hankh

Had a 28-70, sold it when I got the 24-120vr4 and love it. Unless you need 2.8 for stopping subjest motion the 24-120

gives better range and the VR an effective 1.4 for camera motion.

I have been using the old Nikon 4000, very good!

I have a D700 and have and shot the image below on a 24-120 f4VR at iso200 and 1/15 sec. Printed with a Epson 3880 on Red River

17x25 luster it was tack sharp!

 

<a href=" title="Still Life " La Dolce Vita" by NaturaLite's "snap

decisions", on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8438/7773938584_26e5f8dde0_o.jpg" width="4077" height="1784"

alt="Still Life " La Dolce Vita""></a>

D700-zoom- maybe 20 and Canon for backup. Go light.

I contacted Nikon, they said mail it in for service. My concern is giving it up for who knows how long and still hoping if they

can reproduce it. Guess I will live with it till it gets worse.

i agree with the MacD shot, I was not happy with the original exposure. Keep in mind I would not consider Photogene as replacement for

CS5 for printing. But does a decent job for monitor/internet viewing. It appears Ipad software will not allow you to change file names. A

work around would be to use one of Photogenes two( these are not the only two export options) dropbox or FTP, change the name and

send it to yourself. Sharpening, hey I am 75, sharp to you is still a little blurred for me. : >)

My use for this when in Italy was to get some photos to friends in the states that were on Facebook.My point for the price, it is a great

option.

Taped some tin foil to the glass protective glass on the LCD and connected it into the tripod socket. This did NOT help!

Nice thing about the D700, which I have, is shooting in low light. The larger cells do better in low light, as per D4. I have

some night shots in Flickr.com/photos/hankster123. They were done with a D700, 24-120f4VR and no tripod at high ISO

like 2000.

Some are concerned about using an Ipad.

FYI, re Photogene, I used my D700 while in Italy. I down loaded all my jpeg hi res file to my series 1 ipad using the usp/ ipad Apple

adapter and USB cable. Have had no problems. Edited in Photogene which is GREAT. I am a Nik and PS5 user, but Snapseed and The

Photoshop app do not come close. I was able to do 90% of the editing with Photogene and then go down to my expresso bar with Wi-Fi

and export from Photogene direct to Flickr,Facebook or email. You can use FTP or Dropbox if you want to modify the file name. I am very

impressed with the Photogene editing capability.

 

Check my flickr.com/photos/hankster123. Most of the last aprox twenty entries were edited with Photogene, check tags.

FYI, re Photogene, I used my D700 while in Italy. I down loaded all my jpeg hi res file to my series 1 ipad using the usp/

ipad Apple adapter and USB cable. Have had no problems. Edited in Photogene which is GREAT. I am a Nik and PS5

user, but Snapseed and The Photoshop app do not come close. I was able to do 90% of the editing with Photogene and

then go down to my expresso bar with Wi-Fi and export from Photogene direct to Flickr,Facebook or email. You can use

FTP or Dropbox if you want to modify the file name. I am very impressed with the Photogene editing capability.

 

Check my flickr.com/photos/hankster123. Most of the last aprox twenty entries were edited with Photogene, check tags.

As an update, I can cause this to happen if I rub the LCD with the clothing I am wearing. None of the buttons will clear it. I

am sure it is being caused by some capacitive coupling of a static charge the couples to the uP in the Nikon through the

glass protective glass protector glued to the LCD. Next step is for me to find a way to ground the screen to the body to

see if that would disipate the charge. Stay tuned.

I do have the Auto DX image mode in the OFF position. Thanks anywy.

I have a D700, with a glass protection screen on the LCD. I use a sling on the camera wiich means it hangs on my side. Now I notice if a

walk with the camera on for awhile the viewfinder screen goes to a DX format frame displaying all 51 points. If I turn off the camera it clears. Of course this happens with all my FX lenses, I have no DX lenes. When it is on my side it is not pressing any buttons, there are no buttons that could cause this anyway. It appears to happen when the LCD is rubbing againt my shirt or pants. I wonder if this could be caused by a static charge. When this occures I am still able to get correct exposure and focus. Any help?

Before I sold my Leica system, on a three month trip to Italy I brought a M7 with a 15mm Voitlander, Leica 24mm f2.8

,Leica 35mm f2 ,50mmf2 and 90mmf2 with 50 rolls of Fuji Velvia. The aprox. percentage I used each lens in the above

order was: 15mm 3%, 24mm 25%, 35mm 60%, 50mm 10% and 90mm 2%. As you can see 24 & 35 were my bread and

butter lenses. Why are they gone, film too expensive. Wanted full frame format and they were sold before M9 came out,

With a Nikon D700 and Leica Dlux4 now.

If driving there are parking lots nearbye. This place is like a department store. Enjoy.

Just got back from Italy, brought a bunch of lens, but 95% I used my new unapprectiated nikon 24-120 f4 VR( on a D700

full frame). I loved it. View some shots on flickr.com/photos/hankster123. Also go with a less expensive Nikon 50 or 35

mm fixed for the best quality for price.

Contax t3, small and great lens. I used this together with my M7 on trips to Italy. Not cheap, but solid.

Leica IIIf / f2 50mm Summicron Lajes AFB Azores 1955 new $149!

Leica M6 and M7, Bergen County Camera, Westwood NJ. Great store!

Instead of a tripod, there is a device composed of a strap with a loop at one end and about 6 feet ong depending on your

height. Place the loop around your hand(or use a male tripod screw that you can attach the strap too and mount on base

of camera) then simply place your foot on the other end of stap at the height you need, pull up on stap as you take the

picture, acts as a monopod. Roll it up and put in pocket when finished.

Funny that many say nigh- con camera and knee-cor lens!

How about a NikonF2.

<p>On my D300 I use the Nikon 17-35 f2.8 AFS 80% of the time.</p>

<p>Would be nice to store 5 or 10 image comments that you could preload and use in the field. The input is too slow in the field.</p>

I have the M7 with a 24,35,50,90,135. When traveling I use the 35 f2 45%,24 40%, 50 f2 5%,90 f2 9%,135 f4.5 1%.

FYI- I purchased a new Leica IIIf red dial with timer & Summicron 50mm f2 collapsible with leather case and fuzzy red box in 1955 for $160. As as side note this was at an Air Force Base Exchange in the Azores. During this time I also acquired a new leitz 35mm 3.5 for $39 in Germany also a AF base exchange.