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Basildon Park (Downton Christmas 2013 location)

Started Jul 9, 2014 | Photos
Auster Pilot Senior Member • Posts: 1,222
Basildon Park (Downton Christmas 2013 location)

Continuing my travels this week with friends from Australia who are big Downton Abbey fans. So we went to Basildon Park - a National Trust property not far from where I live. This was the location used for shooting the Christmas 2013 special episode of Downton Abbey.

No flash allowed in the building, but the NX1100 really excelled again in conjunction with processing from RAW via Capture One Pro.

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Re: Basildon Park (Downton Christmas 2013 location)

Those are really nice pics. I just got an nx30 so it looks like my pics can look like that without the flash. I'm curious how it'll do with its auto tracking auto focus. Looking to also get a prime lens like the 45 mm 1.8f

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Re: Basildon Park (Downton Christmas 2013 location)

gameguru1360 wrote:

Those are really nice pics. I just got an nx30 so it looks like my pics can look like that without the flash. I'm curious how it'll do with its auto tracking auto focus. Looking to also get a prime lens like the 45 mm 1.8f

Thanks for your positive comment.

I don't have the nx30 so difficult to advise on whether it will do what you wish. Hopefully someone else here can.

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ianbullock Forum Member • Posts: 50
Re: Basildon Park (Downton Christmas 2013 location)

Nice pictures. NX30 should do at least as well as that sensor wise, but lens would likely be a bigger factor. I am assuming the 16mm pancake prime is being used here which wide open tends to have very good center sharpness and slightly iffy edges, if you are using 18-55 and both shots are hand held, with stabilization you can probably get similar results (would need a slightly longer exposure, but will have extra stability).

Of course, if you wanted everything in focus across the frame, you can stop down a bit, but would probably need a tripod or some sort of handy object to rest your camera on.

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