Hello ladies and gentleman of the forum,
My name's Bryan and I'm new to photography. I recently purchased a D7000 from KEH, a 35 1.8g and got shooting. My first body was randomly telling me the battery was dead after a fresh charge, swapped out batteries, same problem. Sent it back. Second body came back with significant dust on the image sensor. Sent it back. Third camera still had black spots and I said screw it. Started shooting, realized there was an option for cleaning the image sensor, took the lens off, flipped the "lever" to expose the image sensor and lightly blew into it. Yay! Clear, white backgrounds in my lightbox.
Anyhow, since then, I've acquired a 40mm 2.8 AF-S and a 60mm AF-D micro.
My main focus for shooting is product photography. I sell a lot of vintage shaving gear on ebay and participate in like forums.
I was able to realize and correct a serious back focusing issue (thank you Nikonites) with a AF Fine tune of -15 to -19 with various lenses. I did this last night and I'm thrilled. Finally, crisp, focused pictures! I was under the belief that I was truly that bad at taking pics. This is not the case .
Now, I am on the prowl for a longer distance, zoom lens for capturing my stepson's baseball, soccer and basketball games --- and other various subjects. Ever since I've acquired the 60mm AF-D, I've had a hard time using anything else. Now that I have the AF issue corrected, it seems to be working superbly. I'm not sure if I'm alone here but it feels like the camera's ability to AF is better than individual lens' ability to do so. Also, the 3D AF works really well and picks up what I want to shoot moreso than center weighted.
Anyways, what lens would you fine gentleman recommend for taking shots with a D7000 of little kid's sporting events? I believe I've read that 200mm is the epitome of what you truly need with a DX camera. Is this true?
Thanks again in advance for your feedback,
Bryan
My name's Bryan and I'm new to photography. I recently purchased a D7000 from KEH, a 35 1.8g and got shooting. My first body was randomly telling me the battery was dead after a fresh charge, swapped out batteries, same problem. Sent it back. Second body came back with significant dust on the image sensor. Sent it back. Third camera still had black spots and I said screw it. Started shooting, realized there was an option for cleaning the image sensor, took the lens off, flipped the "lever" to expose the image sensor and lightly blew into it. Yay! Clear, white backgrounds in my lightbox.
Anyhow, since then, I've acquired a 40mm 2.8 AF-S and a 60mm AF-D micro.
My main focus for shooting is product photography. I sell a lot of vintage shaving gear on ebay and participate in like forums.
I was able to realize and correct a serious back focusing issue (thank you Nikonites) with a AF Fine tune of -15 to -19 with various lenses. I did this last night and I'm thrilled. Finally, crisp, focused pictures! I was under the belief that I was truly that bad at taking pics. This is not the case .
Now, I am on the prowl for a longer distance, zoom lens for capturing my stepson's baseball, soccer and basketball games --- and other various subjects. Ever since I've acquired the 60mm AF-D, I've had a hard time using anything else. Now that I have the AF issue corrected, it seems to be working superbly. I'm not sure if I'm alone here but it feels like the camera's ability to AF is better than individual lens' ability to do so. Also, the 3D AF works really well and picks up what I want to shoot moreso than center weighted.
Anyways, what lens would you fine gentleman recommend for taking shots with a D7000 of little kid's sporting events? I believe I've read that 200mm is the epitome of what you truly need with a DX camera. Is this true?
Thanks again in advance for your feedback,
Bryan