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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · D7200 does Millville MX (70-200mm pics added)


Hey all

Thought I'd share my experience last weekend with a D7200 / MB-d15 combination at round 6 of the 2015 AMA National Motocross Series. The camera literally arrived on Wednesday afternoon where I quickly set it up with a couple tweaks in the submenus.

I've debated for months (actually years) on whether it was time to pull the trigger on another Nikon DX camera after moving to full frame FX bodies completely in 2012 where I've owned a D700 and a D3s in the past and currently shoot with a D4 and a D800.

As with a lot of you out there I've been waiting for the elusive D400 pro framed DX camera to magically appear but to no avail I got sick of holding my breath.

I cut my teeth on Nikon digital DSLRs in 2003 with a D100 and D1x moving away from Nikons F4s and N90s film bodies (my professional photojournalism career began in the mid 80's where I shot almost exclusively with an F3 and FM2 combo for nearly 10 years.)

Over the years I moved up the Nikon DX ladder shooting with a D70s and a D300s and even shot both DX and FX for a couple of years when I shot with a D700 / D300s combo.

My favorite Nikon mount lenses are my AF-s 17-35mm, a 70-200mm VRii G and a 200mm f/2 VRi but also own a 14mm, 24mm 1.4, 50mm 1.8, 85 1.4, 24-70mm G and 80-400 G VRii where they perform beautifully on FX bodies.

When shooting telephoto sports and trying to isolate my subject I Normally pair the 200mm with the D800 and crop when I need extra reach, but the limited buffer and smaller cropped files don't meet the standards that magazines need so when the D7200 showed up with 24mp file size and expanded buffer I thought it was time to try the pro-sumer DX body hoping that the pro DX body shows up eventually.

All image are shot with a nearly WFO aperture in "A mode" where my objective was to see if the D7200 could nail focus.

I think the results speak for themselves.

I've also included a link to a Smugmug gallery if anybody wants to pixel peek a little.

https://berkyboy.smugmug.com/Millville2015/n-w5Jsjw/i-jQ3Rrbm

Steve Berkner





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Jul 22, 2015 at 11:13 AM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · D7200 does Millville MX (70-200mm pics added)


GREAT stuff!


Jul 22, 2015 at 12:40 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · D7200 does Millville MX (70-200mm pics added)


Oh my! Great stuff.


Jul 22, 2015 at 01:10 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · D7200 does Millville MX (70-200mm pics added)


Beautiful shots! Even better since I love dirt bike racing.


Jul 22, 2015 at 01:25 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · D7200 does Millville MX (70-200mm pics added)


Fantastic, keep them coming!


Jul 22, 2015 at 02:05 PM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · D7200 does Millville MX (70-200mm pics added)


Awesome!


Jul 22, 2015 at 02:37 PM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · D7200 does Millville MX (70-200mm pics added)


Killer. I see that they had a fabulous turnout at Spring Creek. I couldn't make it as I was shooting the World of Outlaws late models race.

I'm impressed with the 7200 hitting focus with the 200 f/2 with the subject moving quickly straight at you. That's definitely a great test.



Jul 22, 2015 at 03:39 PM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · D7200 does Millville MX (70-200mm pics added)


My whole objective of shooting Millville this year was to push the D7200 to its limits as far as critical limited depth of field focus. All the camera needed was a moment to lock in focus, where I concentrated on having the focus point on the googles, where it tracked perfectly from there most of the times unless I couldn't keep the focus point where it needed to be.

For those of you not familiar with Millville the first three photos are on the downhill side of "Martin Mountain" arguably one of the longest uphill climbs, and downhill runs, on the outdoor national motocross circuit.

The top pro riders reach ridiculously high speeds going downhill where speeds of 45 to 50 mph are reached before the riders have to make a hard right hand turn at the bottom of the hill.

The first three photos are all full frame and where taken just after a small crest half way thru that downhill section where the riders are completely hidden from view until they all of a sudden appear and the photographer and camera have about 1/2 second to frame the rider and lock in focus and if your lucky you get 3 or 4 frames before the rider passes you by.

Hand holding the D7200 and 200 f/2 was more than a challenge at times as I was standing on the slope of "Martin Mountain" that itself is at about a 30 to 45 degree angle looking uphill and my technique was a little shaky.

All images where taken with out VR.

Steve


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Jul 22, 2015 at 04:26 PM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · D7200 does Millville MX (70-200mm pics added)


Pretty dang spectacular!


Jul 22, 2015 at 04:28 PM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · D7200 does Millville MX (70-200mm pics added)


Nice shots!!

C



Jul 22, 2015 at 05:22 PM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · D7200 does Millville MX (70-200mm pics added)


great stuff!

I'll be at Washougal Saturday and will reciprocate. supposed to be overcast with some light showers...perfect! I grew up racing there and that clay mud is like snot



Jul 22, 2015 at 07:47 PM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · D7200 does Millville MX (70-200mm pics added)


oh yea!!! good stuff there.The hell with d300 replacement.Doug M







Jul 22, 2015 at 08:39 PM
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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · D7200 does Millville MX (70-200mm pics added)


Very nice shots! Looks like the D7200 is a keeper.


Jul 23, 2015 at 05:58 PM
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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · D7200 does Millville MX (70-200mm pics added)


Just added a few more images with the D7200 . MB-d15 paired with a Nikkor 70-200mm VRii.

Same scenario as with the 200 f/2 images above shooting nearly WFO.

These images are cropped.







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Jul 23, 2015 at 08:41 PM
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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · D7200 does Millville MX (70-200mm pics added)


Shots look great, love the color!

I don't see any focusing challenges here with there being some lateral movement of the subject.




Jul 23, 2015 at 09:48 PM
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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · D7200 does Millville MX (70-200mm pics added)


Good stuff!


Jul 27, 2015 at 04:05 AM





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