I'm a Singapore event photographer; specializing in corporate events, weddings and birthday parties.

2012-10-06

Segways at Pahlawan Beach, Sentosa


Segway rentals from Gogreen ( http://www.segway-sentosa.com/ ) at Pahlawan ("warrior") beach on Sentosa Island.

I thought that the riders made an interesting pattern. 
  • Nikon D600, 28-300mm f3.5-5.6
  • At 190mm, f5.6, ISO 6400, 1/1000 seconds
  • Aperture priority, center-weighted metering, auto white balance, -0.5 exposure compensation
  • Picasa: Crop, auto contrast

Got my new D600 this week. Testing out the ISO 6400 performance. Quite happy so far. The 23-300mm is remarkably sharp considering its high zoom ratio. Sharper than the equivalent (but older) 18-200mm DX lens.

With the high ISO performance of the D600, together with the zoom range of the 28-300mm, you can set the D600 at IS0 6400 and cover almost any indoor or night situation, and still get high quality images. 

I'm experimenting with setting a permanent -0.5 exposure compensation. I'm not sure that the D600 over-exposure problem is as bad as the D7000's, but setting some negative exposure compensation seems like the safe thing to do, no matter what. It's easier to correct under exposure later on the PC, than over exposure.