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blackfox
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Well after a good few years with Olympus , I got the urge to play with Nikon again .. been a busy couple of months started off with a used D300s and a 70-300 .. from Wex to see if I still liked it .. quickly changed that for a used D7500 that turned out to be faulty so sent back same day .. then there customer services found me a good condition D500 which I have now and really like .. I also bought a 300mm pf lens which was nice coupled with t.c’s but I didn’t like the artefacts it produced over water , so while on holiday in Devon a couple of weeks ago I PX it for a Tamron 150-600g2 which is giving me acceptable results .. I still have my Olympus gear which does the same job but differently.
So that’s it back in the fold good to see familiar names still around but
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chrisbet
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Welcome back to the fold 
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Graham Whistler
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Good to see you back I still think D500 was best ever Nikon camera apart from the D850
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jk
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Welcome back.
Hope that all is good with you and health is improved.
D500 is excellent for birding! I still have mine with Nikon 200-500.
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blackfox
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Thanks guys , really enjoying the D500 not entirely sure with the lens as I’ve had to do a micro adjust to get it right and the camera was also under exposing so increased the optimum exposure levels . The combo is now giving acceptable results so I guess that’s why the adjustments are there .
Health wise I got diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at Xmas but a drastic change in diet and lifestyle has resulted in a 4stone weight loss and a bit more energy , will post some pics later
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Eric
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blackfox wrote:
but a drastic change in diet and lifestyle has resulted in a 4stone weight loss and a bit more energy , will post some pics later
I hope you meant bird photos Jeff. 
Welcome back, we’ve missed your contributions.
I have however been keeping an eye on your posts on the caravantalk. 
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Eric
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blackfox wrote:
I also bought a 300mm pf lens which was nice coupled with t.c’s but I didn’t like the artefacts it produced over water , so while on holiday in Devon a couple of weeks ago I PX it for a Tamron 150-600g2 which is giving me acceptable results .. I still have my Olympus gear which does the same job but differently.
So that’s it back in the fold good to see familiar names still around but
I know exactly what you mean Jeff. I always felt the pf lens produced ‘fractal’ harsh bokeh and was one of the reasons I turned away from Nikon to Sony. That said, I have never felt that Sony have got it right with regard to sensor noise. Far too much colour noise in raw files.
I look back at some of my Nikon images and they seem much smoother and ‘calmer’ in a strange sort of way. Sigh.
I am now flirting with Fuji (again). They really seem to get the exposure right. I rarely need do anything with Photoshop.
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blackfox
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I know exactly what you mean Eric , I have to admit my success rate with the d500 hasn’t yet reached the level of my Olympus gear but when it gets it right it’s superb , a lot of the problems are me as I like to tinker and try to improve things .
Time will tell if I’ve made the right move or not and summer is not my favourite season either can’t wait for the return of the overwintering birds
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Iain
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Good to see you back Jeff. Keep tinkering you will get there.
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Iain
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I know you have to catch up Jeff but putting all the blank post on won't count.
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Eric
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Iain wrote:
I know you have to catch up Jeff but putting all the blank post on won't count.
He’s just tinkering.
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GeoffR
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Welcome back
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