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Marvin Jansen said:
Hi Pete, I think I remember you shooting a Kodak 720x or 620x at
races. What do you use and like best?
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It was the 620, but that went away when the Nikon D1 came out.

Crooks in France stole all my Nikon stuff... and insurance didn't really cover it all, so replaced with D100 and Sigma 15-30, Nikkor 28-200. I left the 80-400VR at home so still have that.

Added a Sigma Fisheye as I had a magazine job come up that requested a fisheye shot.

Haven't bought film in years.

I also shoot with the reliable 50 .14, 85 1.8, 80-200 2.8 (have my 300 F4 on ebay right now along with 35-135).

Dust collecting on my Nikkor Mirror 500 and 1000 mm lenses... gotta drag 'em out and try some really looooooooooong lens stuff again.

Semi retired (got tired of flying every weekend)!!!
 
I don't mean to be critical, but they don't seem to be very sharp. Camera movement?
 
Has anyone asked Nikon whether the D1 buffer memory could be upgraded as with the D1x?

Could be very interesting...
Ike said:
Ken Mai said:
A Nikon D1 goes for about $1800 right now. There are some issues
with the camera, but there is a lot of built-up knowledge about it,
so there are workarounds for the problems. It can shoot 4.5fps
(nearly as much as the D1h's 5fps) and has the same resolution as
the D1h.

You can of course shoot sports with the S1, D100, or D60, but they
all are a little lacking in the autofocus speed and fps department.
However, a skilled shooter could do fine, since it's not like we
always had cameras that could shoot 8 fps and autofocus in a split
second. I've even heard that long, long ago people had to focus by
hand and could only shoot 1 fps. It's nice to live in modern
times though ...
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Yes D1 has a significant upgrade, it is called D1H. The question here is if D1x+Ram upgrade would be good for sport.Can it compete with 1D?
Brian Mosley said:
Could be very interesting...
Ike said:
Ken Mai said:
A Nikon D1 goes for about $1800 right now. There are some issues
with the camera, but there is a lot of built-up knowledge about it,
so there are workarounds for the problems. It can shoot 4.5fps
(nearly as much as the D1h's 5fps) and has the same resolution as
the D1h.

You can of course shoot sports with the S1, D100, or D60, but they
all are a little lacking in the autofocus speed and fps department.
However, a skilled shooter could do fine, since it's not like we
always had cameras that could shoot 8 fps and autofocus in a split
second. I've even heard that long, long ago people had to focus by
hand and could only shoot 1 fps. It's nice to live in modern
times though ...
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I use my D100 for sports all the time. I have done indoor, outdoor, good light, bad light and even some aerial photography with it. I shoot a lot of equestrian (Hunter Jumper), barrel racing, motorcycle racing, some hockey and soccer. So far it's worked beautifully and my customers are very happy with their prints. Not sure why everyone says a D100 can't be used or isn't good for sports photography? I suppose if you were a staff shooter for Sport Illustrated you would need a D1X class rig but for the average sports shooter selling prints, images or web stuff, I think the D100 works great. At least it does for me.


eike said:
Hello,
which one is the best DSLR in the pricelevel round abput the S2,
D60 and D100 for Sportspictures?
I want to be one and want to make a good investment. So please help
me.
Thanks
Eike
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Great shot. What ISO,f and speed? Do you have problem with shutter lag? has it happened that you "run out of shots", meanning the camera can't clear the ram fast enough when you "machine gun" shooting?
Darrel said:

eike said:
Hello,
which one is the best DSLR in the pricelevel round abput the S2,
D60 and D100 for Sportspictures?
I want to be one and want to make a good investment. So please help
me.
Thanks
Eike
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I have a lot of fun with my D100 and feel it is more than acceptable for sport shooting. It doesn’t have the focusing capabilities of the D1X/H nor their fps and buffer capacity, but it seems to focus fast enough to get acceptable shots when used with an AFS lens. It also costs quite a bit less.

Notice the sand and rubber kicked up as the ball bounces off the field turf, at first I was worried it was dust on my CCD.

 
Nice shot George!! I don't have an AFS lens but never seem to have trouble capturing the action I want. I'm using the Nikkor 80-200D AF and a 28-105D AF.
George R Holland said:
I have a lot of fun with my D100 and feel it is more than
acceptable for sport shooting. It doesn’t have the focusing
capabilities of the D1X/H nor their fps and buffer capacity, but it
seems to focus fast enough to get acceptable shots when used with
an AFS lens. It also costs quite a bit less.

Notice the sand and rubber kicked up as the ball bounces off the
field turf, at first I was worried it was dust on my CCD.

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George R Holland said:
I have a lot of fun with my D100 and feel it is more than
acceptable for sport shooting. It doesn’t have the focusing
capabilities of the D1X/H nor their fps and buffer capacity, but it
seems to focus fast enough to get acceptable shots when used with
an AFS lens. It also costs quite a bit less.

Notice the sand and rubber kicked up as the ball bounces off the
field turf, at first I was worried it was dust on my CCD.

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George - nice action shot, and an interesting shot because of the uniform's color!

I'm going to assume the flesh tones are pretty accurate (chances are, this is a pretty good assumption). I have a question about the "purple" uniform in the picture - is the color of the uniform accurate? Is is very (extremely) accurate?

The reason I ask the question is there has always been a minor issue with Canon's interpretation (or ability to produce) the color purple. For example, a Minesota Viking's jersey would appear "blue" instead of purple. Now, I personally don't care about the Minesota Vikings jersey (guess who is a Detroit Lions fan), but I am a little concerned about purple turning into blue. One of the guys in the Canon forum that owns a 1D noted the purple issue (son's baseball uniform), and the fact that "all" Canon cameras seemed to have the same problem. When I say "all", I'm quoting the individual; he rattled off the D60 and a couple of Canon prosumer models that had a similar problem. I saw the 1D purple issue on a picture he posted of his son on the pitching mound - I did not see any of the other pictures/cameras he alluded to regarding the "purple is blue" issue.

I realize my question is a little "off the wall", but it really is important to me (IMO, it should be important to a lot of folks). Thanks in advance for your reply - I appreciate your input.

Sincerely,

Joe Kurkjian

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The purple is pretty accurate. This was a fairly bright sunny day so there is quite a bit of natural contrast. There are some games where the uniform has more of a blue appearance but that is due to my using similar settings regardless of lighting. in most cases i feel the color is very close. Here is the next shot taken a split second latter. Notice the eyes, of course seen better in the full size version.


J A K said:
George - nice action shot, and an interesting shot because of the
uniform's color!

I'm going to assume the flesh tones are pretty accurate (chances
are, this is a pretty good assumption). I have a question about
the "purple" uniform in the picture - is the color of the uniform
accurate? Is is very (extremely) accurate?

The reason I ask the question is there has always been a minor
issue with Canon's interpretation (or ability to produce) the color
purple. For example, a Minesota Viking's jersey would appear
"blue" instead of purple. Now, I personally don't care about the
Minesota Vikings jersey (guess who is a Detroit Lions fan), but I
am a little concerned about purple turning into blue. One of the
guys in the Canon forum that owns a 1D noted the purple issue
(son's baseball uniform), and the fact that "all" Canon cameras
seemed to have the same problem. When I say "all", I'm quoting the
individual; he rattled off the D60 and a couple of Canon prosumer
models that had a similar problem. I saw the 1D purple issue on a
picture he posted of his son on the pitching mound - I did not see
any of the other pictures/cameras he alluded to regarding the
"purple is blue" issue.

I realize my question is a little "off the wall", but it really is
important to me (IMO, it should be important to a lot of folks).
Thanks in advance for your reply - I appreciate your input.

Sincerely,

Joe Kurkjian

http://www.pbase.com/jkurkjia
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The 1D is hands down the best dslr for sports ... expensive but worth every penny.
eike said:
Hello,
which one is the best DSLR in the pricelevel round abput the S2,
D60 and D100 for Sportspictures?
I want to be one and want to make a good investment. So please help
me.
Thanks
Eike
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