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| Posted: Tue Jul 28th, 2015 14:15 |
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jk
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Before you purchase look here. http://nikonrumors.com/2015/07/26/nikon-rumored-to-announce-a-new-200-500mm-lens.aspx/
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| Posted: Tue Jul 28th, 2015 17:15 |
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Graham Whistler
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Sorry did not put in tech spec for latest pix above: Lens plus 1.4 converter at 550mm 1/3 of full frame used. Cloudy bright Exp: 1/1600 sec f10 400 ISO. 9 Point Autofocus on cont tracking. Motor drive on fastest settings. This shot was 2nd of 10 shot burst, other shots were all as sharp but not so interesting.So I'm hand holding it much better now I think my movie work is helping me pan and keep up with the birds. As for spending all that money (I would also need a new D4s body as well taking cost up to £12000 even taking off VAT it is still £10,000!!) and humping a 3 kg lens plus D4s or perhaps D5 body at 75 yrs old is not going to be much fun. For a bit I shall stick with what I've got as landscape and still life are my main interest and I'M very well set up for that.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 28th, 2015 18:03 |
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Ralph G Speer
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Graham, Go for it. Have the 4S and 800mm Tele. I am pushing 83 and would not give them them up. Believe me it's one great combo. Planing to go for the new 600 from what I am seeing on the net. Like your work very much. Keep it going and don't look back. Ralph
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29th, 2015 02:45 |
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jk
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There is a D5 coming at end of this year or early next year if my rumour mill feeds are still good. The D4 goes to f8 for AF maybe the D5 will improve this. Also it will get to 24MP which is I believe the sweet spot for ISO sensitivity/pixels numbers/low luminance noise.
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29th, 2015 04:24 |
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Graham Whistler
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As stated will hang on for a bit it's a lot of money and I would wait to see if D5 comes out as as JK states it sound like it could be a perfect camera. D810 is super for 90% of what I do but the high pic count does not seem to help too much when you blow up bird pix from 1/3 of image to make a pin sharp A3+ print see dig grain in this section of the A3+ print. Not too good is it? That is at 400 ISO and exposure was spot on so it has not been cooked in Photoshop. I think JK has a good point about waiting to see what and when the D5 comes out. I also, after learning on the birds all winter will see just how keen I am before spending all that money that could give us a two month holiday in a nice warm place over winter! Attachment: Section1769s.jpg (Downloaded 31 times)
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29th, 2015 05:10 |
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Graham Whistler
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This also makes you think with great care about spending all that money. This Hornbill I shot a few days ago at Marwell Zoo with my little Sony RX10 1/320 sec f3.5 200mm eq lens setting at 200ISO. Very little noise and well able to blow up to a pin sharp A3+ print!!! Attachment: Hornbill0620.jpg (Downloaded 31 times)
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29th, 2015 16:38 |
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Eric
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Graham Whistler wrote:This also makes you think with great care about spending all that money. This Hornbill I shot a few days ago at Marwell Zoo with my little Sony RX10 1/320 sec f3.5 200mm eq lens setting at 200ISO. Very little noise and well able to blow up to a pin sharp A3+ print!!! But in fairness, Graham, you know that you are never going to need extreme tele lenses when shooting captive creatures. As soon as you put WILD in front of LIFE it puts zeros on the price of the equipment and/or a huge commitment to field craft and local intelligence to achieve the same standard of images. I remember many years ago wanting to film spotted woodpeckers especially at their tree 'nest'. After lots of attempts, which I have to say produced a lot of good cut away footage, I heard of someone who lived in a wood and who had woodpeckers in the tree 10foot outside their bedroom window! The shots I got were superb with short range teles...and it was a very comfortable hide. Lol WILD woodpecker ....sat on my patio... 200mm lens..... Attachment: image.jpg (Downloaded 30 times)
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29th, 2015 17:19 |
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Graham Whistler
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Super shot, we have them on our lawn sometimes but I never seem to have a camera handy.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 31st, 2015 17:52 |
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Graham Whistler
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Another afternoon out with 550 and D810 and at low tide had some interesting light on the wet mud. This was hand held 1/1600 sec at f10 400 ISO and this is a bit closer to camera so is perhaps 50% of total frame and makes a good quality A3+. (JK tell me when you have had enough of this saga!) Attachment: Avocet1863.jpg (Downloaded 20 times)
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| Posted: Sat Aug 1st, 2015 04:36 |
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jk
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Super sharp Graham. That is the advantage of the D800/810 as the extra pixels allow you to crop without boosting the 'grain'. Be interesting to see side by side original/crop.
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