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I've had the D600 for less than a month, having moved from the D300s. I was going to run both bodies for a while, keeping the 300 for when I wanted the crop and faster AF for wildlife and suchlike. I always had a slight niggle going from the 300s to the 600 as they are different level bodies and...

Well I've had the 600 for a week now having previously used the D300s (I still have that one in the bag for now). Very quick summary: Autofocus - Not a patch on the D300, especially in low light/contrast. No big surprise. It's fine but so far but not as quick or accurate. It hunts in low...

I went to a studio open day today and got a chance to take some pictures of their model. It was good to use some proper lights with the pocket wizard triggers. It's also nice to have someone who is happy to have their picture taken as the family all hide when I get the camera out. I'm still...

After my recent post about not buying a D800 and going full frame because I love my D300s, I've just ordered a D600. This did not surprise anybody that knows me although in fairness I'm saving an awful lot off the street price so I'm not taking much of a risk if it doesn't work out. After much...

I recently talked myself into staying with the 300s for the time being and spend time improving the thing holding the camera. This was after an in depth look at the D800 and all that would entail including a PC upgrade. Yesterday my friend offered me a D600 at a silly price as he gets industry...

I took this with the P7100 the other day. I was quite impressed with its macro capability. DSCN0889 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Before I start, this is not a knocking the D800 thread. I have posted because I was surprised that I couldn't convince myself to get one at the moment, and I'm the sort of person that would normally find that easy. The other day I was in Jessops and noticed that the Nikon D800 had dropped to...

Normally the wife and I use our D300/300s cameras with the normal bag of glass, however we decided we needed something for light travel and general photos when the DSLRs are not convenient. After some reading (less than my norm unfortunately) I decided the Panasonic TZ20 was a good mix of...

I've noticed quite a few members always add their name and maybe a copyright symbol to the photos. I know how to do this individually using something like Photoshop, but was wondering if there is a away of automating it and maybe using a batch option to do lots at once. The software I have is...

This year I purchased the Tokina 11-16 and the Nikon 70-200 vrii. Every time I use them I'm taken by how sharp they are on my D300s. It goes some way towards compensating for my bad composition :-) Whilst both are impressive the winning prize would have to be the Tokina. To put it into...

I'm going to a wedding tomorrow and I'm mulling over what to take. Firstly I'm not the the wedding photographer just an enthusiastic guest. And yes I will keep out of the pros way. My camera body is a D300s and I have the following lenses that I could take. 35mm 1.8, 11-16 2.8, 70-200 2.8 and...

Ok this might seem like a strange question, but here goes. Faster glass by its very nature is normally a larger diameter. For example my 70-200 and 11-16 are 77mm. In fact that seems to be a standard for a lot of Nikon fast glass. So why is my 35mm 1.8 lens only 55mm diameter? It is longer...

Westmill got me thinking about the 18-70 3.5-4.5 lens as he rates it highly. On that basis this might get me shot :eek: I have an 18-70 from my D70 which my daughter had borrowed until recently so I decided to compare it with my 18-200 VRII lens at 18mm, 35mm and 70mm all at wide open and F8...

I currently shoot a D300s with a range of lenses, my current favourite being the 70-200 VR II. Anyway my friend just dropped by and loaned me a D700 with a 24-70 2.8. He also loaned me a 17-55 2.8 DX for my D300s. I've only got them for my holidays next week, however I've wanted to try an FX for...

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My better half and take loads of photos but rarely print them as they are just stored or submitted for comps. We now want to print some out and I have a couple of questions. Firstly, should I get a Spyder calibrator to tune my screen before I send ay for printing to make sure they will look...

Messing with the off camera flash (strobe) to try and create sunlit backlighting. Shot using my D300s, 70-200 F2.8, SB900 speedlight and SB-R200 macro flash. The flash was controlled using CLS. The exif data is available on the Flickr site. I think it looks like the sun is providing the light...

I pulled the trigger and ordered this last night. It's a good condition v1 vr unit. This is to go on my 300s. I hope it lives up to my expectations!! Slowly but surely I'm removing things to blame my bad pictures on. Soon it will only be my fault !!

Just joined after lurking for a while. My wife and I are D300 and 300s users. We've been users for a few years and enjoy a bit of everything (macro, wildlife and landscape). Our latest toys are a tokina 11-16 UWA and a Nikon 10.5 fisheye. Impressed with both so far. Regards Geoff