Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Chris - I'm really impressed with the D40x and the lenses I have for it. It's become, with a manual focus 28 mm Nikkor I picked up used, my usual carry-around camera. The Nikkors are all noticeably sharper than the equivalent lenses I have for my K10D, too, though the 50 mm Macro and 21 mm lenses for the Pentax are really sharp. Photographically speaking, I like Malabar shot best of this set myself. The long bow wave makes the shot, I think. A bit more separation would have been nice in the shots of the catboats but when you're shooting from a heeling, bouncing, sailboat in the midst of a race you are lucky to keep the subject in the frame much less get stuff to line up the way you want. Thanks for commenting. Regards, Dick On Sep 12, 2007, at 12:09 PM, Christopher Birchenhall wrote: > Dick > > Great set of photographs. Looks like the 40X is capable of great > stuff. I particularly liked the first (Malabar II Underway ). On the > Run caught my eye too though more separation between the two cats > would have improved it. > > Thanks for showing, Chris B > >> Here are six shots I took during the race with my D40x and Nikkor >> 55-200 VR Zoom. All at 1/2000s and f5.6, ISO 400, VR off. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/main.php?g2_itemId=99214 >> >> http://tinyurl.com/24b3uc > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information