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I am saddened to hear of Tom's sudden passing. Tom and I worked together for many years at the main post office in

Bellmawr NJ. Tom was a very generous and caring person who would go out of his way to offer assistance, and to bring

out a laugh as onlyTom could. Tom and I were both military photographers, he in the Navy, and I in the Army. I am glad to

have known him as a co worker and a friend. Rest in peace, you will be missed.

<p>At East German Border witn Nikon 2000mm F11 lens</p><div></div>

<p>Just saw this thread, I was trained as a Still Photo Specialist, MOS 84B. I enlisted at the end of 1978, went through Basic training, and then 7 months of photo school. I spent 4 years in Munich Germany and loved it. If you are already taking photos, you are well on the way. Back then there were people with no experience at all being trained from scratch. Today's miliitary photographer duties might be combined with the journalist field. Get it all in writing, choice of training and duty station</p><div></div>

<p>Just saw this thread, I was trained as a Still Photo Specialist, MOS 84B. I enlisted at the end of 1978, went through Basic training, and then 7 months of photo school. I spent 4 years in Munich Germany and loved it. If you are already taking photos, you are well on the way. Back then there were people with no experience at all being trained from scratch. Today's miliitary photographer duties might be combined with the journalist field. Get it all in writing, choice of training and duty station</p>

These four Bald Eagles are waiting out a snow storm perched on log

alongside Kachemak Bay Alaska<div></div>

<p>With the second photo of the kids in the tree,<br>

(Canon 50D with Canon 50mm 1.4 using at 1.4 -- 1050 x 700 photo) <br>

I am seeing an out of focus purple cast along the edge of the tree bark. One of the sensors is not aligned and it is affecting your sharpness. Print out an example of this and send it with your 50d to Canon for repair. You might send along your canon lenses with it so they can calibrate all of them to your 50d.</p>

<p>200~400mm F4 ED, So sharp even with 1.4 Teleconverter. I sold mine when I switched over to canon in 2001..... I still miss it to this day. Canon won't or can't make one, so I might be forced to buy another manual 2~400 with a lens moiunt converter to use with my canon digital bodies.</p>

<p>Every image must be sharpened. There is a anti alias filter in front of the sensor that prevents moire patterns but also softens the photo. The sharpness is there, it just has to be brought out with sharpening or unsharp mask tools. If shooting only jpg images, there are adjustments to be made for sharpening images as they are shot. Raw images are not sharpened in camera at all, they must be adjusted on your computer. If still not satisfied, check sharpness of lens with Micro Adjustment feature.</p>

After 23 years with Nikon,I made the Canon switch for their Long IS lenses and inexpensive ultrasonic focus motors in almost all of their lenses. You pay quite a premium for the few Nikons fast focusing "S" lenses. Nikon is a much smaller company so it takes years to see a product become available. Canon came out with their 400mm F5.6 AF lens in the early 90's which is superb for birds in flight. Fourteen years later, Nikon still does not have this type of lens. Their closest lens is the Nikon 70-400 VR lens which has been, and still is, a dog with it's slow AF motor. Nikon's ace in the hole is their 200~400 F4 Nikkor. I had the manual version and still miss its capabilities today. Canon's 100~400 F5.6 lens is an expensive, mediocre performer that acts like a bellows to pull in dust and throw it back on your sensor. The cry to Canon for a F4 200~400 lens has been long and loud. Canon has not been listening. Overall, I am happy with my change over to Canon.

With that many people, eyes will be closed & people caught mid talking.... take at least 5 or 6 shots to be able to clone in a better face.

Canon Pro bodies EOS-1, EOS 1V, 1D, 1DS, 1D Mark II, 1DS Mark II. 1D mark II N, will all AutoFocus down to F8. All other Canon consumer bodies will only AF down to F5.6.

Allens Camera is well stocked and he will beat B&H best price. Great service. He has both new and used and is a Canon Authorized dealer.

I bought my Epson 4000 printer and several L lenses from him. Check out his positive comments in the Photo.net community buyers and sellers comments.

 

http://www.photo.net/neighbor/view-one-about?id=2&about=Allen+Camera+%28PA%29

 

Go to, http://www.allenscamera.com/

To adjust diopter, turn AF off and adjust lens to minimum focus, or even take lens off camera. Touch shutter release button to light up central focusing sensor, adjust diopter until lighted sensor comes into sharp focus. I hope this helps.

Using either of the 400 2.8L IS or 500 F4 IS lenses will almost require you to upgrade from your ball head and sidekick, to the full Wimberley head. The 400 2.8 is close to 12 lbs. and the 500 F4 is like 7 lbs.

Upgrading to the full Wimberley will show immediate improvements in ease of use and the routine capture of images that could not be taken without it.

Quantum Turbo and Turbo Z will allow you to shoot full power flashes all day long with 1 to 2 second recycle times. Pricy but will last years. Well worth it.

The 4800's expensive matte/glossy black ink changeover problem must be really taking a bite out of sales. They must have a replacement coming out soon and need the rebates to get rid of remaining stock prior to the announcement of the new one.

How much was Pro Photo Supply selling the lens for?

I see you want prints from "4x6's to 16x20's. The smallest prints the 4800/4000 printers will do are 8x10.

Norman,

NO! A month ago I ordered the 4800. After it arrived, I read the instruction book and then did some more research on the Internet. With the new 4800, Epson added another ink Light light black. This took the extra slot that had allowed both black inks to be installed. Now to switch back between matte and glossy inks, you are required to spend a half hour of tedious steps to change over the ink tanks, dumping $75 worth of inks while doing it. Wasting $150 in inks to switch to and then from the existing inkset is insane, and will only benefit Epson on the sale of inks.

 

The black ink switching and the resulting waste in time and inks were unacceptable. Epson is trying to minimize this costly ink blunder at our expense. Furthermore, it is inconceivable that Epson would revisit this very problem after it was solved with both matte and glossy inks being installed in the 4000 at the same time. The option of switching back and forth with the 4000 is much better economically. The printer driver for the 4000 decides which inks are used for each paper selected.

I returned the 4800 and went looking for a 4000. They are getting hard to find new. My 4000 arrived yesterday after being shipped from California to NJ. No rebate either.

 

The introduction of 3 Black inks in the 4800 is wonderful if you did a lot of B&W. Since I have no desire to produce B&W prints, those benefits are useless to me and come at too high a cost. If you were printing on just one type of paper, matte or glossy, the 4800 would be a great printer. But after spending $2500 on the printer and extra inks, I don?t want to be limited in my choice of papers that the 4800 would force me to do, because of the expense of changing over the black inks for matte and glossy papers.

 

I guess you could always purchase two 4800 printers??.one for matte, one for glossy?

Maybe Epson will have such a glut of unsold 4800?s they will offer you two for the price of one?

The benefit I can see of using a shortened lens tripod foot is that it would allow the lens to fit into the hard case much easier. I have trouble closing the case on my Canon 600mm lens, because of the mounted QR plate. While these dovetail plates are only 1/4 inch thick, this extra mass on the bottom of the lens tripod foot is just enough to prevent easy closure of the hard case. In designing the case, the manufacturer should allow an extra 1/2 inch or so for the AS plate that will eventually be mounted on the lens. Every long lens shooter I know uses the AS system, it's about time the camera companies produce a lens tripod foot with the AS dovetail cut right into it. No more plates to buy! Who will be first? Canon or Nikon?

Check out Delaware Water Gap Nat Recreation area and Worthington State forest. Lots of great hiking trails, wildlife and serenity.

Old farmsteads reverting back to nature. This Rec. area was going to be under water, due to the Tocks Island dam project. Residents were forced to leave their properties and then the project was stopped. Land was then turned into park.

Take the last exit heading west off Interstate 80 onto Old Mine Rd. which runs north toward Stokes State Forest. Plenty of places to pull off and explore.<div></div>

Do not leave your camera body attached to the long lens in any pack. One good bump in the right spot will bend the lens mount ($100 repair) and/or pull the lens mounting flange out of the F5 body($850 repair) These were the repair costs for my F5 mounted on a 800mm F5.6 manual focus lens that I had dropped off my tripod. Either one of these possible problems could happen to your camera and lens while traveling with them mounted. They would also put you out of action unless you have a spare body and long lens along with you. Take a moment to mount your body when needed and save yourself from a major catastrophe.

I combined a ND8 filter with a polarizer to get a long 16 second exposure of a small waterfall. This long exposure created the milk effect in the water but by firing off a flash during the exposure, I was able to capture specular highlights of water droplets in the air. This makes a nice combination of sharpness and blur in the same photo.

If you really need a Nikon AF extension tube, there is one expensive option that has already been done. Get yourself a TC14E or TC20E AF tele-converter and remove the glass elements and the metal that supported them. You must be careful not to damage the electronic connectors or the wires between them. Keep an eye out for any damaged converters for this modification or buy gray market.

1. The original lens with a clear cover is optimized for use at 85mm.

The latest lens with a blue cover should be set between 35-50mm for best results. Set flash coverage manually, disable auto function.

 

2. This Flash extender is for use with lenses 300mm and longer. If used with a shorter focal length lens, you will see uneven exposure on your subject due to a spotlight effect. Remove the fresnel lens when using lenses shorter than 300mm.

 

3. For best results, test fire your flash with extender and watch coverage while changing flash head focal length.