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Nikkor 80-400vr with Canon 500d

Postby KerryPierce on Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:39 pm

Nikon D70 ,Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR AF
1/500s f/36.0 at 240.0mm with Flash iso800 hand held

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Postby birddog114 on Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:51 pm

KP,
You tried to made me doing the hard job.
Members see these photos and they're after me with the 80-400, which is hard to get atm.
I must admit, you have done a "terrible" nicely pics with this lens, not the lens itself but your skills.
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Postby sirhc55 on Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:57 pm

Supoirb - One could almost make a pic out of the reflection in the water drop :D
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Postby owen on Mon Jul 25, 2005 2:07 pm

Yeah, great shots Kerry.
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Postby KerryPierce on Mon Jul 25, 2005 2:12 pm

Birddog114 wrote:KP,
You tried to made me doing the hard job.
Members see these photos and they're after me with the 80-400, which is hard to get atm.
I must admit, you have done a "terrible" nicely pics with this lens, not the lens itself but your skills.


Thanks for the kind comments, Birddie. :D If the 80-400 is getting hard to find, I wonder if that means they're getting ready to replace it. :shock:
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Postby KerryPierce on Mon Jul 25, 2005 2:14 pm

sirhc55 wrote:Supoirb - One could almost make a pic out of the reflection in the water drop :D


Thanks, Chris! :D That's one of my goals, to make a pic out of the water drop. Need more practice and more magnification. :shock: :lol:

Owen: Thanks for the kind comment! :D
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Postby phillipb on Mon Jul 25, 2005 2:18 pm

Very nice shots Kerry, Just for the heck of it why don't you try turning the 2nd photo upside down :idea:
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Postby Oneputt on Mon Jul 25, 2005 2:30 pm

Kerry you must have super steady hands. I have that lens as well and have been dissapointed when I tried anything like that, even with the VR. Might have to give it another go, great work :D
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Postby KerryPierce on Mon Jul 25, 2005 2:35 pm

Oneputt wrote:Kerry you must have super steady hands. I have that lens as well and have been dissapointed when I tried anything like that, even with the VR. Might have to give it another go, great work :D


Thanks for the kind comments, Oneputt. :D The flash and high shutter speeds make a significant difference for being able to hand hold. I also use a monopod at times, which helps a lot too. The VR is always on. 8)

Phillip: Thanks for the compliment. :D Never thought of turning it upside down. It'd look like one of those glass bubbles with the snow inside. :)
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Postby Slider on Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:52 pm

Great shots Kerry. The clarity in the water droplets is brilliant.
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Postby Link on Mon Jul 25, 2005 9:12 pm

Really impressive, I love the droplet shot!

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Postby hame on Mon Jul 25, 2005 9:51 pm

Fantastic pic of the water droplet..

How many pics did you take to get that one perfict pic Kerry?
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Postby PlatinumWeaver on Mon Jul 25, 2005 10:00 pm

This is why I was asking about the 500D a few months ago.. thought the combination would be nice for macro-ish work seeing as I couldn't justify/afford a dedicated Macro..

Some nice shots! Does the dropoff in light affect your shooting that much? I noticed they're ISO 800..
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Postby birddog114 on Mon Jul 25, 2005 10:18 pm

PlatinumWeaver wrote:This is why I was asking about the 500D a few months ago.. thought the combination would be nice for macro-ish work seeing as I couldn't justify/afford a dedicated Macro..

Some nice shots! Does the dropoff in light affect your shooting that much? I noticed they're ISO 800..


The Canon 500D is AU$200.00, better save up for the real macro lens!
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Postby nito on Mon Jul 25, 2005 10:20 pm

kerry, mate! That second shot is awesome! :D
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Postby PlatinumWeaver on Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:09 am

Birddog114 wrote:
PlatinumWeaver wrote:This is why I was asking about the 500D a few months ago.. thought the combination would be nice for macro-ish work seeing as I couldn't justify/afford a dedicated Macro..

Some nice shots! Does the dropoff in light affect your shooting that much? I noticed they're ISO 800..


The Canon 500D is AU$200.00, better save up for the real macro lens!


You said that last time. Notice that I haven't bought a lens in a while? :)
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Postby birddog114 on Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:30 am

PlatinumWeaver wrote:
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PlatinumWeaver wrote:This is why I was asking about the 500D a few months ago.. thought the combination would be nice for macro-ish work seeing as I couldn't justify/afford a dedicated Macro..

Some nice shots! Does the dropoff in light affect your shooting that much? I noticed they're ISO 800..


The Canon 500D is AU$200.00, better save up for the real macro lens!


You said that last time. Notice that I haven't bought a lens in a while? :)


How are you going with the Tamrom 90mm macro lens?
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Postby PlatinumWeaver on Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:41 am

It's very nice! The weather has been less than great down here though and I've found it difficult to get enough light onto the subject.. despite my fear of them, I took a few little shots of a spider that was running around outside the front of our house..
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Postby KerryPierce on Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:45 am

PlatinumWeaver wrote:Some nice shots! Does the dropoff in light affect your shooting that much? I noticed they're ISO 800..


Thanks for the kind words. :D

The 500d doesn't eat light like a TC does, so the light loss isn't very large. I've been running at various high ISOs to try to even out the lighting in the background. I can't make that work at the small apertures I use, so I'll probably drop back to 200 or maybe 400 to help conserve a little battery life in the flash.
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Postby KerryPierce on Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:45 am

Thanks to all for the very kind comments! :D 8)
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