charts
(there’s a non-proprietary sample chart on the CD; kids,
do
try
this at home!). The small samples I’ll show are taken from the
area towards the bottom. White balance was set for the light.
The camera was set to sRGB color space.
Picture Control
is
set to
Standard
in these examples. Histograms were carefully
examined to ensure that the full range of the chart fit within
the boundaries. All shots here are post-processed JPEG
images. The only Photoshop processing is setting white and
black points and then cropping. Note that these samples are
only a few of the ones I examined to make my comments. Go
by what I write, not necessarily by what you see.
ISO 200
. Look carefully at:
(1) how well the resolution
holds up; (2) whether broad
color patches show any
grain or unevenness; (3)
whether hard edges are
being “damaged”; and (4)
whether colors are staying
accurate and vibrant, even
in the shadows. Note that
some of the colors are
intentionally going out of
gamut in this example.
