Name: D800
Brand: Nikon

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Taken at ISO 200 using an aperture of f/8, this shot has bags of detail, but the exposure had to be reduced by 1EV to get the colour looking right.

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The D800's AF system had no trouble keeping up with this cyclist peddling at full-speed.

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Nikon's Matrix metering was fooled by the light subject and under-exposed this shot.

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A Levels adjustment in Photoshop has brightened the image and retained the atmosphere.

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Including so much sky in this image fooled the Matrix metering into under-exposing, but as the image below shows, there plenty of information in the foreground so it can be lightened effectively.

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Five minutes work with Photoshop has brightened the foreground while retaining the darkness of the approaching storm in the sky.

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Taken at ISO 2500 and in low artificial light, this image has more noticeable noise than some taken at higher sensitivity settings in more natural light.

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Taken at ISO 200, f/8 and 1/125, but exposure was compensated by -1EV to retain the tonal gradation in the sky.

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There's plenty of detail in the brickwork of these buildings.

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The delicate details of the blossom have been captured well in this ISO 200 image.

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The dark foreground mean that -1EV exposure compensation was required to get this image just right when Matrxi metering was used. There's plenty of detail in those shadows.