Posts for: jkatpc
Dec 2, 2017 19:46:01 #
grtday wrote:
So...here are some samples of the 500+ shots. br Q... (show quote)
Did you edit these? They seem to have a very red overtone. The meat table looks like a lot of rare meat (which I would love!). With regard to flash, in my opinion anything except bouncing off the ceiling at that close range is going to be overpowering. Not sure you can dial down the power enough short of using high speed sync.
Dec 2, 2017 18:03:14 #
joehel2 wrote:
Great set, that lens with the 850 looks like a winning combination. The water in photo #1 is beautiful, it could have been its own great photo if no birds were present.
Thanks! I know, sometimes the water reflections are a beautiful painting themselves.
Dec 2, 2017 16:31:00 #
MikWar wrote:
Great shots -can't imagine they could get much sharper!
Thanks! It was better than I had hoped, given how heavy that lens is and prone to magnify any vibration.
Dec 2, 2017 16:30:05 #
jonjacobik wrote:
Beautiful shots. Looks like an excellent combination.
I have an album of pics called, "Before the Ducks Wake Up" - a good time to catch the critters.
I have an album of pics called, "Before the Ducks Wake Up" - a good time to catch the critters.
Thanks! Unfortunately, that's the time I wake up every day. Hard to take the military out of the man.
Dec 2, 2017 14:16:44 #
Just got my D850 this week so decided to take a couple shots in the back yard during the early morning hours. Not sure this lens resolves perfectly with the camera, but not too bad. I fine tuned the lens a little afterward against a tuning target. We'll see how it works with the super moon tomorrow night.
Dec 1, 2017 19:41:59 #
Nice! He'll keep you busy when he visits. I know my grandkids sure do.
Dec 1, 2017 19:39:57 #
Dec 1, 2017 05:43:25 #
YM Camera is third generation owned and operated. I guess the purpose of my post is to let anybody who's frustrated waiting on the big retailers that there is another option (after rereading my original post, it came off kind of braggy). I PMed them on Facebook, got an answer back almost immediately and ordered from their website.
Dec 1, 2017 05:38:41 #
BassmanBruce wrote:
Buy local = good!
Enjoy your new purchase.
Enjoy your new purchase.
Not quite local for me (Virginia Beach), but I like supporting small businesses.
Dec 1, 2017 05:37:43 #
joer wrote:
I sold my D810 in anticipation of getting the D850. It took a full three months to arrive. Meanwhile my D500 made the wait bearable.
I think my D500 will still get some use. I'm not digging the nearly $1000 additional cost to bring the D850 from 7 to 9 fps.
Nov 30, 2017 21:37:21 #
For those who may still be waiting on the big store lists, I had originally ordered a D850 from Adorama but no prospective delivery date on the horizon. Canceled and ordered through YM Camera, a small business out of Youngstown, OH on 11 November. Received my camera today (30 November). After ordering, I received emails from the store's VP letting me know the status (including an apology that he couldn't get me one from the batch he received a couple days after my order!). I'm liking the small business drive there.
Nov 25, 2017 07:09:13 #
Bill_de wrote:
I wonder if the first responder who said the Tokina was sharp but didn't like the focus had an early version with no motor. I don't think the D3300 has a motor in the body.
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The D3300 does not. I was thinking the same thing.
Nov 23, 2017 10:06:52 #
I have the Tokina 11-16 2.8 and it focuses sharp as heck on both D7200 and D500. Mine is an earlier lens without an autofocusing motor, so on your camera you would have to manual focus; however, with an ultrawide lens like that, you are focusing to infinity at about 6 feet, so manual focus is a no-brainer.
Nov 21, 2017 14:21:12 #
Are you referring to the optical viewfinder? If so, there is a little switch that closes it.
Nov 21, 2017 08:44:29 #
Most tripod mounting plates have a D-ring on them. Attach one to the bottom of your camera and tie a length of sturdy line to it with a loop at the bottom for your foot. Make sure you have enough line to that the camera can come up to your natural place for shooting (you can always loop and knot it if it's too long). After putting foot through loop, raise camera up. I think it's easier to fight gravity with tension than without.