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piperbarb

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SacrificeTheory said:
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Getting a sharp image with the 105 Micro is tough
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Especially if it's handheld. I hate to tell you how many images I take sometimes before I get that one, good, super-sharp one.
 
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SacrificeTheory

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piperbarb said:
Especially if it's handheld. I hate to tell you how many images I take sometimes before I get that one, good, super-sharp one.
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Yeah, usually mine is always handheld. Takes too long to setup a shot with the tripod to capture an insect of anything like that.

I wonder if I had the VR version if that would have helped the sharpness
 
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piperbarb

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SacrificeTheory said:
Yeah, usually mine is always handheld. Takes too long to setup a shot with the tripod to capture an insect of anything like that.

I wonder if I had the VR version if that would have helped the sharpness
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I have that same problem. I do not usually go tromping through the woods with a tripod. It's one more thing I really don't want to carry around. Besides, by the time I set everything up, the bug is gone, metamorphized or got eaten by something :). I do use fill flash a lot. That helps. I have the AF 105mm micro-Nikkor non-VR lens (pre-D version). VR would be nice but most of the time I get a good image.
 
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FastGlass

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If using a tripod is cumbersome try using a monopod. When I use mine I rest the camera lense on my shoulder and hold onto the monopod while walking around. Isolating any of the movements when handholding can make a huge differance between getting a crisp shot or a not so sharp one.
 
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Bill16

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Great looking shot of a sunset! Or is that a sunrise? :D I think I seen the sunrise at one time or another, but I can't say for sure! Lol :)
 
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Don Kuykendall_RIP

RIP :(
SacrificeTheory said:
Thank you! I must have taken like 30 shot of the Monarch before I got a good one that was sharp all around. The 105 Micro is definitely not easy to get an all order sharp shot without a tripod.
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I can't tell you how many times I have shot something only to get none that were good. All just part of the game. It was a lot worse when it was all film. YOu would go out and shoot, get back home and get all the chemicals out and up to temp, roll the film onto the reel and put it in the can, turn on the lights and put the chemistry in and shake, etc. etc. etc. Pull the film out and hang it up to dry. Then print a contact sheet. THEN FIND OUT NONE OF THEM WERE ANY GOOD.
 
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SacrificeTheory

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Yeah, I remember the good 'ol film days. Although I never processed the film myself, I would have loved to learn that.

Digital definitely makes things easier.
 
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Bill16

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"Good 'ol film days" ? I got my very first digital camera that isn't built into a phone this spring! Lol :) I played with it a week or so and then my wife got me my D3100! Lol :D
SacrificeTheory said:
Yeah, I remember the good 'ol film days. Although I never processed the film myself, I would have loved to learn that.

Digital definitely makes things easier.
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