mksnowhite

one could hope? I missed the full moon the other night...could have checked it out ;)

 

I have a shoot tonite and am a bit disturbed I don't know what is causing it. i have 2 backups though.

This has happened three times now...and its been since I got the

vertical grip. While focusing and or panning the camera suddenly does

a bunch of pre flash type things ttl and a grid thing comes up. It

won't stop unless I turn off the camera. Last time I actually turned

it off and it stayed on!! None of my focusing settings have changed.

Do you think the grip is causing some connection problem or

something? I have 2 batteries in it.

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with 12-24 dx f4<div></div>

70-200 2.8 VR 1/500th<div></div>

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horse's ear<div></div>

LOL Greg...I have one too "just in case" but never can bring myself to actually put it on a camera.

Why do you need VR on this small lens? If it was a 2.8 I could see that...but this lens is like a toy.

I've done 20 x 24 on canvas.

I agree in that I think the D70 has nothing to do with it. I shoot 8-10 hours sometimes when I do a show with maybe couple 20 min breaks. Yeah my eyes are strained at the end...along with my feet. I'm using the D200 this season so will see if there's differance.

BLESS YOU! I'll try it out and let you know :)

Is that what you use with your D200? I used closest subject with the D70 becuase it spent to much time hunting when I used dynamic area..then I'd go manual if needed...but I can't go manual when a subject is moving quickly towards me...I'm just not fast enough for horses or dogs. Can you give me you menu settings?

What gold ring for ed glass? I never noticed and I had eds.

For those of you who shoot action, what focus menu settings do you

use for D200. I'm having a hard time focusing on things coming at me.

It's not a backfocus issue I have yet to get a good straight on fast

action shot with the D200. Sometimes I can get a couple shots but

not in focus. Even though I have it on Af-C sometimes it still won't

let me shoot. Also have it on closest suject. Lens is 70-200 vr 2.8.

Didn't have this problem with the D70 using what I thought were the

same settings...but as you know the D200 has way more focus options

and I'm probably missing something glaringly obvious.

 

Thanks for the help.

I forgot to say the lens was the 28-70 2.8 and I did this was shot in raw, no post adjustments.

this was f8 1/125 iso 100, bowens 750 strobe camera right, shot through umbrella, reflector left. It's slightly underexposed becuase I wanted to retain whites on the dog. My flash meter said 5.6 but it looked blown on the lcd (I know...should have checked the histogram)<div></div>

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Mine won't fire off channel one or two...only three. What am I doing wrong?

Not necessarily my favorite but helpful if you don't know it!

 

e3--commander--ttl--Group A-- channel 3

 

This is for firing your sb800 off camera wireless. It's not in the sb800 manual (obviously) and it isn't in the camera manual. Why they use channel 3 and not 1 is beyond me (same way with D70).

Peter...help me understand then. Why would smeone use a 500.00 program like Capture One vs something like Breezebrowser? Are you saying Breezebrowser makes more discisions of what to do with the file than Capture One? How would you rate CS2 as compared to other programs...your own personal opinion? I opened the file in Nikon View..not capture. If it did make decisions it made the right ones as this is the first time I've opened raw files with color not being an issue...that is...getting different color from what truely was. Do you think it is the camera...or the software?

You have a good point Todd....it could be the camera and not the processer. I guess I can take a D70 shot and process it in View to compare. It always seemed my CS2 raw files looked either too saturated or had a greenish tint once the got into ACR...but they didn't look that way in the jpgs (I shoot raw + jpg)...so I assumed it was CS2.

I called Adobe and they said it would be while (meaning a few months at least). I open in Nikon View. It is very very slow, and the adjustments are for wb and ev only, but I've been very pleased how great the photos come out...I haven't had to make any adjustments at all. I'm going to stick with Nikon View...as I think the colors are better with Nikon software. I never would have thought that as I was a Cs2 user....so...I'll trade slow for quality. Nikon View is free btw at the Nikon website.<div></div>

Just wanted to add...i have both cameras...the D70 and the D200. There is no comparison in the way these cameras focus. D200 has a much steeper learning curve imo...the menu has many more options and combinations possible. i am still trying to figure out how to get an object in focus moving quickly toward me. i don't think it is the camera's fault though that I haven't gotten it down yet. It's amazing how much smarter my cameras get the longer I own them ;)

Shuan I knew the "I told you so" would be coming ;) But I have no gripes with the camera itself...and it looks like Nikon View will be the answer. As for the Sigma lens thing...well...I only put glass on the camera for which it was made specifically :D