Brandon birder

Good summary Pete. I think this mirrors my experience too.

Looks more modern but my email uploader won't work. Anyone else got this problem?

Al, whereas I realise you have had a bad experiences with your 80-400(s), I do not think 2 of the combinations you mention are sharper than the 80-400. I don't know about the current 50-500, but I...

Excellent image with good DOF choice.

Excellent image of yours Craig in spite of the brightness. We are blessed :-)) with rubbish weather here in the UK unlike your wonderfully sunny state.

Not sure. It was a WB of 4763K if that helps.

I've had both and the D7100 is much better especially as you one day want to shoot sport and wildlife. You can get other lenses as and when you can afford them.

Firstly I agree that raw is usually best. However I have been using a D7100 in jpeg only as there is no Aperture 3 raw converter and using  viewnx disrupts my workflow. I have taken more care to...

Daisy, I don't think that's true these days. Modern editors just save the changed blocks within a jpeg. Sure if you reedit the same little bit over and over it will degrade but in general, not an...

I'm waiting too. Using this time to test the jpeg engine out thoroughly in the field. It's not bad actually but shadow control is limited so exposing a bit to the right if I can. Will be glad to...

Prahar Hi.  If you shoot birds you crop a lot and will see noise. Get yourself some good noise reduction, dfine2, denoise2, or even light rooms built in one and you can go to ISP 2500. There is a...

I would agree with much of what Craig has said. The V1 is not good for birds in flight with the FT1. The 30-110 lens works well for birds in flight but they need to be large and near. However in...

Not sure about the names but my 65 mb/s lexar cf is faster than my 95 mb/s sandisk SD. David Galbraiths database showed this a year or so ago and it informed my buying decision. I got these cards...

Don't know the answer to your question but if you haven't tried a CF card you should. The performance is noticeably faster than an equivalent SD card. This means that buffers empty quicker and that...

Surely that's why VR should work however high the shutter speed. The flash sync speed is the maximum speed at which the shutter fully opens and fully closes. This speed is well within the...

The sensor in the D800E right now. Best resolution, dynamic range, shadow recovery and near besthigh iso for FX. The D7100 sensordrove DX though this is close as the D7000 sensor has better shadow...

Very nice set Rudy.

Here you go. It's a 50% crop. Link to various size images http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon_birder/8713347415/in/photostream Web reduced image of a Common Whitethroat in May blossoms  I think...

You are right. I have seen  feather tips do this many times. Not so weird though as this helps reduce turbulence. This has been borrowed by the aircraft industry. Modern jets have wing tips which...

3 is very nice with good action, detail, pose and point of view. Just needs a good crop. I feel inspired.