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| Posted: Mon Sep 17th, 2018 17:22 |
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Iain
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Well done Eric, not an easy thing to catch.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 17th, 2018 17:28 |
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Eric
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Iain wrote:Well done Eric, not an easy thing to catch. Thanks Iain. Have you any experience with these ..... https://petapixel.com/2018/08/22/nikon-unveils-the-df-m1-a-dot-sight-for-super-telephoto-tracking/ Was wondering if it might help with BIF shots?
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| Posted: Mon Sep 17th, 2018 17:32 |
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Iain
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No I haven't but looks interesting
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| Posted: Mon Sep 17th, 2018 17:37 |
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Eric
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Iain wrote:No I haven't but looks interesting Curently only compatible wit the Coolpix P1000 but rumour has it that it could be rolled out to DSLRs You track the bird in the sight not the viewfinder. If the subject has the red spot on it the subject will be centre lens. 
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| Posted: Mon Sep 17th, 2018 17:40 |
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Iain
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I tend to do that with the centre spot anyway, if it going to be unpredictable I use 25 point.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 17th, 2018 17:47 |
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Eric
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Iain wrote:I tend to do that with the centre spot anyway, if it going to be unpredictable I use 25 point. Oops...I also use 25point not 9point, on the f1button 
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| Posted: Tue Sep 18th, 2018 01:11 |
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Robert
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Eric wrote:Robert wrote: Awww! Send me your postal I will pop my fisheye in the post to widen your horizons! 
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| Posted: Tue Sep 18th, 2018 01:38 |
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Robert
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I am aware of the dot sight. Basic principle. Used by shooters with guns, very accurate and easy, not dependent on eye position. In photography used to locate stars when setting up polar mount tracking devices. No need to go to the expense of the Nikon device, eBay for a tenner! Search for "holographic dot sight" I think the open ones are the best for photography but haven't used one myself (yet). The only slight issue is the flash shoe is a rather inaccurate way of mounting it. Ideally it would be best Araldited to the top of the lens, or a clamp slot for a rifle sight machined in the top of the lens? Even a couple of tie wraps would probably get the job done... Check out this thread... Same idea, better, less crude implementation. http://nikongear.net/revival/index.php/topic,7555.msg122483.html#msg122483
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| Posted: Tue Sep 18th, 2018 03:28 |
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Eric
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Robert wrote:Eric wrote: That's very generous of you Robert.  I am lying really ...as I have got a 16-85 DX lens as well. But I am taking this re-equipping sloooowly. I am happy the D500 with the 300mm and tc works for larger birds or closer positions. I see no point in going to the D850 just for this application, as I would have a heavier, more expensive camera that has bigger files and, as yet not proved to me that cropping its images to the DX size frame produces better images than the D500 out of the camera. But am prepared to be proven wrong. So my next birding purchase may be the 500mm P lens ...when it's available. That leaves the desire for an FX body for all other photography to be satiated. This COULD BE a Z camera. But it would need to be less frustrating in use and performance than other mirrorless bodies I've tried. If my cropping scepticism is proved wrong then a D850 MAYBE the obvious body to filfil both my uses. But then I have the issue of immediacy (mentioned on Z thread).... I don't want to be swopping wide angle and tele lenses in the field. So two bodies with the right lenses, is the answer....that ain't going to be two D850s!! I could suppress the FX urge and simply use the LUMIX FZ2000 for wide angle plus at a fraction of the price......in fact if I borrow Jan's, it's FREE.
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19th, 2018 12:31 |
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Graham Whistler
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We are now in our villa 3 km from Ronda in S Spain. We have Vultures gaining hight over us most days. Nikon D850 with my 80-400mm at full reach plus x1.4 1/1000 sec 650 ISO Attachment: Griffon Volture 1647jpg.jpg (Downloaded 11 times)
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