Comments on: Nikon D2x custom settings

By: Roy

Roy — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:12:55 +0000

The D2Xs is going for about $2k in good shape where I am,,wouldn’t buy a D2X now. The high speed crop is real usefull.

By: Roy

Roy — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:09:18 +0000

Hi guys,I have a D2Xs and use an SB-600 flash. I often use the modeling feature of the SB-600 with the DOF button so I can see where shadows will show up mainly when I use flash indoors etc. I don’t use multi-flashes but the rapid fire modeling feature has been a valuable tool for me . For more light I use a Norman and 10″ reflector,,,,,,,,,,,Roy

By: Neil

Neil — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:37:49 +0000

Shandelle .. delve around on the Buy & Sell sub-forum of the Fred Miranda site. Amongst the horde of equipment being bought and sold there, there are always a few D2x bodies .. and from that you should get a good idea of what a D2x goes for. Neil vN

By: Shandelle

Shandelle — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:55:34 +0000

Hi, I am considering buying a secondhand Nikon D2X but I have no idea what a good price should be! Would you have an idea of the current resale value??

By: Neil

Neil — Sun, 17 May 2009 02:50:04 +0000

But of course. : ) Nikon D3 camera settings Neil vN

By: Arnold Machtinger

Arnold Machtinger — Sat, 16 May 2009 16:38:12 +0000

any updates for D3 settings?

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:26:57 +0000

Jerry .. that’s an entire book there! :)

I’ll address some of your questions in a follow-up blog post here, but for now, most of these are answered in various posts here on this site.

Best place to start is to delve into this page:
http://www.planetneil.com/tangents/flash-photography-techniques/further-pages/

best of luck there

Neil vN

By: Jerry-Lee

Jerry-Lee — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:52:57 +0000

Hi Neil, wow what a site. I’m having a few problems with my d2x. I’m shooting weddings abroad in the sun and firstly I find my camera always under exposes no matter what light or what mode. Also in the town halls are mixed lighting but always dull so I go manual, up my iso to 500 (serious grain) have my apeture set to over 5.6 to try to keep things sharp, I make sure my shutter speed is greater than my focul legnth if I’m using a zoom and still my images are not sharp. Maybe it’s the focusing method, sometimes I use the diamond but most the time single area. I think sometimes I focus, keep my finger on the shutter half pressed, recompose and shoot and maybe this is the problem? The area I initially focused on should stay sharp even though I change the composure of my picture right? I always shoot single focus never on continuous as I’m not sure why I would use that? Also when I shoot in lowlight the pix are very underexposed even though I have my sb800 on TTL-BL or sometimes TTL.
Then the sunset shoots, ahh problems. My camera can’t focus as it’s blinded. Is it best to manually expose for the sky by using spot meter, a high f stop like f18 and a reasonable shutter speed and let the flash light the wedding couple? Is TTL the best for this option?
Also metering! When I meter of a meduim area in the sky am I looking at what settings my camera would use and programme them in manually myself? Is this metering? Or is it simple I point in and lock the exposure and do I always have to have the AE button pressed down the whole time to keep it locked. Sorry for the essay of questions no matter how many sites I look at it’s never clear to me. Please help.

Thank you

By: Robert Young

Robert Young — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:57:07 +0000

Hi, Just got a second-hand D2X ro replace my D1X – what a difference.

So thanks for walking me through all of the Custom controls. For my shooting most of your settings were perfect.

Why didn’t Nikon produce any easy reference guide themselves?

Many thanks for your help – much appreciated

By: isa b.

isa b. — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:57:53 +0000

hey there,

you’re website was really helpful.thank you.

isa x