Thang wrote: architect7 wrote:
I got some great pics of a Great Blue Heron at dusk last night but I\'m an idiot and did not enable RAW shooting in time. But I am very impressed with the SOOC high ISO JPEG quality, shooting wildlife 5000-12800ISO does not seem like it will be an issue for this camera. Seems like a perfect match for my 200-400mm f4G VR1. Testing with my 200-500 today!
Has anyone tested auto AF fine tune yet? I\'ll be attempting this afternoon as well.
I am also interested in your thoughts on the D500 + 200-500 combo in the areas of AF speed and acquisition! Looking forward to what you have to say. TIA
It is fast, very fast. Much faster than with my D810, especially acquisition speed. It has made my 200-500 VERY similar in speed to my 200-400mm f4G VR1 which to me is a huge deal; acquisition speed with the 200-500 can be painfully slow on other bodies as it sometimes racks to infinity and back. I spent 3 hours kayaking with the D500/200-500 today and the results have blown me away. I\'ll post some examples in about an hour or so after I have some dinner. This combo just has me so excited! Next, I\'ll try this combo with the TC-14E III.
Edit, as promised, a couple shots from my outing today. Mild crops, I didn\'t think I\'d have much crop latitude since I\'ve been so spoiled by the D810. I have been pleasantly surprised! The Eagle had to be pushed another couple of stops in LR to bring out wing detail so it has a bit of grain but still really good compared to the same activity with my D810. The duck pic was a total fluke and happened just as I was pulling up to the dock to get out of my kayak. I quickly raised the camera and shot the pic, the D500 acquired focus extremely fast, starting from near infinity from me looking at the local Great Blue Heron rookery from far away. The D500 founds it\'s head and locked on, I am absolutely amazed by that because the 200-500 always seemed too sluggish on my D810 for birds flying directly at me. Not an issue anymore
It looks like AF fine tune matches pretty close on my D500 though I haven\'t calibrated with the 200-500 yet. Totally forgot to do this until I was already on the water but I plan to go through the auto fine tune process in my backyard tomorrow with all of my lenses. So maybe I can squeeze even more sharpness out of this lens/body combo.
Thang wrote: architect7 wrote:
I got some great pics of a Great Blue Heron at dusk last night but I\'m an idiot and did not enable RAW shooting in time. But I am very impressed with the SOOC high ISO JPEG quality, shooting wildlife 5000-12800ISO does not seem like it will be an issue for this camera. Seems like a perfect match for my 200-400mm f4G VR1. Testing with my 200-500 today!
Has anyone tested auto AF fine tune yet? I\'ll be attempting this afternoon as well.
I am also interested in your thoughts on the D500 + 200-500 combo in the areas of AF speed and acquisition! Looking forward to what you have to say. TIA
It is fast, very fast. Much faster than with my D810, especially acquisition speed. It has made my 200-500 VERY similar in speed to my 200-400mm f4G VR1 which to me is a huge deal; acquisition speed with the 200-500 can be painfully slow on other bodies as it sometimes racks to infinity and back. I spent 3 hours kayaking with the D500/200-500 today and the results have blown me away. I\'ll post some examples in about an hour or so after I have some dinner. This combo just has me so excited! Next, I\'ll try this combo with the TC-14E III.
Edit, as promised, a couple shots from my outing today. Mild crops, I didn\'t think I\'d have much crop latitude since I\'ve been so spoiled by the D810. I have been pleasantly surprised! The Eagle had to be pushed another couple of stops in LR to bring out wing detail so it has a bit of grain but still really good compared to the same activity with my D810. The duck pic was a total fluke and happened just as I was pulling up to the dock to get out of my kayak. I quickly raised the camera and shot the pic, the D500 acquired focus extremely fast, starting from near infinity from me looking at the local Great Blue Heron rookery from far away. The D500 founds it\'s head and locked on, I am absolutely amazed by that because the 200-500 always seemed too sluggish on my D810 for birds flying directly at me. Not an issue anymore
It looks like AF fine tune matches pretty close on my D500 though I haven\'t calibrated with the 200-500 yet. Totally forgot to do this until I was already on the water but I plan to go through the auto fine tune process in my backyard tomorrow with all of my lenses. So maybe I can squeeze even more sharpness out of this lens/body combo.
Thang wrote: architect7 wrote:
I got some great pics of a Great Blue Heron at dusk last night but I\'m an idiot and did not enable RAW shooting in time. But I am very impressed with the SOOC high ISO JPEG quality, shooting wildlife 5000-12800ISO does not seem like it will be an issue for this camera. Seems like a perfect match for my 200-400mm f4G VR1. Testing with my 200-500 today!
Has anyone tested auto AF fine tune yet? I\'ll be attempting this afternoon as well.
I am also interested in your thoughts on the D500 + 200-500 combo in the areas of AF speed and acquisition! Looking forward to what you have to say. TIA
It is fast, very fast. Much faster than with my D810, especially acquisition speed. It has made my 200-500 VERY similar in speed to my 200-400mm f4G VR1 which to me is a huge deal; acquisition speed with the 200-500 can be painfully slow on other bodies as it sometimes racks to infinity and back. I spent 3 hours kayaking with the D500/200-500 today and the results have blown me away. I\'ll post some examples in about an hour or so after I have some dinner. This combo just has me so excited! Next, I\'ll try this combo with the TC-14E III.
Edit, as promised, a couple shots from my outing today. Mild crops, I didn\'t think I\'d have much crop latitude since I\'ve been so spoiled by the D810. I have been pleasantly surprised! The Eagle had to be pushed another couple of stops in LR to bring out wing detail so it has a bit of grain but still really good compared to the same activity with my D810. The duck pic was a total fluke and happened just as I was pulling up to the dock to get out of my kayak. I quickly raised the camera and shot the pic, the D500 acquired focus extremely fast, starting from near infinity from me looking at the local Great Blue Heron rookery from far away. The D500 founds it\'s head and locked on, I am absolutely amazed by that because the 200-500 always seemed too sluggish on my D810 for birds flying directly at me. Not an issue anymore
It looks like AF fine tune matches pretty close on my D500 though I haven\'t calibrated with the 200-500 yet. Totally forgot to do this until I was already on the water but I plan to go through the auto fine tune process in my backyard tomorrow with all of my lenses. So maybe I can squeeze even more sharpness out of this lens/body combo.
Thang wrote: architect7 wrote:
I got some great pics of a Great Blue Heron at dusk last night but I\'m an idiot and did not enable RAW shooting in time. But I am very impressed with the SOOC high ISO JPEG quality, shooting wildlife 5000-12800ISO does not seem like it will be an issue for this camera. Seems like a perfect match for my 200-400mm f4G VR1. Testing with my 200-500 today!
Has anyone tested auto AF fine tune yet? I\'ll be attempting this afternoon as well.
I am also interested in your thoughts on the D500 + 200-500 combo in the areas of AF speed and acquisition! Looking forward to what you have to say. TIA
It is fast, very fast. Much faster than with my D810, especially acquisition speed. It has made my 200-500 VERY similar in speed to my 200-400mm f4G VR1 which to me is a huge deal; acquisition speed with the 200-500 can be painfully slow on other bodies as it sometimes racks to infinity and back. I spent 3 hours kayaking with the D500/200-500 today and the results have blown me away. I\'ll post some examples in about an hour or so after I have some dinner. This combo just has me so excited! Next, I\'ll try this combo with the TC-14E III.
Edit, as promised, a couple shots from my outing today. Mild crops, I didn\'t think I\'d have much crop latitude since I\'ve been so spoiled by the D810. I have been pleasantly surprised! The Eagle had to be pushed another couple of stops in LR to bring out wing detail so it has a bit of grain but still really good compared to the same activity with my D810. The duck pic was a total fluke and happened just as I was pulling up to the dock to get out of my kayak. I quickly raised the camera and shot the pic, the D500 acquired focus extremely fast, starting from near infinity from me looking at the local Great Blue Heron rookery from far away. The D500 founds it\'s head and locked on, I am absolutely amazed by that because the 200-500 always seemed too sluggish on my D810 for birds flying directly at me. Not an issue anymore
Thang wrote: architect7 wrote:
I got some great pics of a Great Blue Heron at dusk last night but I\'m an idiot and did not enable RAW shooting in time. But I am very impressed with the SOOC high ISO JPEG quality, shooting wildlife 5000-12800ISO does not seem like it will be an issue for this camera. Seems like a perfect match for my 200-400mm f4G VR1. Testing with my 200-500 today!
Has anyone tested auto AF fine tune yet? I\'ll be attempting this afternoon as well.
I am also interested in your thoughts on the D500 + 200-500 combo in the areas of AF speed and acquisition! Looking forward to what you have to say. TIA
It is fast, very fast. Much faster than with my D810, especially acquisition speed. It has made my 200-500 VERY similar in speed to my 200-400mm f4G VR1 which to me is a huge deal; acquisition speed with the 200-500 can be painfully slow on other bodies as it sometimes racks to infinity and back. I spent 3 hours kayaking with the D500/200-500 today and the results have blown me away. I\'ll post some examples in about an hour or so after I have some dinner. This combo just has me so excited! Next, I\'ll try this combo with the TC-14E III.
Edit, as promised, a couple shots from my outing today. Mild crops, I didn\'t think I\'d have much crop latitude since I\'ve been so spoiled by the D810. I have been pleasantly surprised!
Thang wrote: architect7 wrote:
I got some great pics of a Great Blue Heron at dusk last night but I\'m an idiot and did not enable RAW shooting in time. But I am very impressed with the SOOC high ISO JPEG quality, shooting wildlife 5000-12800ISO does not seem like it will be an issue for this camera. Seems like a perfect match for my 200-400mm f4G VR1. Testing with my 200-500 today!
Has anyone tested auto AF fine tune yet? I\'ll be attempting this afternoon as well.
I am also interested in your thoughts on the D500 + 200-500 combo in the areas of AF speed and acquisition! Looking forward to what you have to say. TIA
It is fast, very fast. Much faster than with my D810, especially acquisition speed. It has made my 200-500 VERY similar in speed to my 200-400mm f4G VR1 which to me is a huge deal; acquisition speed with the 200-500 can be painfully slow on other bodies as it sometimes racks to infinity and back. I spent 3 hours kayaking with the D500/200-500 today and the results have blown me away. I\'ll post some examples in about an hour or so after I have some dinner. This combo just has me so excited! Next, I\'ll try this combo with the TC-14E III.
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