I've read the comments and reviews of the D2X here and at other sites and the major/minor drawbacks seem to be slightly less dynamic range, and more noise over iso 800. Its not full frame either. My purchases these days are more impulsive and I do not want to wait for the D200 or new Canon. Bernard, Bjorn, and Didger are/were supporters, but I know the Canon 20D and 1Ds are great too. Is there anything else that has emerged as a major problem with the D2X for landscape photography. TIA - R
Hi there,
I am still very much a supporter. The more I use this camera, the more I like it. I will actually have a very hard time justifying the purchase of the D2X replacement when it comes out, since the prints I am getting at A2 are very impressive already... I'll have to buy a A1 printer along with the D3X I guess... which will force me to move to a new place too...
Actually, I am yet to come accross with someone using the D2X that'd not happy with how amazingly well the camera performs. Some people seemingly had some AF problems in C mode, but I have never experienced anything like that myself.
I just discussed in another thread that I thought the interface of a camera was not really relevant as far as art creation was concerned. I still very much feel so, but it is kind of a pity, because the D2X has IMHO reached perfection from an ergonomics standpoint. It was designer with digital photographers in mind. The functions I find important (MLU, exposure compensation...) are immediately accessible. WB and ISO settings are visible in the viewfinder,...
I am far from being a big man, but still find that the weight of the camera is just right. Anything much lighter would make hand held shooting a problem shake wise at this level of pixel size. FF camera have the edge here.
I personnally don't find DR to be an issue at all with the standard curve since I nearly always shoot in situations where reshooting after having checked the histogram is not an issue, but custom curves are available for those shooting in a speedier fashion, and willing to prevent highlights blow out while perserving good mid-tones contrast.
The lack of FF only has a real impact if you are looking at very shallow DOF. For the rest, I personnally only see advantages to APS sized sensors. Didger wrote extensively about his findings on the wide end, and the advantage of a 200-400 AF-S VR on the long end when mounted on a D2X for wildlife is so huge that it doesn't need any further discussion. The only problem is that this lens seems to be impossible to buy in North America because of the understandably huge demand for it.
As far as the AWB issue is concerned, I have already stated my positions on this topic before and will not start again. I'll just say that those claiming that NC is a sub-par product have probably never used the tool. It is indeed a bit slow, but the quality of the conversion is just plain breathtaking. This is especially true colorwise. I have plain and simple stopped using RawShooter because I just cannot seem to get the color right out of it.
The only thing that comes in the way of the D2X is my growing love for 4*5, but that is a completely different story. I cannot resist the temptation of posting a completely irrelevant quick sample
http://www.photosig.com/go/photos/view?id=1586130Regards,
Bernard