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Feb 4, 2024 09:36:58   #
EJMcD wrote:
You don't think that portrait could have been done just as well or maybe even better with today's quality short range f2.8 zoom?


Doesn’t matter what the facts are, people believe that somehow the mundane is made glorious by esoterica
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Feb 3, 2024 09:29:39   #
User ID wrote:
The bigger the gear the duller the pix. Its a rather definitive quotient, clearly observable throughout photography. Your denial of that hints that you lean toward the bigger gear.


No you’re confusing that with: the finer the recording the more pedestrian the performance, audiophile rule #1.

Size is irrelevant, 8x10 film is big, much bigger than 35mm, bigger tripod, bigger camera, bigger lens, Digital FF is bigger than MFT, the difference is quite measurable if not readily visually apparent, Fast primes are larger than slow ones, yet the fast ones are generally superior. Your argument is nonsense.
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Jan 30, 2024 14:19:01   #
My first choice $ no object, D850 and 80-400 lens, second choice would be D500 with the 200-500, For the record I have the D850 and the AF-D 80-400, but I use the 80-400 solely on my D300S. Cuz I'm cheap and I don't want to damage expensive equipment on my travails


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Jan 30, 2024 08:30:36   #
Bill_de wrote:
With a smaller sensor from the same position, you won't have to crop as much.

Six of one, half dozen of the other

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Better to have the megapixels and not need them, than to need the megapixels and not have them, by that I mean, D850, I would recommend the D500 only if you did birds due to the autofocus, but the D850 gives you all that and more pixels than you will ever need. I shoot Jpeg med (27mgpix) and they are exquisite. The downsizing of the jpeg reduces noise as a design bonus!
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Jan 23, 2024 11:24:14   #
Unless absolute speed is necessary, or depth of field control is critical, then fast glass isn’t necessary, F8 and be there. In the film daze it was different when your top asa was 64, that’s when I learned to love the 35-70 f2.8
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Jan 23, 2024 11:22:16   #
The lens I used the most on my Crop sensor Nikon was the 24-120, any of the iterations, the VR was a game changer. The 16-80 and 16-85 are both great, the 35-70 is superb on full frame but just too limited, I use mine for weddings. If you have a clean one, set it aside. I’ve tried Tamron and Sigma, never had a problem, just couldn’t get into them.
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Jan 18, 2024 09:37:17   #
Unquestionably an upgrade if only for the VR and the range. I’ve had and used both the 35-70 f2.8 and the 16-80, I can’t tell the difference visually, except where lower shutter speeds gave the nod to the VR lens.
I no longer have the 16-80 as I went to ff and the 24-120, I like it better but could live with the APS-C Nikon sensor and the 16-80 quite happily.
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Jan 16, 2024 07:26:02   #
JPEG
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Jan 10, 2024 08:28:48   #
Get a D700. Built like a brick they are indestructible. They had a used one here at Dodd for $250. 12 mpx is plenty, low light is great, superb autofocus so sports is great, wildlife and landscapes are great. Nothing goes wrong with them, reliability and dependability are without peer. I have and use two of them and have had one fall, with me 4’ onto icy highway, no damage.
It all depends on your available $$$, a used D700 will allow you to get into good glass cheap. Get a 24-120 VR for $100 and for less than $500 you can do anything. Get a 50 f1.8 or some older manual focus glass, the D700 plays very well a 35mm f2 ai-s.
For comparison I have a D850. It’s a wonder horse. But every picture taken with it could have just as well been taken with a D700.
Mpx above 6 and low noise above iso 800 are all that’s needed today, everything else is extra. And unless you regularly print above 11x17 you will be fine. BTW, my D850 did Not survive a fall from 3’ onto a Runway apron during a shoot, I believe based on previous experience that my D700 would have.
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Jan 3, 2024 09:04:11   #
I love my 80-400 af-d. yes it is a bit slow to focus, but for what I paid, it’s a great lens. If money were no object I would be most tempted on the G version, the 200-500 is a long honker too long for me, but a great lens, however the range on the 80-400 is pretty ideal.
If you have the money then get the G version, but you’ll be happy with the D. Most of the guys who pop-poo lenses do so because of others, and not their own experience.
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Dec 25, 2023 16:19:08   #
I disturbed the atmosphere…just now
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Dec 21, 2023 07:46:40   #
I love my 80-400 AF-D lens, I keep it on a D300s for now, killer cheap combo.
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Dec 14, 2023 10:29:45   #
This last week, same thing happened to me, my Oly ‘em-5 would focus but not clear in viewfinder, figured it out pretty quick but was momentarily alarmed
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Dec 10, 2023 09:51:56   #
billnikon wrote:
Campus Camera in Kent Ohio. It is maned by one person. Daniel does all my show prints.
campuscameralab@hotmail.com


My long term go to Camera Store, so rare, so precious
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Dec 10, 2023 07:03:21   #
ATxGuy wrote:
Where do you go to produce hard copies (prints) of your pics? Shutterfly?


I go to my den/office. I love to try different papers as the photo might suggest. It’s my ultimate goal, and my Canon Pixma Pro is wonderful at prints on 13x19 size paper, and it awes me to see the results that are possible with a push if a button.
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