D3 -- 200F2

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D3 -- 200F2

Postby Sylvia on Tue Jan 05, 2010 5:05 pm

I have had the body for a while now but the :bowdown: 200mm F2 is new today.
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Re: D3 -- 200F2

Postby Mr Darcy on Tue Jan 05, 2010 5:08 pm

Hi and welcome Sylvia.
If these are your first images, I really look forward to seeing what you produce once you get used to it.
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Re: D3 -- 200F2

Postby gstark on Tue Jan 05, 2010 5:21 pm

Hi Sylvia,

What Greg said.

With the first image, I'd like to see it reshot, but in portrait orientation, and with the drain pipe (I think - the vertical lined object on the left of your subject) as the lh edge of the image.
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Re: D3 -- 200F2

Postby tommyg on Tue Jan 05, 2010 5:35 pm

gstark wrote:Hi Sylvia,

What Greg said.

With the first image, I'd like to see it reshot, but in portrait orientation, and with the drain pipe (I think - the vertical lined object on the left of your subject) as the lh edge of the image.


Would that be a thing called a fence? :rotfl2: (or maybe side of a garage)
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Re: D3 -- 200F2

Postby Sylvia on Tue Jan 05, 2010 6:14 pm

Hi guys, I agree, but geez, I put them up to show DOF and what I can expect from when I use it in anger. Don't hammer me yet till I have spent more than 15mins with this thing. These have been all wide open, and the son is just not interested in modelling while I fuss around. Anyway from the few moments I have had with chubby, I think its an insane piece of glass. I agree with the comments however. Thanks.

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Re: D3 -- 200F2

Postby zafra52 on Tue Jan 05, 2010 6:35 pm

The results, providing these pictures have not been tweaked, are very promising.
Hint, to get your son to cooperate play with his vanity as much as you play with
your new lens. :wink: Most youths are very selfconcious of their looks at that
age.
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Re: D3 -- 200F2

Postby Sylvia on Tue Jan 05, 2010 6:58 pm

zafra52 wrote:The results, providing these pictures have not been tweaked, are very promising.


No tweaking, the only PP is a crop from the originals. I've discovered the DOF can be made as narrow as a knife. Might whack a TC on it and see what happens next.

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Re: D3 -- 200F2

Postby Sylvia on Tue Jan 05, 2010 7:15 pm

Lucky last
with 1.7 TC fitted. Its still tack sharp.

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Re: D3 -- 200F2

Postby biggerry on Tue Jan 05, 2010 7:59 pm

200mm F2 is new today


*drools*

what about some exif info? are these at f2...

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Re: D3 -- 200F2

Postby Sylvia on Tue Jan 05, 2010 8:01 pm

biggerry wrote:
200mm F2 is new today


*drools*

what about some exif info? are these at f2...

*drools some more*

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Re: D3 -- 200F2

Postby aim54x on Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:10 pm

I love the fence posts! Looks like that chubby chunk of glass is yet another drool-worthy lens that I would love to get a chance to handle.
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Re: D3 -- 200F2

Postby surenj on Wed Jan 06, 2010 12:51 am

Wow nice contrast, color and DOF!

How heavy is this one?
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Re: D3 -- 200F2

Postby zafra52 on Wed Jan 06, 2010 8:50 am

These last three are superb. I like your framing, colours, and sharpness.
However :idea: , I like the expression of your son in these pictures and
I think it would be a pitty to discard them. You could improve them with
some cropping making him more prominent and removing as much of the
background as possible and perhaps converting them to black and white.
Why don't give it a try?
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Re: D3 -- 200F2

Postby Sylvia on Wed Jan 06, 2010 9:12 am

surenj wrote:Wow nice contrast, color and DOF!

How heavy is this one?

It weighs 4.742 KG with the D3 and straps attached.
The DOF is just amazing. Can't wait to get it out and about.

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Re: D3 -- 200F2

Postby Sylvia on Wed Jan 06, 2010 9:16 am

zafra52 wrote:These last three are superb. I like your framing, colours, and sharpness.
However :idea: , I like the expression of your son in these pictures and
I think it would be a pitty to discard them. You could improve them with
some cropping making him more prominent and removing as much of the
background as possible and perhaps converting them to black and white.
Why don't give it a try?

Thanks for the tips.
Here's one, but I'd like to make it tighter.
All these are hand hand.

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Re: D3 -- 200F2

Postby zafra52 on Wed Jan 06, 2010 11:10 am

Sylvia, these last two are terrific. :up: for the :up:
I like that cool pose of your son. It's a very interesting
picture. You did well.
I like the black and white conversion better than the
colour one. I think you've done a great job and because
it's a black and white it adds to the general mood.
Keep playing with that lens of yours and I look forward
to see what else you can do with it.
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Re: D3 -- 200F2

Postby surenj on Wed Jan 06, 2010 1:41 pm

4.7kg! I suppose you can get a workout while using this one. :up:
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Re: D3 -- 200F2

Postby Sylvia on Wed Jan 06, 2010 3:23 pm

Well,
I am just blown over by this lens. Not much to add, and thanks for the kind words. Took a few of the daughter riding a couple of our younger horses. It makes my eyes water how crisp this thing is. Hand held F2 in .jpg fine. No pp except cropping.

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Re: D3 -- 200F2

Postby Sylvia on Wed Jan 06, 2010 4:04 pm

And another

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Re: D3 -- 200F2

Postby mickey on Fri Jan 08, 2010 3:05 am

after using methd's one I find your hand gets sore pretty quick with it...good fun though and looks massive with the lens hood on.
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Re: D3 -- 200F2

Postby Sylvia on Fri Jan 08, 2010 9:01 am

Another attempt at that lorikeet

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