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<p>just searching net. wow like this Thread and the quality on the 2x teleconverter. <br>
caveat: I don't have a D4, I have a D300s<br>
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/41573436</p>
<p>Then there is this post saying that a 2x is not good for sports. 1.4x sounds ok.</p>
<p> http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/41573629</p>
<p>Thing is that if I'm shooting a specific section of the set, I should be able to take the time to get the focus right, even take it off auto-focus and then sit there for 10 minutes shooting that specific spot "in focus"</p>
<p>right?</p>
<p>This article is good too.. but none even mention action shots...<br>
http://www.richardpeters.co.uk/blog/2008/12/22/nikon-200-400-vr-14x-tc-review/</p>
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<p>So I've found a mint used 200-400 for 30% off that I think I've going to go for to shoot Longer Distance Surf Shots.<br>
Which teleconverter will I most likely be the happiest with regards to "sharpness" when cropping in those super long 200-300 yard shots?</p>
<p>the TC-20 AF-S Telecon III<br>
or a 1.4x or a 1.7x<br>
any experience feedback would be much appreciated.</p>
<p>or if you think I'm making a mistake with this lens for closing in on up to 200+ yard shot, would be great to hear also.<br>
many thanks,</p>
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<p>OK. think I'm decided on a Nikon 200-400 VR ED. <br>
kind of expensive so going to play around with my Sigma 50-500 until I find a used one come up for sale.</p>
<p>the 200-400 is big, but not too big,, will be great for Sports and is the natural addition to my 70-200 that I currently have.</p>
<p>figure a 1.4x multiplier will work OK with it.</p>
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<p>Just kind of realised this isn't a relevant shot to this query. It's a super zoomed in crop, over saturated, no subject matter etc.<br>
If I were to say my hopes/dreams.. it would be to take a photo at 1/2 this distance and be able to crop in closely on an image very, very sharp with defined edges.. perhaps we are talking the 300-800mm .<br>
I will put a couple up tomorrow that highlight what I'm after here based on existing shots. tks</p>
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<p>OK. Will take me a day or so, but will dig up some pictures and make a post here. So that you can see what I'm talking about on my 50-500 or even my 70-200 VRII ED lens on heavy crop. what I am looking to improve upon.<br>
*I'll also create a Album on here of a small plane flight I took over the FairWeather Mountain range in March. It was a 2 hour flight from Haines Alaska. - got to see some amazing, rarely seen areas.<br>
With your guys Help I'm getting really confident that I'm going to nail some amazing surf shots this this Summer. The image I posted with my original post here of the Moroccan Shot wasn't half bad, was it??<br>
..thanks for putting up with my have-a-go sounding approach.. not trying to be flippant on any of this stuff!</p>
<p>Actually went into PhotoBucket and found a few I took with my 50-500<br>
This was taken in 2007, about 7:30 a.m. can't remember settings but did play around with them for 10 minutes to see what came out best. This was about a Mile from my Apartment balcony.. perhaps more like 2 miles. I then had to zoom in/crop on Photoshop a lot even with the 500mm.<br>
I'm looking for a lense that will be much sharper at this sort of distance, or even half this distance.<br>
Here's one that shows the sort of distance we're talking about.<br>
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<p>OK. Will take me a day or so, but will dig up some pictures and make a post here. <br>
I'll also create a Album on here of a small plane flight I took over the FairWeather Mountain range in March. It was a 2 hour flight from Haines Alaska. - got to see some amazing, rarely seen areas.<br>
With your guys Help I'm getting really confident that I'm going to nail some amazing surf shots this this Summer. The image I posted with my original post here of the Moroccan Shot wasn't half bad, was it??<br>
..thanks for putting up with my have-a-go sounding approach.. not trying to be flippant on any of this stuff!</p>
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<p>Hey Guys.. many thanks on the comments. greatly appreciated. I will take all on board.<br>
agree fully with comments. going to spend more time getting things dialed this summer. </p>
<p>forgot to mention I also have a 50-500 Sigma.. but haven't been overly impressed with the results on cropped long distance. (? 1000 metre shots of Skiers/Snowboarders doing 1st descents cross canyon from me)</p>
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<p>One question I have what sort of results you guy think I might get with a 5.6 200-400. <br>
gut feel is that I wont be happy with the sharpness on any cropping of shots I do. I can see most of my shots being between the 200 - 400 metres distance range.</p>
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<p>here's a used one I could get into at a discount.<br>
ebay 400mm 2.8 II ED currently at £1200 figure it won't go a whole lot higher..<br>
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<p>About to Move to Biarritz France for a 2nd season of surfing and want to get a lens that will be good for shooting 300 metre+ offshore breaks from the Shore. These will be big waves and want to treat some of my friends to photos of themselves.</p>
<p>So far based on research think I'm going to go for a 400mm 2.8 with a 1.4 converter. Was going to get one of the older and somewhat cheaper ones on ebay or to be honest, If I needed to could just fork out the tremendous amount of cash and buy a brand new VR 2.8 one.</p>
<p>I want Fast glass as I will be cropping, photshoping, etc.. so need the biggest cleanest image to start with. My eyesight is going a bit, so AutoFocus would be a good idea!</p>
<p><strong>thought I'd come on here for suggestions based on proven experience..</strong><br>
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Worryingly; I Went for a Month of Heli-Boarding in March in Alaska and in route one of my professional photographer friends in Salt Lake told me to ditch the Nikon and get a Canon as the processor is better.<br>
PUH!? I did get quite a few amazing shots in Alaska.. but spent hours on Photoshop correcting my bad decisions on settings.</p>
<p>I've just dropped a fair amount of cash on this current Set up a couple years back. sure I got deals on each as bought used on ebay. but the process of changing over to Canon wasn't an appealing one.<br>
<strong>Current Set-up</strong><br>
<strong>Nikon D300s</strong><br>
<strong>AF Fisheye 10.5mm 2.8 ED</strong><br>
<strong>AF-s 24.70 2.8 ED</strong><br>
<strong>AF-S VR 70-200 2.8G</strong><br>
Frustratingly I took much more consitent, better photos with my D70 that I bought in 2002 than I do with this D300s.<br>
After a couple years of ownership still Dialling in the best settings and regularly have to spend time on photoshop to correct images ( pretty embarrassing to admit )</p>
<p>background<br>
Although I've been shooting pictures since the mid 90's and even managed to get in a few magazines on the Snowboarding front... I'm a pretty hapless photographer. In the 90's I used a N90s and spent $1000s developing film that came out useless ( never invested in a Light Meter! )<br>
Fast forward to 2011 when I decided to get back into a camera. bought a D300s, and the best glass I thought I could find. <br>
Now I want a super Long Lens to capture some Surfing shots this Season. I am buying a professional tripod, fluid head etc. to deal with the weight.</p>
<p>Constructive Thoughts? Suggestions would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>I uploaded a couple images into my gallery so you can see a little of my style. results as of late.</p><div>
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<p>ahhh... common sense, eh. That ole' chestnut.<br>
Sounds about right, though I thought it could be safer to carry it than trust DHL not to throw the box around.<br>
think I may go with your suggestion. tks.</p>
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<p>I've had a Minolta Elite 5400II for a few years now and absolutely love it.<br>
I recently bought a Nikon 5000 ED for my Father to scan 1,000's of his 35mm Slides.<br>
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One thing I noticed is that the Digital Ice Software seems to be very basic in it's setting/functionality compared to the OEM Minolta software.<br>
Questions:<br>
1. Does Digital ICE fully install with the standard installation of the Nikon Scan Software? I've wondered if the icons are there as part of a default, but that possibly I haven't really installed it's Functionality.<br>
2. What are the primary benefits of Digital Ice ?<br>
* I assume it tries to take out Scratches, execute minimal Focus/Exposure correction ?<br>
Will it try and isolate any Dust on the Slide and make a correction? or is the for PhotoShop work only?</p>
<p>many thanks!</p>
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<p>Hello,<br>
After a long, frustrating and arduous journey - I finally secured a Nikon CoolScan 5000 Ed, so that my father can scan all of his old 35mm slides.<br>
He is flying into London today, off to Israel for a holiday and then back to the US.<br>
I was just going to give him the Scanner + Software and have him carry as Carry on Luggage ( to avoid it being knocked about.<br>
Any problems with this?? i.e. could any damage occur as it goes through the x-ray machine(s)<br>
**and then there is the question of what Israeli airport security will think about this device!?<br>
Many Thanks,</p>
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<p>wow. £1200 for the lense... then I'd need either a 17-35 or a 24 - 70... <br>
£3000 - £4000 to get kitted up. You've really got to pay to play, eh?<br>
What about my SIGMA 50-500 1:4-6:3D ? I'd rather get a good wide angle and make do with the SIGMA if I can; or is that really not good enough?<br>
What about my fast Nikor manual focus lenses from the 70's... or any of the ED lenses I have for my N90? <br>
Any use on these modern cameras?</p>
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<p>I did a quick search, but hopefully not duplicating a previous question.<br>
Have had a D70 for years ( with ED lenses and a Sigma 50-500 )<br>
Unfortunately only a couple frames/second, so I want to upgrade. (wife wants me to get pick with all four hooves off the ground at Gallup, missing the grabs on some of the snowboarding shots etc.)<br>
Mainly shoot snowboarding tricks, Horse Riding, occasional Motorsport and the usual Clouds, Sunsets, Mountain tops etc -- all for fun, but need high quality for blow-up prints.<br>
Was originally thinking that spend more = get more.. but a bit of research makes me think that the D300 is better than the D700 for what I want. ( can't afford a D3 )<br>
Any suggestions? Will I need to get new lenses? (which ones and how much?)</p>
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<p>Hello Rishi,<br>
I just bought a virtually brand new one. but paid over £700.00<br>
Only scanning about 60 slides. you interesting in it when I'm done?<br>
Rob</p>
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<p>Hello,<br>
I just bought a new 5400 II that I'll be selling on after I scan about 60 slides. I did pay just over £700 for it though, so may be more than you want to spend.</p>
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<p>Hey Guys... yes, a little off topic again... but after chasing a few 5000 ed's i gave up and then chased a MINOLTA SCAN ELITE 5400 MK11<br>
and although paying too much for it. ( more than original price! ) I at least have something on it's way now.<br>
Pertty excited as it sounds like a good scanner to work with??</p>
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<p>thanks guys. <br>
Jan: Funny, I have a Ls50, and did some decent scans back in 2001, but unfortunately over the years lost the drivers... after much search I found some on the internet.. but could never get to work on the Win2000 or XP, Vista Operating systems I have. Hence my current search for a newer, much better? scanner. <br>
With regards to your offer: I have at least as dozen badly under-exposed shots I want to try and create usable images out of. I bought a copy of CS3 and figure between multiple tries re-scanning with different settings and then CS3 'air-brushing' , I should be able to bring out some of the detail in shadows, and then hopefully get some good 'poster' size prints made out of a few (deep red-orange sky sunsets, etc) . So figure I'll just start playing with it myself.<br>
I was going for the 5000ed as the research I could find talked about it being able to pick out a lot more detail in the darks than most scanners of camparable cost<br>
There are 2 on ebay right now and i figure I'll be able to pick one up for no more than £700. Unfortunately not with the extra adaptors I'm looking for (negatives, cartridge film etc) Yes, I am in England. Reading area.<br>
<strong>Now back to the subject of this Thread!</strong> - after a first scan of the images, figure I'll take the risk and have the company mentioned in Germany try work their magic on the CCD sensor, if needed. anybody know a rough estimate on the cost?</p>
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<p>thanks guys. <br>
Jan: Funny, I have a Ls50, and did some decent scans back in 2001, but unfortunately over the years lost the drivers... after much search I found some on the internet.. but could never get to work on the Win2000 or XP, Vista Operating systems I have. Hence my current search for a newer, much better? scanner. <br>
With regards to your offer: I have at least as dozen badly under-exposed shots I want to try and create usable images out of. I bought a copy of CS3 and figure between multiple tries re-scanning with different settings and then CS3 'air-brushing' , I should be able to bring out some of the detail in shadows, and then hopefully get some good 'poster' size prints made out of a few (deep red-orange sky sunsets, etc) . So figure I'll just start playing with it myself.<br>
I was going for the 5000ed as the research I could find talked about it being able to pick out a lot more detail in the darks than most scanners of camparable cost<br>
There are 2 on ebay right now and i figure I'll be able to pick one up for no more than £700. Unfortunately not with the extra adaptors I'm looking for (negatives, cartridge film etc) Yes, I am in England. Reading area.<br>
<strong>Now back to the subject of this Thread!</strong> - after a first scan of the images, figure I'll take the risk and have the company mentioned in Germany try work their magic on the CCD sensor, if needed. anybody know a rough estimate on the cost?</p>
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<p>sorry off topic: but couldn't find a better thread.<br>
Well... been trying to research for a while whether to buy the 5000ed of there is something better within fiscal reason... this blog really tried to put me off the Nikon big-time. Looked at the Imacon, but £4000 - £6000 is just out of the question.<br>
Have about 500 slides to scan all velvia and pro-v1 from '92-'98 all snowboarding and Snow/Mountains... and am about 6 days away from buying one on fleaBay. if anyone has a better suggestion, let me know.. if Not, I'll post how I get on.</p>
1.4x or 2x Converter ? re: Nikon AF-S 200-400mm 1:4G ED VR II F/4.0
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<p>Or I can get a Nikon 300mm F2.8 AF ED for 1/3 the price and reviews say it's better for cropping in smaller images within the frame.<br>
£1000 for a 300mm fixed, or £3000 for a 200-400 for Surfing Photography. from experience does anyone have a view on which is the better choice?<br>
I'd be using a 1.4 teleconvertor or even a 1.7 or 2.0 if applicable on whichever I get.<br>
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many thanks.</p>