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| Posted: Thu Dec 19th, 2019 17:28 |
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Graham Whistler
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Yes 95% of the time but I did use the 18-140mm for a few record shots. The 80-400 is pin sharp and the x1.4 does not downgrade images either.
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| Posted: Fri Dec 20th, 2019 03:33 |
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jk
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The new 80-400 AFS has really improved over the older version. The results are very impressive.
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| Posted: Fri Dec 20th, 2019 04:20 |
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Graham Whistler
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Correction for above the brown bird is NOT a Wheatear but is infact my Kenya top birdman friend said it is a Pink Breasted Lark. Also the Bulbul pix was shot with the 80-400 at 400mm plus x1.4 hand held 1/320 sec with VR f13 ISO 1000 on the D500 single point focus AF-C.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 23rd, 2019 11:17 |
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Graham Whistler
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Still sorting my pictures but this is one for Eric he liked the Mousebirds!
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| Posted: Mon Dec 23rd, 2019 12:08 |
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Eric
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Graham Whistler wrote:Still sorting my pictures but this is one for Eric he liked the Mousebirds! 
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| Posted: Thu Dec 26th, 2019 06:30 |
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Graham Whistler
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One interesting fact was I lost rather too many pixs with focus not quite there with the D500 on this trip. I put it down to bouncing about in the Landrover then as we stopped shoot too quickly in case bird flew but several times when bird sat for me shots 2 and 3 also not quite there but lot of time with all the rain light was very poor and low in contrast. Done test since I am back and the D850 single point focus sq is much smaller than the one in the D500 and looking back on past shoots I always get much better focus with very few failures from D850. Checking previous D500 shoots also not nearly as good but works better with 25 focus points as used on the last Mousebird pix above? As I said on another posting I think the D850 is all you need!!! Perhaps my D500 needs looking at will phone Nikon after the NY. Happy Christmas to all my Nikon Friends!
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| Posted: Thu Dec 26th, 2019 08:08 |
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jk
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In my opinion the fact that the D500 focus points are all over the whole screen make it more suitable for bird and action photography. The D850 has a smaller area in center of the screen for its set of focus points but it is very quick (actually it is the same AF unit in both cameras - apparently). Take a look at this comparison. https://www.apotelyt.com/compare-camera/nikon-d500-vs-nikon-d850 The advantages the D850 has are numerous but not always is it ahead. This is interesting and talks about real life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOoDSedqWD0 I agree with almost everything he says in the video.
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| Posted: Fri Dec 27th, 2019 05:27 |
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Graham Whistler
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Thanks for those two links JK both well worth reading. I value both of cameras and they do all I need to do and have no wish to make any changes. The only problem is that like all of us I still have plenty to learn and bird photography is not easy.
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| Posted: Fri Dec 27th, 2019 07:25 |
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Eric
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Graham Whistler wrote:One interesting fact was I lost rather too many pixs with focus not quite there with the D500 on this trip. I put it down to bouncing about in the Landrover then as we stopped shoot too quickly in case bird flew but several times when bird sat for me shots 2 and 3 also not quite there but lot of time with all the rain light was very poor and low in contrast. Done test since I am back and the D850 single point focus sq is much smaller than the one in the D500 and looking back on past shoots I always get much better focus with very few failures from D850. Checking previous D500 shoots also not nearly as good but works better with 25 focus points as used on the last Mousebird pix above? As I said on another posting I think the D850 is all you need!!! Perhaps my D500 needs looking at will phone Nikon after the NY. Isnt the single point square size adjustable?
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| Posted: Fri Dec 27th, 2019 08:35 |
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Eric
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Edit: on reflection, it's the Panasonic that enables you to configure the focus square size. I set it down to almost a dot ....and Jan couldn't find where it was on the screen
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