Leonard Shepherd

Although not always straightforward it is still not difficult to get a better quality image than a photo off a monitor onto a phone either by USB or using Cloud storage.

Without more detail it is difficult to comment; other than if the subject is one which AF cannot detect at all AF may not start and the beep does not sound. A sample image where AF has failed to ...

There is no such thing as a lens that is not up to X, Y or Z MP ;-) A higher MP sensor results in more image resolution with every lens used on it, just as every higher resolving lens results in ...

The proposed Nikon combination may not be perfect though in film days my long lens gear for Africa was 300 f2.8, TC 14E and 500 f4. Whether there are special manufacturing issues making a PF ...

Because of a mirror in both DX and FX bodies the suggested lens would have to a retro-focus design, with a similar number of elements and similar size forward facing lens elements to those for FX. ...

Nothing to do with the thread - but you are now on my ignore list.

Sorry I misread the figures on the site. 200-500 sales seem a little over 4 times those of the 300 PF.

There is a general consensus, in the UK at least, the first 2 Sony FX releases were not very good so early adaptors may have had the expense of upgrading twice to get the performance you talk of. I ...

This may be because, for the same focal length, the safe hand holding speed for sharp images, with or without VR needs to be higher on DX than FX.

We sometimes say in the UK some believe in fairies ;-) Whether or not Lens align is as good a target as you can get is separate to you are intended to use it with the sensor parallel to the ...

If nothing is happening gently cleaning the electric contacts on both the lens bayonet and in the camera body throat resolves many though not all AF issues.

Sometimes sales numbers speak louder than words :-D Roland Vinks site indicates about 220,000 copies of the 300 PF sold in 3 years and 5 months and around 95,000 copies of the 200-500 sold in 2 ...

Mainly garbage! The truth seems to be there was a problem with some bodies with lens serial numbers prior 5101. The service advisory https://www.nikonimgsupport.com/eu/BV_article?lang=en_GB&article ...

Lets agree to disagree on this relatively unimportant detail when using a 50mm f1.8 G ;-) The only point I make (not relative to the thread) is the aperture using dof preview can be seen to change ...

Another way of looking at the issue is few can play a piano to a good standard without lots of hours of practice. You seem relatively new to the challenges of bird photography. Were you too far ...

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A question - are these "infinity focus" shot problems with low contrast distant small detail? If yes your D750 User's manual clarifies AF may not work in these shooting condition. Manual focus does ...

For a like for like comparison USA prices do not include sales tax. In Europe including sales tax is mandatory. The Europe price on an apples to apples basis without sales tax is around 3,200 Euro ...

The gull shot is sharp (as in AF was reasonable) in the sense that the puffin shot is not sharp (probably poor AF performance). I agree even sharper should be possible. Using a long lens to good ...

My speculation is your granddaughter has some training as a dancer or ballerina, plus she is good looking and the lighting and location are good as well. I prefer the second shot as you can see her ...