[Leica] Eagle Pictures with the Nikon 200 - 500 VR Zoom

[Gene Duprey]

Howard,

Some really nice photos there, all quite sharp and nicely exposed.  The
Nikon 200-500/5.6 is a really nice lens.  I really like mine.  The VR also
works really well, I use Sport Mode when I have it turned on.  I just
attended a Nikon Preview of the D5 and D500.  You will really love the
D500, they have really done it right, as it has the same focussing module
as the D5, which is super fast on focussing and lock on.  The body feels
really nice in the hand and the weight is just right with the 200-500, very
nicely balanced.

Gene


On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 11:39 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> Beautiful images, Howard.  You really nailed the focus on these. The high
> shutter speed really brings out the details.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
>
> On 2/21/2016 11:22 AM, H&ECummer wrote:
>
>> Morning Luggers,
>> We took the ferry yesterday morning, early, from Otter Bay Pender Island,
>> over to the Mainland to Vancouver.
>>
>> While in Calgary I purchased the newish Nikon 200 - 500 f5.6 Vr zoom and
>> I took the lens on a Nikon D750
>> body along to the ferry terminal to photograph the eagle family if they
>> showed up. They did fly in - in the early morning
>> sun - and I shot 380 shots in about 40 minutes. The shots were hand held
>> - VR off - manual shutter at 1/2000,
>> lens at f11 or f8.0 and auto ISO up to 6400. The details for each photo
>> are given on the folder page.
>> Here is the first picture:
>>
>> <
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BirdsCanada2016/DSC_3294C.jpg.html
>> <
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BirdsCanada2016/DSC_3294C.jpg.html
>> >>
>>
>> Please view large and then shift right for four more images.
>>
>> I am hoping to pair the 200 - 500 VR with the new Nikon D500 (when it is
>> available) for a trip to Brazil that Jayanand and
>> Alastair plus significant others are going to make in August to shoot
>> Jaguars in the Pantanal.
>>
>> The problem with the D750 is insufficient buffer memory for the number of
>> shots that I take at one time. Hopefully the D500
>> will be better - since its operating system is really based on the
>> professional D5 system.
>>
>> C&C always welcome.
>>
>> Howard.
>>
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