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birdied wrote:
The Radio Airplane Club does an annual show for Veterans and I do the photos for the club to help out. In the past I used my 300 f/4 AFS with and without TC and had no issues acquiring focus. This year I used the new 300f/4 PF. Since I was trying not to freeze the propeller blades, I was trying to keep the shutter speed around 1/160 to 1/200. ( Note my lens was sent in for the firmware fix). I had only tested the lens after I got it back on stationary subjects and there is no problem. The problem seems to be on moving subjects , especially if trying to pan .
I had a difficult time on several occasions getting sharp shots, meaning nothing was sharp. This may sound a bit crazy, but the color of the planes seemed to have a lot to do with it. Dark green planes it had the hardest time with those especially at a distance. I was shooting with the D810, I tried VR on/ off, Single point C/AF , 9 Point A/F , all kinds of combinations, different apertures ,etc.
If anyone has any ideas, please do share them with me. I am completely open to the idea it was operator error, but I don't know what the error was.
Here are some shots that came out .
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
P.S. I did fine tune the lens using both Lens Align and Dot Tune. Both were close at +8 and +10
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These pictures look three dimensional! I think they are awesome, actually. #1 and #2 are incredible!
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