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| Posted: Sat Mar 16th, 2019 04:17 |
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Robert
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Back to the AF-S 70-300, I have the f/4.5-5.6G ED VR, there are I think three versions of the 70-300, I use Bj¸rn's (now Birna's) lens evaluation pages as a guide to practical aspects of lenses. http://www.naturfotograf.com/lens_zoom_03.html#AF70-300f4.5G I find the CA, (colour fringing of high contrast edges) very pronounced. It gives me useful reach on FX without the weight penalty of the 300mm f/2.8 lens which is a bit of a monster. I found with the D3 and even the D300s, that the lens appears to vignette strongly, producing images with dark corners, on the D800 it seems less pronounced, which suggests it's at least partly related to sensor design. I am currently using the 70-300 to test my equatorial mount, because it's distinctly lighter and more compact than the f/2.8. Once I have sorted the EQ mount I expect to revert to the 300, f/2.8. I suggest you try a copy to see how it works with your camera. It should be good on a DX, given it's not using the edges of the image circle. Remember on a DX sensor at 300mm it's the equivalent of 450mm which is pretty long, you need good technique to get sharp images hand held. I feel a 70-200 (or 80-200) is a perfect companion for a DX, hand held, you can always crop a bit, especially with modern sensors.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 16th, 2019 05:49 |
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chrisbet
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Thanks for the link - very useful. He is a bit disparaging about some of my lenses, but gives the thumbs up to my trusty 50mm f1.8 AF 
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| Posted: Sat Mar 16th, 2019 06:15 |
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Robert
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For family 'snapshot' use they will be fine, but that's what I like about Birna, she actually uses the lenses, from the exotic to the mundane. She is more than disparaging about some of the longer, recent very expensive lenses!  The mounts are flimsy in the extreme, she has either obtained after market mounts at some expense or braced and reinforced the original Nikon ones to good effect. Point being when you are paying up to 10,000 for a top quality lens you don't expect to HAVE to modify it to make it usable.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 16th, 2019 12:17 |
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chrisbet
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Yay - now the proud owner of an AF-S VR 70-300mm f4.5-5.6G IF ED Lens at the reasonable price of £170 
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| Posted: Sat Mar 16th, 2019 14:54 |
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Robert
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Well done! Enjoy.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 16th, 2019 16:36 |
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jk
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Well done Chris. The lens should produce some dreamy Tuscany images. Remember sometimes it is better to shoot the lens wide open as you get nice softness.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 16th, 2019 18:17 |
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blackfox
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Having been through the same camera body.. lense issues recently against the advice of the pundits on here I went with a D7200 body a month or so ago , tbh it has exceeded my expectations by a long way , especially in the recent lousy weather , I still have a itch to try full frame but more than happy at the moment . A.f is fast and accurate I can switch between focus modes very fast , the auto I.s.o again is Nikon smooth and accurate and easily turned on and off . It's about the right burst speed around 6-7 FPS and the buffer is quiet large enough for my needs anyway over 20 frames anyway . I'm still using the sigma 150-600c as my main lens and pondering how to fund a 300mm f4 the pre.fresnel one .. might sell the sigma macro as I think that's going to involve to much bending for my tender years ... .. for now I'm having fun and getting some good shots to boot. The only thing I don't like is it's ability to change settings with a slight touch . But I'm sure I will overcome that with time , I use the camera lens combo hung by a over shoulder strap attached to pivot points on the extended tripod foot pics provided if interested . Which possibly where I'm knocking it as I go walkabout
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| Posted: Wed Jun 5th, 2019 12:46 |
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chrisbet
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Used the 70 - 300 lens to try and capture the Dakotas flying over to the D Day celebrations. The sky was very grey and so were the planes! I found autofocus a waste of time and ended up manually focusing and that was difficult to judge when the planes were best focused in shades of grey! They were also a fair distance away so I was on the full 300mm. Anyway there were a few reasonable shots -  
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| Posted: Wed Jun 5th, 2019 15:48 |
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jk
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It is sharp. You got the line between the tail and centre of fuselage to show. Sometime MF works best.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 5th, 2019 17:10 |
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chrisbet
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No trouble focusing on my 2 yr old grandson playing in the grass while we waited for the planes -  
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