These are cropped quite a bit, John. ; I sorely missed the DX crop factor which would have given me an added 200mm to 600mm. ; At f/5.6, the 80-400VR is not a fast lens so I use it when the conditions are right as it was last weekend.
Yep, my 55-300mm is the same, good in ideal conditions. ; I am still considering getting a 1.4x tele for it. ; Borrowed Howie's one day and was amazed at how close my shots were, and not in the best of light either.
The Nikon 80-400VR does not AF with a teleconverter. ; The lost of 1 to 2 stops of light really hurts a slow lens for AF. My ideal replacement lens for the 80-400 would be a 100-500VR AF-S with the same variable aperture of 4.5 to 5.6. ; I think asking for f/4 would probably raise the cost out of my range.
Yep, I was shooting at f/8 at best that day, more like f/11 most of the time. ; I dont know much about lenses, but I can imagine the f/4 has four digits, which is totally not in my realm these days.
John the nikon 300 f4 is also a great lens. with the 1.4 it is 630mm at f 5.6 on the D7000. keep an eye out for one used. the af-s one focuses very fast and it is a very very sharp lens here is a pic I took of Suzy with it wide open http://www.flickr.com/photos/ac209/5948284212/in/set-72157625197642400/lightbox/ I have seen it used for 850 and that was the af-s version
Prepped and Ready to Go. Space Shuttle Enterprise in the James S. McDonnel Space Hanger of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport back on April 1, 2012. Today, NASA released a photo of the Enterprise being towed out of this hanger and will soon be moved to New York City (flight is currently scheduled for April 23rd) and will do flyovers of famous NYC landmarks including the Statue of Liberty.
Tripods and Monopods Not Allowed? ; Click below to learn about an alternative. I believe Tim is familiar with the kind of magic I used. No Tripods, No Monopods, No Problems by Scottwdw
Scott, I'm planning a multi-day trip to the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio this fall. This may be the answer to my needs. Heck, if there's nothing available to clamp it to, I can mount it on my cane, and presto, instant monopod. They can't object to that! Erich
I wasn't sure if anyone noticed my new Avatar photo, so I thought I would post this here. Thanks Tim!
You know....you could make some cool long exposure shots and/or videos that way. ; Sort of a Google car for the parks. ; ;D
