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D300 and Nikkor 200 f/4 Micro First Shots

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Postby Slider on Wed Nov 28, 2007 12:03 am

I'm enjoying this :D


1/100s @ f/16 ISO 800 Liveview on tripod (early morning light / no flash)Image


1/640s @ f/ 5.6 ISO 1600 (he was looking over my shoulder so what do you do when you have a 200mm macro lens on the camera :D )
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1/500s @ f/4.5 ISO 1600 Liveview handheld
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Postby PiroStitch on Wed Nov 28, 2007 12:06 am

:shock: :shock: ISO1600??? Bloody well done Nikon! That's so damn clean!
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Postby gstark on Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:52 am

Mark,

I love the second one.
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Postby Slider on Wed Nov 28, 2007 8:06 am

Thanks Gary. At 100% you can see the whole paddock in his eye :D
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Postby gstark on Wed Nov 28, 2007 8:14 am

Mark,

Could you lease post a 100% crop of that for me? Thanx.
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Postby radar on Wed Nov 28, 2007 8:38 am

Great shots Mark,

that's where I thought Liveview would be very useful in macro photography.

Did you use manual focus or AF when using liveview?

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Postby ATJ on Wed Nov 28, 2007 8:56 am

The first shot looks soft to me. :(

Did you try some shots of the frog at ISO 200 using your normal (and typically excellent) procedure?
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Postby marc on Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:31 am

Any noise reduction used?
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Postby Mr Darcy on Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:11 pm

I feel #1 &#3 could have used more DOF

#2 is a cracker though. I feel a POTW coming on. I too would like to see the 100% crop.
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Postby Poon on Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:01 pm

very beautiful.
unbelievable.
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Postby Slider on Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:58 pm

gstark wrote:Mark,

Could you lease post a 100% crop of that for me? Thanx.


Certainly. Here you go Gary.

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radar wrote:Great shots Mark,

that's where I thought Liveview would be very useful in macro photography.

Did you use manual focus or AF when using liveview?

cheers,

André


No André, still experimenting (and working it all out) so the Liveview shots were on A/F.

ATJ wrote:The first shot looks soft to me. :(

Did you try some shots of the frog at ISO 200 using your normal (and typically excellent) procedure?


I think it may be in the PPing as I am experimenting with the included copy of Capture NX rather than my usual CS3 methods.

marc wrote:Any noise reduction used?
Either in camera or software, Mark?


No and no :D
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Postby Slider on Wed Nov 28, 2007 8:00 pm

Poon wrote:very beautiful.
unbelievable.
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Thanks Poon and thank you for your fantastic service :D
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Postby Oscar on Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:11 pm

Love them all Mark. Especially the horse shot. Really nice. BTW I know someone who would happily take care of thew D300 and 200 f4 for you :) :)

Great stuff as usual.

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