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Birds with an oldie but a goodie
Posted:
Wed May 25, 2005 9:04 pmby Glen
Just bought an AFS300 f4 from Birddy to use with my 1.7TC as my longer lens, so thought I should move on my Nikkor 400 5.6. Thought I better take a few shots so that when I put it on Ebay people can see what it is like. Heard some birds out the front yesterday so went out to take a shot or two, unfortunately they were only pigeons, but when I looked at the shots I checked my camera settings! These shots are not sharpened, only had auto contrast in Nikon editor applied then resized as jpgs. I thought my camera settings were no sharpening, turns out it was -2 (the next step up), but look at the detail, and boke, in these shots. more detail is available when I sharpen. Just proves that an old Nikkor can still be a goodie, and match it with the newer lenses.
Hi
Posted:
Wed May 25, 2005 9:25 pmby yeocsa
Welcome to the AFS 300F4 Club. You won't be disappointed. The 400 f5.6 is a very good performer. How much as you selling it for? You should keep it if you don't need the money yet. It will give you more reach the the 300F4. It can make a big difference in bird photo.
regards,
Arthur
Posted:
Wed May 25, 2005 9:32 pmby kipper
Shush Arthur.....don't convince him not to part with it
Posted:
Thu May 26, 2005 2:15 pmby fozzie
Glen,
Do you have any 'BIRD LIFE' shots with the AF-S 300mm f/4D IF-ED, and even with the TC-17EII on
Cheers,
Posted:
Thu May 26, 2005 2:32 pmby Glen
Fozzie, will grab a few and stick them here.
Posted:
Sun May 29, 2005 10:33 pmby Glen
Fozzie, just wanted to say I hadn't forgotten to take those shots for you, have had the flu over the last week so have been getting up late and missing the birds. Haven't really left home much or even stepped much out the front door, but feeling better now so hopefully get some shots for you in the next few days
Posted:
Mon May 30, 2005 12:14 pmby fozzie
Glen,
Glen wrote:Fozzie, just wanted to say I hadn't forgotten to take those shots for you, have had the flu over the last week so have been getting up late and missing the birds. Haven't really left home much or even stepped much out the front door, but feeling better now so hopefully get some shots for you in the next few days
Sorry to hear about the flu, get well soon
.
Managed to get my own shot of a birdie, blast it wrong type:
Nikon 300mm f/4
1/640sec f/8 ISO200
Cheers,
Posted:
Mon May 30, 2005 12:36 pmby Glen
Posted:
Mon May 30, 2005 1:25 pmby kipper
Lot of the guys on another forum I'm on are getting good results with Canon 300MM F/2.8 IS USM plus 2x TC. Not sure how a Nikon 300MM F/2.8 IF-ED (with and without VR) would fair up, be interesting to see if anybody has one.
Hi Kipper
Posted:
Mon May 30, 2005 1:38 pmby yeocsa
For birding, Canon has better offerings than Nikon. Not only the Canon bodies e.g. 1DS, 1D Mark II has as many as 45 AF sensors! Canon also has many long primes with IS. The 400 f5.6 is a hot favourite of flight shots. They have 500, 600 and 1200mm primes. The downside is that they are super expensive.
if you get 300 f2.8 + TC 2X, you are going to be satisfied for a while. After sometime, you will find that TC actually slows not only AF, lens speed is also slower, image quality degrades and you get camera shake due to TC being in the middle. 1 stop advantage can make a world of difference!
regards,
Arthur
Posted:
Mon May 30, 2005 2:10 pmby kipper
Yeah but with a TC at 2.8 that takes it to a 600MM F/5.6, which ain't too sloppy.
Hi
Posted:
Mon May 30, 2005 2:22 pmby yeocsa
No doubt. It is a very well balanced lens. Try it on tripod, you will be even more impressed by it.
regards,
Arthur
Re: Hi
Posted:
Mon May 30, 2005 2:32 pmby fozzie
Arthur,
yeocsa wrote:No doubt. It is a very well balanced lens. Try it on tripod, you will be even more impressed by it.
regards,
Arthur
Yesterday I had it off and on the tripod, and it worked a treat either way
This coming weekend I will slip on the TC-17EII, and give it a thorough workout.
Cheers,
