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Well, the second copy was sharp on the camera so problem solved for now:).  Someone else will purchase the first lens and the loop continues. Sample variation has been a problem for quite some ...

I'm not seeing it.  I think your referring to depth of field.  It looks like these were shot in shutter mode with the high apertures and high shutter speeds.  Still, the eyes are sharp and shows ...

What a beautiful place thanks for sharing! Ray

Excellent shooting Tom! Only one suggestion to shoot the planes with props at a lower speed to show the motion.   Hard to pan and  do this but just takes practice. Nice work! Ray

Nice shots!  I wish I had these guys in my neck of the woods. Ray

My 300mm f2.8 VR1 that I still own was doing that when manually focusing.  It had gotten dry of lube and I sent it to Nikon and they fixed her all up good as new without the noise. They also ...

Congrats on the D810 it's my favorite DSLR!   The image you posted doesn't look that sharp but could be some back focus.    The branch on the far right coming up from the bottom looks sharper than ...

I'm glad you had patience these are a joy to view.  Excellent detail and exposure, but missing exif info and would like to know what your captured these with. Ray

So you're shooting a target at 850mm with your FX camera set to DX crop mode.  Now we are 1.5x cropped and without having to go to our computer to verify focus/sharpness while viewing on the lcd ...

Do you have a long telephoto lens if so try it.  Its much easier to verify the results specially, if you're testing in an area without ample room. Ray

This is a very reliable way to test for front or back focusing.  I do the same but use only 3 batteries staggered evenly apart so the cameras focal point will not be fooled into focusing on the ...

Keep the D7000 for your sons sports images and use the D810 for everything else. A D810 coupled with only the 80-200 is not going to be enough reach for you IMO.  You might take a look at a D750 ...

You can replace the eye piece.  I forget what mine is but it's like a 2x magnification I love it.  I shoot a 600mm VR lens with a TC14eIII with excellent detail and sharpness virtually no loss in ...

Nikon D810 with TC14eIII on the 600mm VR about a 50 percent crop using UNIWB.

One more thing Jim is it could be a dirty af sensor.   You might try blowing it off and also cleaning your contacts just in case. Ray

Hello Jim, You probably have focus tracking with lock-on set to off or on a low setting  perhaps try the normal setting or higher.  Yep even with stationary objects not just bif.  This way even ...

D810 and 600mm VR with TC14eIII.

Testing the 600mm VR lens with the TC14eIII converter on a Nikon D810 and monopod.

This image looks excellent for sharpness with the D810.  It could be your d750 requires some af fine tuning. Ray

550mm @ 1/40th of a second not to bad.  I don't think he used a tripod. Ray