glenncadman

<p>As an ex F5 owner the switch to the lighter F610 has been good, but once you attach add some pro-glass a L arca tripod mount and potentially a flash it's still a weighty kit. My kit today weighed in at 2.3KG :)<br /><br />In OZ the price of a well used ex pro wedding camera ( but not abused) D800 with 36K shutters is around $1750 (US$1350) and used D700 around half of that $850 ( US$630), low shutter use amatuer cameras can command a 10% premium At those prices a lot of camera for the money. For more landscape style photography the D800(E) would be probably suit a F5 type buyer particularly the older glass you will have. Mind you as mentioned when the new Sony 42MP sensors make there way into the next crop of top end nikons ( eg a D850 and the D5) prices of these older bodies will drop by 1/2 again, but such is life for real time image computers.<br /><br />As for all this nonsense about the AF on a D610 being so-so, teamed with the new lenses rather than the mechanical AF (screwdriver), I think it is fantastic in comparison to 20 years ago. Yes maybe the D750 is a bit better and yes a Canon D is better still, but stepping back a moment; a D610 with new electronic AF lens , relative the F5 with a screwdriver AF the D610 AF is noticeably better. What is average however is a D610 ( and no doubt a D750, D7xxx etc ) driving the old "legacy" screwdriver AF lenses. So from my point of view AF of a D610 is excellent, just there is a new crop that may be marginally better if I tried them.</p> <p> </p><div></div>

<p>No polarizer on the lens, I kept the lens in manual focus mode. I used the vignetting tool for lens profile and there was an improvement. But now I see the changes in exposure between frames has created darker and lighter patches <br />So next time I will do a test image/reference image, then set to fully manual mode and keep everything consistent and of course a wish for good light!<br /><br /></p><div></div>

<p>I think I didnt pan at regular intervals so the stitches are not regular either. It was just a test, the light wasnt what I was hoping for yesterday. So probably I should stop down from F2.8 to F4 or 5.6?<br /><br />Example image is here</p><div></div>