Ignorant Nikon D series camera question

[---XR---]

Something else I should mention, is that most of my pics are shot in manual focus. It's a pain but it gives me more control than a lens that wants to focus on something other than the eye of the fish.

agreed, 90% of the shots i take presonally are in manual mode.

everything other than my wide angles and some macro's are shot manually.

I find it much more of a pain waiting for autofocus on some of my bigger lens's, when doing, action nature photography, such as with shooting animals or birds in the field. This all depends on the cam body and lens being used. But you'll most likely lose your shot, if your waiting for a medium-larger telephoto to focus on a low end, entry level DSLR body.

 

[rallysman]

That's odd. I've never had that problem

 

[---XR---]

does the d70s have the auto focus thing you guys were talking about??? how good is the d70s..I see 6.1 mp's and should i want more is that a bunch of hoopla???? im almost %90 im gonna get the d70s??? whats yall opinion??? Sorry michael on the derailment..Choo-choo

D70's and D70s's are great cams. Never had a problem with my D70.

You do get commander mode on the D70 bodies, and as stated before, when shooting remote flash, it's great to have.

Megapixels are the horsepower of the camera world, and IME and from what i've seen, people get WAY to caught up in them. Most people buying a 10 MP point and shoot for $100 at K-Mart don't understand MP's and Effective MP's. the Second is what you want.

6.1 will be plenty for your circumstance.

 

[---XR---]

That's odd. I've never had that problem

all dependent on lens aperture aswell. The lens and situation i was thinking of was a 80-400mm VR, not a 2.8 or faster lens.

my 180mm and 70-200 are 2.8's so there fine.

80-400's 5.6 on the long end...shot on a D70

 

[rallysman]

all dependent on lens aperture aswell. The lens and situation i was thinking of was a 80-400mm VR, not a 2.8 or faster lens.

my 180mm and 70-200 are 2.8's so there fine.

My general lens is a 28-200 3.5-5.6
I've captured some decent wildlife and sports photos. I also have an 17-50mm 2.8, but I only use it for fish and landscape pictures.

This is from my cheap used slow 28-200. For $100 I'm very happy with it.

 

[---XR---]

My general lens is a 28-200 3.5-5.6
I've captured some decent wildlife and sports photos. I also have an 17-50mm 2.8, but I only use it for fish and landscape pictures.

This is from my cheap used slow 28-200. For $100 I'm very happy with it.

i've got X's.

 

[rallysman]

i've got X's.

I hate my gallery.
Let me try to fix it.

Edit: Different pix as originally posted, same idea. They should work fine now

 

[Chaitika]

I didn't even get the x's, rally....

 

[---XR---]

My general lens is a 28-200 3.5-5.6
I've captured some decent wildlife and sports photos. I also have an 17-50mm 2.8, but I only use it for fish and landscape pictures.

This is from my cheap used slow 28-200. For $100 I'm very happy with it.

Excellent pics Rally, very impressive for a cheaper lens. Of course there will be varitiation with more expensive, faster, sharper lens's- but this is great work for what you have.

for example with a 70-200, this shot would be a total Frezz frame. There would be no shake on the ball, and no shake on the defensive linemen on the left side. Via- 2.8 aperture and Vibration reduction.

 

[rallysman]

Excellent pics Rally, very impressive for a cheaper lens. Of course there will be varitiation with more expensive, faster, sharper lens's- but this is great work for what you have.

for example with a 70-200, this shot would be a total Frezz frame. There would be no shake on the ball, and no shake on the defensive linemen on the left side. Via- 2.8 aperture and Vibration reduction.

I could have stopped it completely if I was shooting at ISO1600, but then there's that pesky noise thing. Stopping it down definitely would have helped let me use a faster shutter speed, but I'll live with a bit of blur (which IMO gives this picture "motion"). It's not worth a couple grand to me (an amateur).

Thanks for the compliments though