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Handheld experiment D800 some you will think I am crazy.

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Nikhil Mehta

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So after hearing all this crazy talk about how this camera is unforgiving etc. I decided to run some tests of my own. I decided to see if I could take a steady shot with a telephoto lens hand held.

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Hand Held

Sigma 120-300 OS - http://www.sigmaphoto.com/shop/120-300mm-f28-ex-dg-os-apo-hsm-sigma1

3KG lens + d800

Shutter speed: 1/25
Focal Length: 270mm
ISO: 400

Focus point was on the single hair.

Only processing done was white balance correction the rest are adobe defaults.

http://boinger.smugmug.com/Other/Silly-tests/22387615_J8SGXL# !i=1789542801&k=mVWBs94

100% crop

http://boinger.smugmug.com/Other/Silly-tests/22387615_J8SGXL# !i=1789542825&k=vp2rFqJ.jpg

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Okay, try this:

Pentacene, handheld, 240,000,000mm, f2.8, ISO 100...

 
I like that. How does it do on BIF?
 
I know. Just having a bit of fun.

Obviously, you did a good job, too.
 
Thanks for the reassuring post.Still waiting here for the D800E and the non stop delivery of messages telling about D800 focus issues got me worried.

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Neous said:
Your clothes are facing the wrong way... just saying
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You know he's right.
They are facing backwards. You must be single. :)
 
Nikhil Mehta said:
So after hearing all this crazy talk about how this camera is unforgiving etc. I decided to run some tests of my own. I decided to see if I could take a steady shot with a telephoto lens hand held.
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Seems impressive, but what we really need to see, is how this shot would look if a tripod were used. Without that comparison, it's difficult to judge what you've accomplished in this example.
 
konoplya said:
konoplya said:
It's a joke. It's a hilarious joke too. LOL
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...i know.. thats why i want to know so i can LOL as well :(
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A beautiful example of a non sequitur, very American form of humor. The response from the OP was what made me laugh. "LOL what do you mean?" :)

It's like a carpenter showing you his finished work and then you ask him why he felt compelled to use a left handed hammer?
 
Marianne Oelund said:
Nikhil Mehta said:
So after hearing all this crazy talk about how this camera is unforgiving etc. I decided to run some tests of my own. I decided to see if I could take a steady shot with a telephoto lens hand held.
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Seems impressive, but what we really need to see, is how this shot would look if a tripod were used. Without that comparison, it's difficult to judge what you've accomplished in this example.
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I don't agree. Acceptably sharp is acceptably sharp.

But, it would be interesting to know how easy that is to reproduce. Being able to get a sharp shot at 1/25s is not so interesting if you can only do it 10% of the time.

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fabgo said:
I don't agree. Acceptably sharp is acceptably sharp.
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If you think it's "acceptably sharp," then that's fine - but only for you. Do not expect others to subscribe to your standards.

I happen to think that the camera can do much better than this, and I'd like to see (it may just be a limitation of the optics; I own the previous 120-300 version and I would only rate it as "good").
 
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