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Da Grip

Blogging in The Woodwork: Da Grip

Da Grip
South of Market, San Francisco, California

Nikon D3, Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D
DxO Optics Pro, nik Dfine 2.0, nik Color Efex Pro (remove color cast), Photoshop (flip horizontally), Aperture (staighten), nik Sharpener Pro, BorderFX
1/13 sec @ f/1.4 iso 200, 85mm
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Testing out a Joe McNally’s variation of my “camera steady” handheld grip. It only works for left eye dominant people using “motorized” (extra large) bodies, and calls for resting part of the body against your left shoulder. I shot this into a mirror and flipped the image in post.

The Nikon logo is blurry because the computed depth of field is only 2 inches (1 meter + reflection = 2 meters). I wish I could have used a smaller aperture, but I couldn’t. I do like that you can read the lettering on the lens face when viewed at 100% to know that this was actually tack sharp. Heck you should have no trouble seeing the dent in the lens hood. ;-)

Computed gain? 2.5 stops past the “shake limit.” I was also using M-UP mode when shooting in order to make sure mirror slap wasn’t part of the equation.

I also tested out the Aperture Catapult/DxO workflow. It worked fine except for the fact that I had to use Pacifist to install Catapult (because the installer kept crashing), DxO still has the worst UI imaginable (actually it’s only gotten worse and even locked up on me), and I was getting no feedback from the Catapult UI (the clicks worked though). C’est la vie.

DxO was used to color correct and the usual lens corrections. The color map I used was Fuji Velvia (an old trick from my film days… this film exaggerates skin tones and darkens shadows). The reason that the description seems overcorrected is that most of those are standard post-DxO actions I plan on running when using the Nikon D3. Nothing to see here… move on.

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Taken on: July 12, 2009

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Camera: Nikon D3, f/1.4, 1/13 sec, 85mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D3
Aperture:	f/1.4
Exposure Time:	0.077 sec (1/13)
Focal Length:	85mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Aperture BorderFX
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