Beautiful Saturday, and off to a Whale Watch!
Lens will be my 80-400 on my D800. I am so glad to have this lens, and it is a great workhorse. I have the older version,,, with a kirkland collar which is a great handle.
What amazes me is hoe compact this lens is,, really fits in my backpack, no issues, not that heavy, and I can hand carry this lens. I have a few of the dedicated 300 mm teles, including the 300 F4. but,
they limit my choices of compsition, and I want the zoom.
other too lens will be the "new" 35-70" and the 20-35, which puts in good state for just about any options. Since this is a travel day, I won't bother with additional primes, etc.
While often I travel with the D7000 or the D700 (for lower risk of loosing),,, this trip is with the 800 because .. welll I want PIXELS!!! since I can't predect how far out the whale might
be, or other cropping situations, and the D800 just ups the range and choices..
If someone asked me if I woudl want a 60 Meg camera with same signal to noise ratio,,,, YUP
so.. Hope people get out shooting today!
Lens will be my 80-400 on my D800. I am so glad to have this lens, and it is a great workhorse. I have the older version,,, with a kirkland collar which is a great handle.
What amazes me is hoe compact this lens is,, really fits in my backpack, no issues, not that heavy, and I can hand carry this lens. I have a few of the dedicated 300 mm teles, including the 300 F4. but,
they limit my choices of compsition, and I want the zoom.
other too lens will be the "new" 35-70" and the 20-35, which puts in good state for just about any options. Since this is a travel day, I won't bother with additional primes, etc.
While often I travel with the D7000 or the D700 (for lower risk of loosing),,, this trip is with the 800 because .. welll I want PIXELS!!! since I can't predect how far out the whale might
be, or other cropping situations, and the D800 just ups the range and choices..
If someone asked me if I woudl want a 60 Meg camera with same signal to noise ratio,,,, YUP
so.. Hope people get out shooting today!