Today the (new to me - very low click) D7200 - 400mm f5.6 ais + TC-16A and Rocky the Squirrel (960mm effective focal length) Flat light, ISO higher than I wanted, shutter speeds slower than I wanted, shooting through two panes of glass, and four squirrels (aka Rocky) that are constantly chasing each other.
Rocky was hungry, and even looked in the hummingbird feeder I failed to put away last fall
Then Rocky watched me fill the feeder and tried to stay warm
Then I thought I heard Rocky say..."Thank you grasshopper"
All in all I am very impressed with the D7200. The image quality, and high iso performance out of this 2015 era crop sensor is really excellent. I am sure I can improve on this.
James Markus wrote:
Today the (new to me - very low click) D7200 - 400mm f5.6 ais + TC-16A and Rocky the Squirrel (960mm effective focal length) Flat light, ISO higher than I wanted, shutter speeds slower than I wanted, shooting through two panes of glass, and four squirrels (aka Rocky) that are constantly chasing each other.
All in all I am very impressed with the D7200. The image quality, and high iso performance out of this 2015 era crop sensor is really excellent. I am sure I can improve on this.
This 400/5.6 ED is a gem!
I also after a cheap D7200 too...
Those things were built like tanks - with mileage to match! A friend of mine called his "Sherman" after the Sherman tank - or just "Sherm" for short.
Doug
PS - I hope you salvaged the tire - looks like good tread left on them for their age - like me!
Those are actually US Marines Hummer tires - military surplus from camp Pendleton. Left the suburban intact in hopes someone restores it to working condition.
Got better light today so I was able to lower the ISO. and increase the shutter speed.
It looks to have improved image quality of the D7200 files. I think there is further
room for improvement, but I am still impressed with this crop sensor.
While hanging around waiting for the sun to come out I did a third or forth run though
the menus. I finally got it setup for single focus point - which is the way I roll. I
am surprised at all the great options within the menu, and have added a handful of ones
that I frequently change to my custom menu.
The exact reason I prefer single point focus = I decide where to focus. In this case the
Blue Jay's left eye just right of the twig, or the Tulip tree seed pod.
Sar, excellent series. The 50-300mm f/4.5 ED is a sweet lens.
James, crisp images and nice colors.
Took this one six days after the icy version posted earlier. After a couple of days of T-shirt temperatures, the ducks are glad to have the swimming pool back.
James Markus wrote:
While hanging around waiting for the sun to come out I did a third or forth run though
the menus. I finally got it setup for single focus point - which is the way I roll. I
Hi James - enjoy the D7200. I loved the D7100 which I reluctantly let go when I went to the Z5 (my other camera is a D500).
The easiest way is to press and hold the focus mode Selector found in the lower right-hand corner of your lens mount area and by spinning the Command Dials, it's simple to customize your AF point selection.
Steve Perry has a very useful E-book - Secrets to the Nikon Autofocus System - which is available from Backcountry Gallery for $21 I have found this extremely useful.
Thanks Peter. I probably should have just asked here, but I ended up searching the online pdf manual. My pdf reader seemed to lose it's search function in it's menu options; until I remembered the keyboard command I use to use to use (ctr + f) in Acrobat. Funny thing is I ordered a used manual at the same time as the camera off ebay. I've had the camera for a while now (traveled 350 miles in 2 days also due south of me) - the manual was 250 miles due south of me, and is now about a 900 miles away on the east coast in New Jersey? More snail mail DeJoy.
Oosty wrote:
Hi James - enjoy the D7200. I loved the D7100 which I reluctantly let go when I went to the Z5 (my other camera is a D500).
The easiest way is to press and hold the focus mode Selector found in the lower right-hand corner of your lens mount area and by spinning the Command Dials, it's simple to customize your AF point selection.
Steve Perry has a very useful E-book - Secrets to the Nikon Autofocus System - which is available from Backcountry Gallery for $21 I have found this extremely useful.
