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Best setting for spot on sharp flight pix use at least 1/1600sec. Forget 51 point as it lets camera go even if not quite sharp, use 9 point or if your skill is good single point always gives spot on sharpness if your aim is good!
My 80-400mm AF-S is very sharp for static pix, as my lens tests show but experts tell me it's auto focus is not quick enough for 100% good results of flight pixs of birds. Fast auto focus will be slowed up even more with x1.4 Mk 3 converter.
Now the bad news for me is D810 will never be camera of choice for fast action photography. Partly because the small battery can not really power a long lens as well as full pro camera like D4S. I have cured this a fair bit by fitting the extra battery grip MB-D12. The camera now has the feel of my old friend the D3X. This has helped a lot. Now with 9 focus points and extra battery power results are getting there as with this seagull pix. I am told the big Nikon lenses has much quicker focus reaction than my 80-400mm.ie I would do a lot better with a 500mm f4 Nikon latest lens!
There is no doubt that the D810 is super for studio and landscape photography but now I lust for a 500mm F4 Nikon lens and an F4 body for my bird photography!
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Last edited on Thu Jul 2nd, 2015 04:41 by Graham Whistler
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