As I mentioned in a previous post, this new camera allows for in-camera fusion of multiple frames resulting in a composite raw file. There are several reasons why one might want to do this (see   https://markmusephotographs.com/2012/08/25/marble-quarry-road/ for a larger explanation). I’m pretty excited about the possibilities this presents. This is the first waterfall shot I used this capability on. No ND filter, ISO 100, 10 frames – all the same exposure – fused in camera.

I’m new to Nikon cameras. Perhaps this capability has existed with other Nikon bodies but it is new to me, so there are some technical issues I still have to work out. For example, this feature does not work in live view (why not Nikon?), so I used the burst mode to record this. Unfortunately that meant the mirror flopped up and down for each of the ten exposures causing some loss of sharpness in the rocks. Nikon does provide a mirror lock-up exposure mode but it can’t be used with burst mode (why not Nikon?) so for a 10 frame exposure I will have to press the shutter release on my cable release 20 times with a wait period after the mirror goes up for each frame. So I’m off to try that. More to come.

The delicate highlight color balance is off a bit here, the result of the file conversions from my working space ProPhoto RGB) to my print space (Canson Barata 4900 profile), then to sRGB. The highlights are not quite as blue.

150mm Zeiss Sonnar FE, Mirex TS adapter, Nikon 800e, Lr4, Ps CS6.