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Lotus, dragonflies, and birds

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It's tough shooting dragonflies with the 105 Micro, but it can be done.

The two lenses have different applications, but in my opinion the 300/4 AFS is a more versatile lens for field work. So is the 200 AF Micro, for that matter. Just my opinion, of course.

Ron
Lennart said:
Ron Reznick said:
Shot at the largest Lotus bed in the USA at Echo Park, 300mm f/4 AFS.

http://www.digital-images.net/Gallery/D1h/EchoPark/echopark.html

example image from the page: Dragonfly on Lotus bud



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A Great photo! Perhaps I shall return my 105 micro? I own a 300 f/4
ED(non afs), its seems to be a good lens. I must testing it when I
got my
D100.
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This is 50%-resized and cropped -- a 50%-resize is 1000 x 656, this is 800x600 so you can deduce the cropping percentage. I was maybe 6 feet or a little less from the subject. Late afternoon light, diffused through the reflections off of the lotus leaves and water. I used a bit of fill-flash: -1.2EV direct flash, matrix metering.

Ron
Joe Hoddinott said:
Ron Reznick said:
[chuckle]

Gotcha again, eh Joe?

:^)

Ron
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Most deffinitely!

I have to ask. Is this the full framed shot? I'm also curious
about the lighting... flash - reflector? How about distance from
the subject?

I'm so full of questions and curiosities!

Thanks!

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Ron,

I'm thinking to change my old 601 for a digital one (D100?). I see you have a certain experience with the digital staff and I have to recognize, you have a collection of nice (composition, color palette and sharpness) fotos. What do you reproach to the new-come D100? And what are you expecting from the next D2?

Bogdan.
Ron Reznick said:
John and I were just talking yesterday about the plethora of D100
posts. Personally, that camera has some limitations that reduce
it's value for me. I think I'll be waiting for the "D2".

Ron
John Mitchell said:
dannv said:
...make a post without the word 'D100' in it somewhere!

you should at least have claimed to have taken it with a D100. ;)
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Dav,
Now that IS a funny post. I smiled and almost laughed out loud when
I saw it. Ron probably just forgot to say he took it with the D1h
because his D100 hasn't arrived yet and.....he probably wanted to
know if the D100 advertised on Ebay for $1100 is legitimate.
Thanks for the laugh.
John Mitchell
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The D100's flash sync speed at max 1/180 will limit the capabilities of fill-flash for action work and/or with longer lenses hand-held; the max shutter speed of 1/4000 will occasionally limit the maximum aperture that could be used in certain bright-light situations; the slower AF motor might be a problem with certain lenses I like to use (not sure about that one); the 3fps limit is not too bad, but it would occasionally be limiting for me... but after working with a faster camera again (that has a tremendously large buffer), I think that anything too much less than that would limit my capabilities in action shoots. Beyond that, mostly what I'd worry about is longevity of the mechanicals -- I shoot quite a lot. My first D1 body had 110,000+ frames on it in a year, my second had 15,000 or so in a couple of months... my D1x had well over 50,000 frames in 9 months, and the D1h, while not getting quite as much use yet, is still required to do 500-700 shots on a major shooting day and 200-300 on an average shoot. I'm worried that the D100 could not withstand more than a year or so of that sort of shutter-cycling.

I expect the "D2" will offer 5-6 fps, a fairly large buffer, a larger CCD with 8MP density (uninterpolated), and beyond that I'm sure they are going to surprise us with something very special in their new flagship camera. They've been working on this for quite some time (the D1x and D1h were basically upgrades to the D1 -- I'm assuming that the new body will be a quantum leap). They have to make a major improvement to provide the market with a "1d killer" and put Nikon well above the competition again. It's possible that this is wishful thinking, but I do not expect it will be far from the mark, and I'm sure they are going to offer some very special things in this new body. They really have to if they expect to get a lot of the current market to upgrade.

Ron
Bogdan said:
Bogdan.
Ron Reznick said:
John and I were just talking yesterday about the plethora of D100
posts. Personally, that camera has some limitations that reduce
it's value for me. I think I'll be waiting for the "D2".

Ron
John Mitchell said:
dannv said:
...make a post without the word 'D100' in it somewhere!

you should at least have claimed to have taken it with a D100. ;)
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Dav,
Now that IS a funny post. I smiled and almost laughed out loud when
I saw it. Ron probably just forgot to say he took it with the D1h
because his D100 hasn't arrived yet and.....he probably wanted to
know if the D100 advertised on Ebay for $1100 is legitimate.
Thanks for the laugh.
John Mitchell
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I've nothing constructive to add except that ALL of the shots in that gallery are astounding. Way to set the bar!
 
Hi Ron,

Have you used a D100 yourself? Will it be able to produce the same quality pictures you produced with your D1h? What do you anticipate to be the principle differences?

What impressed me most of your pictures is it's sharpness. How do expect D100 to compare with the D1h in this respect? Is the resizing part of getting the pictures so sharp?

Sincere congratulations with you impressive work!

Petertxu
 
Peter, I haven't used a D100 yet. If Nikon wants me to give it a whirl I'll test the heck out of one for them, but I'm not planning on buying one to try it out (I'm waiting for the next-generation pro body).

I would assume that the image quality will be quite good though. The bar has been raised... but I cannot comment on something I have no experience with. The only things that would make me stay away from it are some of the limitations engineered into the body that differentiate it from the pro bodies (check the specs).

Ron
Petertxu said:
Hi Ron,

Have you used a D100 yourself? Will it be able to produce the same
quality pictures you produced with your D1h? What do you anticipate
to be the principle differences?

What impressed me most of your pictures is it's sharpness. How do
expect D100 to compare with the D1h in this respect? Is the
resizing part of getting the pictures so sharp?

Sincere congratulations with you impressive work!

Petertxu
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