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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 363430" data-attributes="member: 12827"><p>I am not familiar with this lens, what is the maximum aperture at the longest focal length? If the +1 stop correction takes you past f/5.6 your camera might have trouble auto-focusing. Not that manual focusing is a bad thing, far from it. As it stands, with the DX crop, that 300mm focal length is the equivalent to a 450mm lens of FX. Although for certain shots you may need more, 450mm is not a bad focal length to start. One thing I have found with nature photography is it is better to get as close to your subject as possible without spooking them. It is better to get close to them than to have to rely solely on optics to get the shot. Of course there are times when that is impractical. I put on my Army BDU's, boonie hat, Nomex gloves and cammie up my face when stalking subjects in the woods. All my years of hunting and Army Sniper School training have made me skilled at stalking. I approach it as if I was going hunting, only instead of shooting it with a rifle I am shooting it with a camera. </p><p></p><p>For the image below I got up around 3am and drove to this area where I have hunted buck before and set up a makeshift blind using camo netting, set up the tripod, camp stool, D700 and 600mm f/4 AIS and waited for the sun to come up. For deer (and other animals) you have to make sure you are <em>downwind </em>of them because their sense of smell can be extremely acute. Deer do not see all that well but they have extraordinary senses of hearing and smell. Sure enough, this gorgeous 9 point (irregular) came out around 8am. I was maybe 50 yards from it when I took the photo. He was not aware of my presence because I had concealed my position well. I managed to get off two shots (the D700 is not the quietest camera on the market) before he heard me and wandered back to the wood line. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://[URL]http://smg.photobucket.com/user/stm58/media/9point.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/stm58/9point.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />[/URL</a>]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="STM, post: 363430, member: 12827"] I am not familiar with this lens, what is the maximum aperture at the longest focal length? If the +1 stop correction takes you past f/5.6 your camera might have trouble auto-focusing. Not that manual focusing is a bad thing, far from it. As it stands, with the DX crop, that 300mm focal length is the equivalent to a 450mm lens of FX. Although for certain shots you may need more, 450mm is not a bad focal length to start. One thing I have found with nature photography is it is better to get as close to your subject as possible without spooking them. It is better to get close to them than to have to rely solely on optics to get the shot. Of course there are times when that is impractical. I put on my Army BDU's, boonie hat, Nomex gloves and cammie up my face when stalking subjects in the woods. All my years of hunting and Army Sniper School training have made me skilled at stalking. I approach it as if I was going hunting, only instead of shooting it with a rifle I am shooting it with a camera. For the image below I got up around 3am and drove to this area where I have hunted buck before and set up a makeshift blind using camo netting, set up the tripod, camp stool, D700 and 600mm f/4 AIS and waited for the sun to come up. For deer (and other animals) you have to make sure you are [I]downwind [/I]of them because their sense of smell can be extremely acute. Deer do not see all that well but they have extraordinary senses of hearing and smell. Sure enough, this gorgeous 9 point (irregular) came out around 8am. I was maybe 50 yards from it when I took the photo. He was not aware of my presence because I had concealed my position well. I managed to get off two shots (the D700 is not the quietest camera on the market) before he heard me and wandered back to the wood line. [URL="[URL]http://smg.photobucket.com/user/stm58/media/9point.jpg.html"][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/stm58/9point.jpg[/IMG][/URL[/URL]] [/QUOTE]
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