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These questions may have already been asked and answered. If this is the case

please direct me to those postings. First question is regarding using live

view to focus at close up or macro distances. Is it possible to manually focus

the image on the directly connected high resolution monitor screen or a TV

set? Will all the information that is shown on the camera screen be shown on

the external monitor screen? In the past, with the D200, I found that focusing

the camera manually at close distances was quite hard to do. Not enough

uncluttered screen area to focus on! Will the D300 be similar to the D200 in

trying to obtain a sharp image in the manual focusing mode or will it be

better and closer to what my older F3 and F5 show? Is Nixon offering any

additional focusing screens similar to what is available from Katz Eye Optics?

I am sure there are more related questions that I have missed asking so please

free to add this list.

Thanks Mark. My camera is the D200. In your opinion what in-camera parameters would give the best images:

1. on a shunny day 2. on a shady day 3. etc.

I have heard a few different opinions on this especially on the WB. One always set it for Shady setting when outdoors.

Hi guys. Rainer I have another guestion along the same lines. If I shoot RAW, (directly from the sensor) and JPEG at the same time, will the in-camera settings be applied to the accompanying JPEG?

The only major problem I would see is to be able to find adapters to fit the bellows for the Nikon system (front and back).

The MB-200 grip will operate properly with ONLY ONE EN-EL3e battery. It makes no difference which side of the grip you put it in i.e. left or right. Make sure that you tell your D200 which system you are using. Try it and this may shead some light on the matter.

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In this image of the fly (using D200, new Nikon 105 mm macro VR lens and 2-SB

R200 flashes) I have an objectionable glare. What would be the best way to

eliminate his in Photoshop CS2? Any advice would greatly be appreciated. Thanks

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SC 30 is the way for me to go.

Fellow Flash Users: I would like to know what if any features of the CLS would

be available to me using a Nikon F5 and the newly developed Close-up Speedlight

Commander system? What would happen if I mounted the Commander module SU-800 on

the F5 and tried to activate the wireless SB-R200 units. Is there any way these

units could be used via cable etc? What features would be available? Thanks!

Both EN EL3 and EN EL 3E batteries will operate in the D70/D70s but only the EL3 battery which has a special IC build into the pack (so only Nikon batteries can be used) will operate the D200. This eliminates the generic battery. The chargers for both cameras will work on either battery. If you place the EL battery into the D200 it will fit BUT it will not turn on.

Joseph, I asked the same questions on this forum a few weeks ago and received excellent advice. Do a google search in this area and you will be pleasantly surprised what you will find on this topic.

Juri

Gentlemen,

After all your advice here is an image using D200 with BR2a and a manual focus Nikon 55mm f2.8 with E2. Any criticism would be great.<div></div>

Thanks Macro Experts! Now I see more logic to the components used for macro photography! The function of the BR6 is still not 100% clear to me. Is it similar to the function of E2? Now it is time to put theory into practice and take images.

It is hard to gauge battery life. The life various to greatly with what type of batteries you are using. NiCds (cadium) and NiMH (metal hydrides)are great for fast recycling but have a bad storage life. If you use your flash everyday they are great. If you don't then use Alkaline i.e Duracells or similar for their long storage life.

Thanks guys. Tommy by having the E2 extension at the end, I assume that is for protecting the rear element....similar to the Nikon BR3.

What is the best way to take macro shoots greater then 1:1? I am sure that this

question has been asked before in other various forums. Please be patient with

me! I have a PB6 bellows, a BR2a reversing ring, a 52 mm to 52 mm coupler for

coupling two straight lenses and various manual extension tubes (KP13, E2 and a

set of K series tubes). The lenses I have available are 105 mm f2.8 Sigma AF

lens, and the following Nikon AI lenses (55 mm f2.8 macro lens, 24 mm f2.0, 35

mm f2.0, 50 mm f1.4 and a 105 mm f2.5). I have tried various combinations and

there seems to be a great overlap in the way the same magnification is obtained.

Gentlemen, from your experience what is the simplest and the best way to go to

give me the sharpest images? I will be using a Nikon D200. Thanks in advance.

Internal focusing (IF) lenses with silent wave focusing motor (SWF) found in newer Nikon lenses have this feature. They do not have to be uncoupled from the camera to manually focus if required.

Answer No.1 This is a hard question to answer. All depends on the charger you have. In general a fully discharged battery would take about 14 or so hours to charge if using a "common" cheap charger supplied with battery. The more expensive chargers can do it in 1 to 3 hours. There should be some numbers on the back of your charger indicating the current in mA. Most cheap charger charge at about 1 tenth or 0.1 times the rating of your battery. That is to say if you have a 2000 mMr battery it should would require a charger of about 200 mA to charge in 14 or so hours. The relationship of time and current is linear. Partially discharged batteries require diffrent times. It is best always to use the equipment until the battey symbol indicats empty and then charge. Keep an eye on your battery and make sure that they do not get "too hot to touch" while reaching the end of their charge. The more expensive chargers look at the voltage while charging and cut off when a peak voltage is reached.

 

Question No.2 Check your manual if possible.

 

Question No.3 Yes you can but as indidicated in Q1 you have to charge longer about factor of 1.25 (ratio of 25 to 20). Again don't let the battery overheat. If you do there is a chanch of poping their seals, leaking fluid and loss of capacity!

Thanks for the info.