
Nikon D2X Review
#1
Posted 14 March 2005 - 07:34 AM
EDIT - It is now up on the frontpage of Wetpixel. D2X UW Review
In the mean time, to whet your appetites, here is a 100% crop from a lowest quality JPG, straight from the camera. No adjustment, no sharpening, no nothing in Photoshop.
You can up-rez these files until they are 2-4 times bigger than the original and then with an application of USM - they look this good at 20-40 Megapixel. Wow wow wow!
I can't wait to get my hands on the RAW files I shot!
Alex
p.s. MODIFIED - I have also added the full frame, and a version up-rezzed in Photoshop (from the basic quality JPG, remember) to 50 megapixels(!) and then USM-ed.
Alexander Mustard - www.amustard.com - www.magic-filters.com
Nikon D5 (Subal housing). Nikon D7200 (Subal housing). Olympus EPL-5 (Nauticam housing).
#2
Posted 14 March 2005 - 07:42 AM
Alex, if you don't have the new Nikon Capture, folks are talking about how good RAW Developer is at handling the D2x files.
Cheers
James
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#3
Posted 14 March 2005 - 07:58 AM
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#4
Posted 14 March 2005 - 08:02 AM
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#5
Posted 14 March 2005 - 03:37 PM
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#6
Posted 14 March 2005 - 03:48 PM
Please help Alex put his review up - we're all hanging out for it.
Maybe some more samples Alex?
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#7
Posted 14 March 2005 - 04:02 PM



I have sent the text to Eric - so it will be up as soon as he has a chance to format it.
Alex
Alexander Mustard - www.amustard.com - www.magic-filters.com
Nikon D5 (Subal housing). Nikon D7200 (Subal housing). Olympus EPL-5 (Nauticam housing).
#8
Posted 14 March 2005 - 04:35 PM



Karl
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#9
Posted 14 March 2005 - 05:21 PM
Looks insane - sitting on the edge of my seat clicking refresh on the front page - hurry up Eric (can I help)!!
Wow - thanks Alex.
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#10
Posted 15 March 2005 - 01:06 AM
Yes, Karl. I am very happy. There is a picture of James on his website showing him with his new Seacam, grinning like a kid on Christmas morning. I have had a similar expression for most of the last two weeks!
Alex
Here are test shots of the camera's ability with a sunburst, and its 5 frames per second feature.


Alexander Mustard - www.amustard.com - www.magic-filters.com
Nikon D5 (Subal housing). Nikon D7200 (Subal housing). Olympus EPL-5 (Nauticam housing).
#11
Posted 15 March 2005 - 02:13 AM
Want to buy a kidney or two? Think i will have to sell mine to get the camera and housing.
You do know that marine biologists are all supposed to be poorly paid divemasters who can't afford that stuff don't you?(how am i supposed to add a smilie here?)
Nice work,
Mike
ps looks like a bit of a painful landing...
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#12
Posted 15 March 2005 - 02:32 AM
Word from Seacam is that housings are close!
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#13
Posted 15 March 2005 - 02:39 AM
Yeah, you can't believe how poor I am right now! But poor and happy. Whoever said money can't buy you happiness wasn't a photographer!
The composite was done "quick and dirty" in photoshop and is full of mistakes. I will do it properly (with more care) once ACR can open the RAW files for me.
Alex
Here are a couple more shots:



Alexander Mustard - www.amustard.com - www.magic-filters.com
Nikon D5 (Subal housing). Nikon D7200 (Subal housing). Olympus EPL-5 (Nauticam housing).
#14
Posted 15 March 2005 - 02:52 AM
That is the best digital sunburst I've seen yet! Now, gotta try some shallow stuff to get sunrays.
Word from Seacam is that housings are close!
I agree that the D2X capability looks promising. But I would add that the conditions were far from ideal for sunbursts when I took the image above. The sea was very rough (the wind was so strong that our boat snapped one of its mooring lines) so the sun ball was very dispersed and there were no nicely focussed rays . Also, while I am making excuses, I didn't have long to take the shots because Peter Rowlands, who was on modelling detail, had his own pictures to take.
This image (below) was taken on my first dive with the D2X. The divesite offered no helpful foreground subjects, but at least the sea was calm enough for decent sunrays. I am very much looking forward to working more on sunrays when I am next in Cayman.
Alex

Alexander Mustard - www.amustard.com - www.magic-filters.com
Nikon D5 (Subal housing). Nikon D7200 (Subal housing). Olympus EPL-5 (Nauticam housing).
#15
Posted 15 March 2005 - 03:20 AM
Can't wait to get mine underwater...
M
#16
Posted 15 March 2005 - 03:22 AM
This image (below) was taken on my first dive with the D2X. The divesite offered no helpful foreground subjects, but at least the sea was calm enough for decent sunrays. I am very much looking forward to working more on sunrays when I am next in Cayman.
Alex
Ahhh - these sunbursts are much better than I expected. This may be the last camera I ever house

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#17
Posted 15 March 2005 - 04:20 AM
This may be the last camera I ever house
That should be the motto of all underwater photographers! java script:emoticon('

I have posted my D2X Underwater Review on the site now:
D2X UW Review
Alex
Alexander Mustard - www.amustard.com - www.magic-filters.com
Nikon D5 (Subal housing). Nikon D7200 (Subal housing). Olympus EPL-5 (Nauticam housing).
#18
Posted 15 March 2005 - 05:22 AM
Karl
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#19
Posted 15 March 2005 - 06:28 AM
To give an idea, on this week long trip I made 16 dives with my D2X, totaling just over 15 hours underwater. On my last week long Red Sea trip in June I made 24 dives with my D100 , totaling over 27 hours underwater. I think that this shows the benefit of going on dedicated photographer trips rather than on standard dive trips. That extra time is what makes the difference between taking snapshots and creating exciting images. This is not a criticism of last week - which was great fun - and provided the diversity of diving (that you tend not to get on a phototrip) and that I wanted to test the camera. Its just an observation.
Alex
Alexander Mustard - www.amustard.com - www.magic-filters.com
Nikon D5 (Subal housing). Nikon D7200 (Subal housing). Olympus EPL-5 (Nauticam housing).
#20
Posted 15 March 2005 - 10:07 AM
Rand