New information: The slow fps only occurs when I have Battery Order on “use camera battery first”. On this setting fps is about 5. At one point the FPS was varying from say 2fps to about 5 fps. To be clear: When MBD17 is chosen the fps is normal, 10 fps
Very busy..... but wanted to get back to you with some feedback on your suggestions.
Flicker Reduction Setting was off. Tried it on. No change - problem persists
Flicker Reduction Indicator was on. Turne it off. No change...problem persists
Have not yet tried Specto’s suggestion
I changed AF settings to Release. No Change ... problem persists
bs kite wrote:
New information: The slow fps only occurs when I have Battery Order on “use camera battery first”. On this setting fps is about 5. At one point the FPS was varying from say 2fps to about 5 fps. To be clear: When MBD17 is chosen the fps is normal, 10 fps
Very busy..... but wanted to get back to you with some feedback on your suggestions.
Flicker Reduction Setting was off. Tried it on. No change - problem persists
Flicker Reduction Indicator was on. Turne it off. No change...problem persists
Have not yet tried Specto’s suggestion
I changed AF settings to Release. No Change ... problem persists
The only thing I can think of is the battery on the body is dying out due to aging. The voltage might indicate the battery is still full or 3/4, but it is not providing the required current to get to the frame rate.
Try swapping the batteries between the body and grip to see if it follows the battery to confirm. I have a year old battery dying out faster than a 4 year old battery.
hans98ko wrote:
The only thing I can think of is the battery on the body is dying out due to aging. The voltage might indicate the battery is still full or 3/4, but it is not providing the required current to get to the frame rate.
Try swapping the batteries between the body and grip to see if it follows the battery to confirm. I have a year old battery dying out faster than a 4 year old battery.
I think that is a good suggestion. However, I did swap the body batteries between the D850 and D500 and the slowness persists. Next, I will have a look at both battery dates. Not right now though. Busy between tasks Be back soon.
bs kite wrote:
New information: The slow fps only occurs when I have Battery Order on “use camera battery first”. On this setting fps is about 5. At one point the FPS was varying from say 2fps to about 5 fps. To be clear: When MBD17 is chosen the fps is normal, 10 fps
Sounds to me like the problem is either the MB-D17 and/or the battery in the MB-D17 and/or the battery in your D500.
Is the MB-D17 genuine Nikon? The batteries?
With a known genuine Nikon battery in your D500, without your MB-D17 attached, can you get 10fps?
I see a potential problem with the 2 different kinds of batteries used, Enloop 1900mAh (?) and EN-EL15/a
1900mAh.
First try what I proposed previously and then try using 2 similar EN-EL15/a batteries for both the camera and grip.
I think that should fix it. If that is the case, you have just found a new problem that should be reported to Nikon for a fix. Not sure if a firmware fix is possible for this kind of problem.
I think the photographer Sagar wanted the Bokeh to focus on the main subject and keep everything else blurry. The other thing is the limitations of the lens due to its focal length and the subject separation.
But overall is still a very nice picture as you commented. 👍
Actually it is heavily cropped image taken at 300mm/f5.6 with 70-300 AF-P FX. I had literally got camera and lens and Steve’s Wildlife Book an hour back, watched his couple of videos and took these in the backyard....only to realize later that out of the box D500 was in P mode
In my excitement to seep sharp..ish bird in the image for the first time (My first long tele lens), I didn’t even realize leaves motion/softness till these comments. So BIG thank you. Finding bird photography so much exiting but long way to go..
On the other note I am so glad I am back to Nikon and specially D500. After trying all MLs (except Sony) it’s so much better to see through OVF and handle a camera that’s as confident as D500. Literally as far as AF is concerned nearly every shot was spot on even some flying birds I tried..
hans98ko wrote:
I think the photographer Sagar wanted the Bokeh to focus on the main subject and keep everything else blurry. The other thing is the limitations of the lens due to its focal length and the subject separation.
But overall is still a very nice picture as you commented. 👍
hans98ko wrote:
I think the photographer Sagar wanted the Bokeh to focus on the main subject and keep everything else blurry. The other thing is the limitations of the lens due to its focal length and the subject separation.
But overall is still a very nice picture as you commented. 👍
Back and side lighted too. Very nice photo, as is.
A few photos with the d500 and sigma 100-400mm this last week during lockdown. All taken in the garden. The last photo of the starling is taken with the 300mm f4 pf but I prefer the images I am getting out of the recently aquired sigma.
