Nikon's names for all of their 300mm f4(ish) lenses are all so similar, I thought I would put the year in the title for clarity.
Just came today. My camera is only a week old, but I am hot for some moon pictures!
Honestly, I thought I was getting the AF-S when I ordered it, but that just shows my newbishness. No matter, it is a fine lens, and will do what I want, which is spend most of it's time on a tripod. If I do get away from there, I have my hiking staff/monopod.
So I snapped a few pictures:
The flag is across the street, two doors down,
The Chateau is in my next door neighbor's back yard,
The tree is one that I photographed earlier with the kit lens, and wasn't too happy with the sharpness. This lens brings them right in!
The purple bush is across the street the other direction, again two doors down.
And the lawn tractor is across the street, slightly to the right. I decided to set the camera on "S", and I cranked the aperture all the way down to 32, and the camera compensated by cranking the ISO way up! Lots of noise in the picture.
Just came today. My camera is only a week old, but I am hot for some moon pictures!
Honestly, I thought I was getting the AF-S when I ordered it, but that just shows my newbishness. No matter, it is a fine lens, and will do what I want, which is spend most of it's time on a tripod. If I do get away from there, I have my hiking staff/monopod.
So I snapped a few pictures:
The flag is across the street, two doors down,
The Chateau is in my next door neighbor's back yard,
The tree is one that I photographed earlier with the kit lens, and wasn't too happy with the sharpness. This lens brings them right in!
The purple bush is across the street the other direction, again two doors down.
And the lawn tractor is across the street, slightly to the right. I decided to set the camera on "S", and I cranked the aperture all the way down to 32, and the camera compensated by cranking the ISO way up! Lots of noise in the picture.
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