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Posted: Sat Nov 11th, 2017 16:34
 
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The 200-500 is the game changer for me ,reach ,weight and aperture ,been thinking about weight a lot as I get older ,so the camera breaking was the excuse I needed ,nearly very nearly went down the path of a eos.m5 as it takes all canon lenses .
But now I have the chance of a clean break and start over ,just need my sigma sport to sell I'm up and running


I am thinking along the same lines Jeff.

I've got a load of Fuji gear that will fund a return to Nikon, although I may keep some for general walk around photography. Having said that, the wife uses a Panasonic LUMIX FZ2000 and I have to say she gets excellent results...so I may let her take the photos. :lol:



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That's why I mentioned it, I had noticed the D7500 was very competitively priced, I think you will be pleasantly surprised with the IQ and dynamic range. From what I have read all the current crop of Nikons are pretty well sorted from the point of view of ISO, resolution and image quality. Even my little D3300 produces some stunning image with no bother.

I have a D3 now, that, together with a somewhat high milage D300S are serving my needs very well. I have a D3S on the horizon so I am pretty well set to cover all my interests now. I don't yearn for higher Mp.

For the moment my car racing expeditions are curtailed, the racing team I was following are taking a season out and regrouping, so maybe next year? Outdoor carting may be a possibility next year too. They have been talking about supporting a rally car for stage rallying.

Am concentrating on stars and 360-180ยบ spherical panoramas at the moment. Great fun!

The Harriers must be a challenge, I guess fieldcraft rules the day there. Different matter from those Little Terns you introduced me to.

We have a colony of Little Terns near here, on Walney Island but from what I can gather access is difficult because of the colony of Grey Seals which share the same area. All access is prohibited to the spit where the seals hang out, they do have pups, about three this season I believe, although I am told they do haul out on accessible beaches, I haven't seen any myself yet.


Harriers a challenge? no problem. This marsh harrier was only.........half a mile away. :lol:

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Got the male hen harrier at twenty yards yesterday ,by the tim3 I realised it wasn't a gull it was virtually passed

 




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Specsavers? :lol:



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Welcome back Blackfox.
The D7200 isretty good and and a 200-500 coupled to it makes for a good combo.
I got the D500 and it makes for a great Birds in Flight setup. Also got a D850 to lay the spectre of getting a MF camera. No point in my opinion having huge camera, lenses just to get a few pixels more. 45MP is more than enough.



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Posted: Sun Nov 12th, 2017 02:55
 
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Hi Jonathan ,yes the D500 does look like the camera we were all waiting for back then . Now sat on the fence choice wise there's the D7200,D7500,and the D500 to choose from ,selling off my canon gear on the bay of E bit by bit ,depends what it all achieves in the end ,going to take my time as I still have the wife's canon set up to use till all the funds are available .

 




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The camera buffer and the AF unit on the D500 is superior to the D7500/7200 I believe so I would say the D500 is definitely worth it for bird photograpghy.
However the lack of a built-in flash may cause some people issues!
In this way the D7200 wins for general photography.



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I know its a canon shot ,but a ring tailed hen harrier hunting mid week

hunting by jeff and jan cohen, on Flickr

 




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Very nice, what lens?



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its the sigma 150-600 sport rob ,sharp as occurs razer but getting to much for me to lug around these days

 

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