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| Posted: Tue Jun 16th, 2015 17:16 |
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Graham Whistler
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Starting to get a bit better at in-flight, still not quite sharp. This 400 ISO lens + converter at 550mm 1/640 sec at f13 Attachment: Avocet1080.jpg (Downloaded 36 times)
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| Posted: Thu Jul 2nd, 2015 03:36 |
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Graham Whistler
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Getting there, I have been talking to some RPS top notch bird photographers and news is: Best setting for spot on sharp flight pix use at least 1/1600sec. Forget 51 point as it lets camera go even if not quite sharp, use 9 point or if your skill is good single point always gives spot on sharpness if your aim is good! My 80-400mm AF-S is very sharp for static pix, as my lens tests show but experts tell me it's auto focus is not quick enough for 100% good results of flight pixs of birds. Fast auto focus will be slowed up even more with x1.4 Mk 3 converter. Now the bad news for me is D810 will never be camera of choice for fast action photography. Partly because the small battery can not really power a long lens as well as full pro camera like D4S. I have cured this a fair bit by fitting the extra battery grip MB-D12. The camera now has the feel of my old friend the D3X. This has helped a lot. Now with 9 focus points and extra battery power results are getting there as with this seagull pix. I am told the big Nikon lenses has much quicker focus reaction than my 80-400mm.ie I would do a lot better with a 500mm f4 Nikon latest lens! There is no doubt that the D810 is super for studio and landscape photography but now I lust for a 500mm F4 Nikon lens and an F4 body for my bird photography! Attachment: Gulls1484.jpg (Downloaded 26 times)
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| Posted: Thu Jul 2nd, 2015 07:48 |
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jk
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Graham the Nikon 400mm f2.8 AFS is more flexible. Can be used with a x3 converter if you need to go long! I might be getting rid of my Nikon 400mm if you are interested. 
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| Posted: Thu Jul 2nd, 2015 13:05 |
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Eric
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Interesting thread. It doesn't surprise me that higher shutter speeds are the order of the day. But I would be taking a serious appraisal of my results and needs before shelling out £5000+ for a lens. I have seen some exceptional images captured with lesser lenses so it must be possible.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 2nd, 2015 16:13 |
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jk
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I think the serious birding lenses are the new long 300, 400, 500, 600mm AFS VR lenses. Personally I prefer to have the camera and lens on a tripod and use a fast shutter speed which means that VR is a waste. I sometimes wonder if AF is actually useful as I can remember the days before AF when I seemed to be able to catch focus really quickly by knowing the sport. Maybe it was youthful reflex or exuberance!
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| Posted: Sat Jul 4th, 2015 10:43 |
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Graham Whistler
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I shall not be rushing out to get a £5000 500mm lens just yet as I'm starting to get results with what I've got. Also how long before D4S is replaces with D5?
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| Posted: Sat Jul 4th, 2015 11:07 |
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Eric
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Graham Whistler wrote:I shall not be rushing out to get a £5000 500mm lens just yet as I'm starting to get results with what I've got. Also how long before D4S is replaces with D5? Well I would be very pleased with some of those images!:thumbsup:
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| Posted: Sat Jul 4th, 2015 18:40 |
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jk
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Graham Whistler wrote:I shall not be rushing out to get a £5000 500mm lens just yet as I'm starting to get results with what I've got. Also how long before D4S is replaces with D5? Well according to my rumour mill it will arrive early 2016. Full spec unknown! But it looks like 24MP which is what the D4 should have been. The rest is icing as a D750 does all I want and is probably a lighter package. I need to make my final decision regarding Nikon v. Fuji before it is released.
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| Posted: Sun Jul 5th, 2015 04:21 |
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Graham Whistler
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As you see from seagulls pix now following help I had from my RPS expert bird pix friends I am getting good sharp pictures of birds at last! Also the extra battery pack on the D810 has boosted focus speed of my 80-400 lens. I think the best bit of advice was do not use 51 point focus for flying birds (Nikon do tell you in instruction book to use this for flight pix bad news!!!!) as it lets camera take photographs when camera is not quite in focus. The 9 point setting was used on the seagull pix and that is very nice and sharp as were plenty of other pix I did on same day. When you get skills of following better also try on old friend single focus point best of all.
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| Posted: Sun Jul 5th, 2015 04:24 |
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Eric
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jk wrote:Graham Whistler wrote: No doubt a 'lighter package' out of the box...the D750 weighs the same a as the D7100. Of course it lacks the weight of the battery grip portion that the D3/4/5 models have, but adding one will still make it a lighter load. The only thing I would say is that stepping 'down' from a D3 to a D750 I did notice a speed of responds drop. Not a problem in normal use but I rattled off 10 raw shots in quick succession and card writing did slow...but that might be the SD card I was using as it was different to the CF card in the D3. I am getting the battery grip for the Fuji XT to see if it's feel in the hand improves. In terms of weight and functionality with the V4 firmware it may be a close run race between the D750 and the XT for general use. Of course for long lens use the DSLR will always win. IMHO
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