You will find LR4.2 to be waaaaay better than LR4 and RAW will transform editing for you too - the two together are amazing.

I have been shooting RAW for years... but there is one good explanation about why I'm not shooting RAW yet with my D600: I don't have anything that can process it ;-)

I haven't upgraded to Lightroom4 yet... and 3 was never upgraded to be able to handle D600 RAW files...

I'll be upgrading soon though... and plan to switch over to RAW again. But honestly, it's kind of nice having the camera do my postprocessing for me ;-)

admittedly you didn't need to shoot these in RAW, but if you really wanted to see what your camera can do, why not shoot in 14bit RAW?

Hehe - Thanks!

About the booze: That Highland Park scotch is 18 year that I bought at Edinburgh Castle in Scotland a couple of months ago. It was _really_ freaking good ;-)

There you go. Now you know "Why Nikon".

I like the shot of the table with the cards and chips all over the place. Kind of tells a story of "place".

I'll just take the booze!

LOL.

Hey guys, I picked up my Nikon D600 with a 50mm f/1.8G yesterday (I sold off my Canon 7D and the rest of my Canon gear to get it) and happened to go to a poker game at my boss's house last night. This was the perfect chance to try out the low-light focus, big aperture of the 50mm and the high ISO capabilities of the D600. Here's what I came away with:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/friedmud/sets/72157631808729691/

These were all shot _without_ a flash and it was pretty dark. All, or almost all, are at ISO 6400. I was shooting in the highest quality jpeg modes and had High ISO Noise Reduction set to "Normal". They were only slightly edited in LR3 before getting posted.

I am super impressed with the quality. Yes, there is noise (of course at 6400!) but there is a TON of detail in there too. I applied just a tad more NR in LR3, but I think the balance between noise and detail is awesome. Note that I uploaded the full resolution photos so you can get to those for each image if you are interested.

I didn't have any problems focusing in the dark. I used a lot of off-center focus points and never had any trouble. Unlike the Canon 50mm f/1.8 the Nikon version _does_ have an ultrasonic motor... and it focus fast, accurately and quietly. It's also damn sharp wide open.