Nikon D70 and cropping photos

[RachelleFav]

I have already edited it in Picture Project. I perhaps could have sharpened it a bit but the pics look so digital. I think a sb800 will help lots but haven't quite talked the hubby into it yet! He he. I just got the camera a few months ago. As for zooming...man I WISH I could keep those kids to keep still so I could take a decent picture and have time to adjust the aperture, etc. to get the flash to work but those boogers won't stop. I may try to sharpen it and see what happens. I really like facial shots of the kids most. That flash is causing my grief as their faces are so white in the pics. I can't seem to get it right. Thanks again.

[RachelleFav]

For some reason I don't think that was my edited picture. I am going to try to send it again. Here goes.

[another view]

Doesn't look bad from here, but then we're looking at small images on a screen - what you see on a print can be different. A little sharpening and it would probably be fine in an 8x10 - even the cropped one.

The flash is a little bright though. The SB800 is one option, but dialing in some flash compensation would probably help. When I use fill flash, my starting point is to put the flash at -1.0. That brings the subject out without a "flashed" look. Keeping up with all of the latest technology is pretty tough. You can probably experiment with your SB50DX and get different results from it - one thing I'm usually doing on my DSLR is shooting my SB28's (old, non-DX which doesn't work with Fuji anyway) is using good-old-fashioned "A" mode. That uses the sensor in the flash instead of TTL. It's working pretty well for me, but I know the latest stuff like the D2H or D70 with the SB800 is supposed to be almost as good as it was with film cameras.

[RachelleFav]

I have already sharpened this one as much as I can I think. With the flash though I'm not sure how to adjust compensation. The thing about the sb50dx with the D70 is that it will only work on full manual mode and always fires at 100%. Is there a way around that other than adjusting aperture?

[Lava Lamp]

I have already sharpened this one as much as I can I think. With the flash though I'm not sure how to adjust compensation. The thing about the sb50dx with the D70 is that it will only work on full manual mode and always fires at 100%. Is there a way around that other than adjusting aperture?

You can adjust flash compensation by holding down the button that makes the flash pop up. I've found my printing results to vary widely among my own Epson and several different labs.

[RachelleFav]

I've got some more reading to do!