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Michael J.
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Awesome shots Mike - Love them all - so colorful and impressive
Its back on the gulls,at least i can rely on them being there when i need to test something,a while ago i returned a secondhand D7000 because i was having focus problems with my sigma lens,the same thing happened to day so i returned the lens for exchange.
The other test was more a going back after having to admit defeat and start using a tripod , must be too old to manage the long lens hand held,tried the benbo today but think i will have to look for a new tripod,just need a couple of months to pull the funds together as i guess a good light one could be expensive.
The other test was more a going back after having to admit defeat and start using a tripod , must be too old to manage the long lens hand held,tried the benbo today but think i will have to look for a new tripod,just need a couple of months to pull the funds together as i guess a good light one could be expensive.
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Its back on the gulls,at least i can rely on them being there when i need to test something,a while ago i returned a secondhand D7000 because i was having focus problems with my sigma lens,the same thing happened to day so i returned the lens for exchange.
The other test was more a going back after having to admit defeat and start using a tripod , must be too old to manage the long lens hand held,tried the benbo today but think i will have to look for a new tripod,just need a couple of months to pull the funds together as i guess a good light one could be expensive.
Mike, the longer the focal length you are shooting the faster shutter speed you will need to eliminate movement and that is even more important on a 1.5 crop sensor. If you can take a picture that satisfies you when on a tripod or resting on something then the problem is not the camera or the lens but the settings and your technique. Lets go to the long end of your lens and say that you are shooting at 400mm with a crop factor of 1.5 you are effectively shooting at 600mm. As a rule of thumb I would shoot at a minimum of 1 1/2 times the focal length that you are shooting at, so if you are at 400mm times the 1.5 crop factor = 600mm and then you multiply that effective focal length times 1 1/2 so you can hand hold your shot you should be shooting at the minimum shutter speed of around 1/1000 second. If you have trouble with your hands not being steady it needs to be even higher. This may require you to bump up the ISO enough to achieve these settings. If you cannot get a fast enough shutter speed for the focal length you are shooting it won't matter what camera or lens you are using.
Check and see what the shutter speeds you have been shooting at and let me know if you don't mind.
Jeff the problem with the lens was shall we say focus stutter,it behaved as if you where at its closest focusing point so stuttered back and forth rather than snap into focus and hold it,it first happened just after i bought the secondhand D7000 so i thought it was the camera and exchanged it for a new one,then last weekend it did it a couple of times and this morning it was hopeless,so took it back to the dealer and it actually did it for him so he exchanged it.
The need for a tripod with this lens goes beyond shutter speed, most of the time i just no longer have the ability to hold it any where near steady,problems with my right shoulder,left elbow and old age
mean i have the camera set on higher iso than i really want to use any way to try for the high shutter speeds.
After saying that the dealer told me to take the camera and new lens out side to check it was working ok,i shot a few things hand held and they where sharper than i have been getting so am now wondering if the old lens had OS problems as well as focus problems.
Going to take the new one out tomorrow for some handheld and tripod tests and will report back but at 1.6kg without the camera i do find it heavy after a hour or so.
mike
The need for a tripod with this lens goes beyond shutter speed, most of the time i just no longer have the ability to hold it any where near steady,problems with my right shoulder,left elbow and old age
mean i have the camera set on higher iso than i really want to use any way to try for the high shutter speeds.After saying that the dealer told me to take the camera and new lens out side to check it was working ok,i shot a few things hand held and they where sharper than i have been getting so am now wondering if the old lens had OS problems as well as focus problems.
Going to take the new one out tomorrow for some handheld and tripod tests and will report back but at 1.6kg without the camera i do find it heavy after a hour or so.
mike
Jeff the problem with the lens was shall we say focus stutter,it behaved as if you where at its closest focusing point so stuttered back and forth rather than snap into focus and hold it,it first happened just after i bought the secondhand D7000 so i thought it was the camera and exchanged it for a new one,then last weekend it did it a couple of times and this morning it was hopeless,so took it back to the dealer and it actually did it for him so he exchanged it.
The need for a tripod with this lens goes beyond shutter speed, most of the time i just no longer have the ability to hold it any where near steady,problems with my right shoulder,left elbow and old age
After saying that the dealer told me to take the camera and new lens out side to check it was working ok,i shot a few things hand held and they where sharper than i have been getting so am now wondering if the old lens had OS problems as well as focus problems.
Going to take the new one out tomorrow for some handheld and tripod tests and will report back but at 1.6kg without the camera i do find it heavy after a hour or so.
mike
Well I am glad you have it figured out. I have a friend that has hands that shake all the time and it is a challenge for him to take sharp pictures. I have exceptionally steady hands and have handheld shots at one full second that were very sharp using my D7000. I have noticed on my D600 that it is a lot tougher to get handheld shots with my 70-200VR while using my 2x converter. You would think it would be easier due to the fact you are eliminating the 1.5 crop factor but it isn't. I have no trouble with this combination while on my D7000 but with the D600 it works much better using my tripod.
I am a little younger than you are, I will be 61 on Wednesday. And working on the same problems.
Michael J.
Senior Member
mike, your photo gone to seed is awesome