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Re: Macro lenses

 

I'm learning and trying different combinations of things. It's the practical experience that reinforces things I have read.


On Wed, Jun 7, 2023, 18:32 Guy S. <guy.stalnaker@...> wrote:

Yep. You're up against perhaps the physical constraints of what gear can do - the macro lens versus a "regular" lens with the extension rings. I know my Tamron 60mm macro cannot focus that fast; using manual focus requires many turns of the focus ring because, I think, of how the focus mechanism of the lens is designed.?

This thread makes me think about how much experience the "good" photographers must have to get the shots they get. I recently saw an image of an owl, wings fully furled, coming in for a landing on a stump. Magnificent. Yet I wonder how the dickens?that photographer got that shot? Right place, right time? Staked out that location for days/weeks/months watching that owl hunt? Did they set up the stump hoping (!?!) that the owl would take the hint? Is is fake? Is that a captive owl??

So many possibilities we can't know. Same with the insect photographers.?

That's no help to you however. Sorry.

On 6/7/23 18:22, Jon wrote:
Works if I can sway with the breeze at the same rate as the flowers and bees.

On Wed, Jun 7, 2023, 18:20 Walt <walt.polley@...> wrote:
One trick to try is set focus to manual, select an approximate distance that provides the composition you desire, “spot weld” the camera to your body, and then very slightly lean your whole body forward and backward (maybe an inch or so) to adjust focus on the critter desired

Walt

On Jun 7, 2023, at 5:16 PM, Jon <kd5sfa@...> wrote:

?I’ve been playing around with macro a bit and have been on a bee binge lately.
There is a trumpet vine growing wild along my neighbors fence line that I don’t have a problem with since it is an attractant for bees and hummingbirds.

The weeks I am oncall for work I am stuck at home and use it as part of my backyard safari project.?

I do have a Tamron 28-300mm ‘macro’ lens that is fine for static subjects with my D300s but does not cut it when it comes to autofocus on fast moving bees. It is just too slow.

I’ve been playing with my Nikon 28-300mm AF-S VR lens which has a pretty quick AF motor and using extension rings for a closer working distance. It can be frustrating at times when it decides to hunt. With that said when it works it does a pretty?good job. Today I tried using manual focus on some bees. I had one that was being cooperative when I had the 28mm extension ring on it. The challenge I had was the focus ring is small and not the smoothest.

I’ve been looking for a 300mm macro lens or at least closet to 200mm that has a fast AF and a decently smooth wider focus ring.?

Any thoughts or experience on such a beast if it exists?

It would be nice to go from bees to hummingbirds which I can’t do with the extension rings as you lose a lot of your focus range.

Trying to capture bees in flight is my goal especially if they are laden with a ton of pollen.

I believe Nikon made a 300mm macro f/4 lens. If the ones I was looking at on the used market were that, they were still pricey.

I do need to upload some of what I have been doing on flicker and re-organize that.

Thanks for your input.

Jon
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Re: Macro lenses

 

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Yep. You're up against perhaps the physical constraints of what gear can do - the macro lens versus a "regular" lens with the extension rings. I know my Tamron 60mm macro cannot focus that fast; using manual focus requires many turns of the focus ring because, I think, of how the focus mechanism of the lens is designed.?

This thread makes me think about how much experience the "good" photographers must have to get the shots they get. I recently saw an image of an owl, wings fully furled, coming in for a landing on a stump. Magnificent. Yet I wonder how the dickens?that photographer got that shot? Right place, right time? Staked out that location for days/weeks/months watching that owl hunt? Did they set up the stump hoping (!?!) that the owl would take the hint? Is is fake? Is that a captive owl??

So many possibilities we can't know. Same with the insect photographers.?

That's no help to you however. Sorry.

On 6/7/23 18:22, Jon wrote:
Works if I can sway with the breeze at the same rate as the flowers and bees.

On Wed, Jun 7, 2023, 18:20 Walt <walt.polley@...> wrote:
One trick to try is set focus to manual, select an approximate distance that provides the composition you desire, “spot weld” the camera to your body, and then very slightly lean your whole body forward and backward (maybe an inch or so) to adjust focus on the critter desired

Walt

On Jun 7, 2023, at 5:16 PM, Jon <kd5sfa@...> wrote:

?I’ve been playing around with macro a bit and have been on a bee binge lately.
There is a trumpet vine growing wild along my neighbors fence line that I don’t have a problem with since it is an attractant for bees and hummingbirds.

The weeks I am oncall for work I am stuck at home and use it as part of my backyard safari project.?

I do have a Tamron 28-300mm ‘macro’ lens that is fine for static subjects with my D300s but does not cut it when it comes to autofocus on fast moving bees. It is just too slow.

I’ve been playing with my Nikon 28-300mm AF-S VR lens which has a pretty quick AF motor and using extension rings for a closer working distance. It can be frustrating at times when it decides to hunt. With that said when it works it does a pretty?good job. Today I tried using manual focus on some bees. I had one that was being cooperative when I had the 28mm extension ring on it. The challenge I had was the focus ring is small and not the smoothest.

I’ve been looking for a 300mm macro lens or at least closet to 200mm that has a fast AF and a decently smooth wider focus ring.?

Any thoughts or experience on such a beast if it exists?

It would be nice to go from bees to hummingbirds which I can’t do with the extension rings as you lose a lot of your focus range.

Trying to capture bees in flight is my goal especially if they are laden with a ton of pollen.

I believe Nikon made a 300mm macro f/4 lens. If the ones I was looking at on the used market were that, they were still pricey.

I do need to upload some of what I have been doing on flicker and re-organize that.

Thanks for your input.

Jon
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--

“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”


Re: Macro lenses

 

Works if I can sway with the breeze at the same rate as the flowers and bees.


On Wed, Jun 7, 2023, 18:20 Walt <walt.polley@...> wrote:
One trick to try is set focus to manual, select an approximate distance that provides the composition you desire, “spot weld” the camera to your body, and then very slightly lean your whole body forward and backward (maybe an inch or so) to adjust focus on the critter desired

Walt

On Jun 7, 2023, at 5:16 PM, Jon <kd5sfa@...> wrote:

?I’ve been playing around with macro a bit and have been on a bee binge lately.
There is a trumpet vine growing wild along my neighbors fence line that I don’t have a problem with since it is an attractant for bees and hummingbirds.

The weeks I am oncall for work I am stuck at home and use it as part of my backyard safari project.?

I do have a Tamron 28-300mm ‘macro’ lens that is fine for static subjects with my D300s but does not cut it when it comes to autofocus on fast moving bees. It is just too slow.

I’ve been playing with my Nikon 28-300mm AF-S VR lens which has a pretty quick AF motor and using extension rings for a closer working distance. It can be frustrating at times when it decides to hunt. With that said when it works it does a pretty?good job. Today I tried using manual focus on some bees. I had one that was being cooperative when I had the 28mm extension ring on it. The challenge I had was the focus ring is small and not the smoothest.

I’ve been looking for a 300mm macro lens or at least closet to 200mm that has a fast AF and a decently smooth wider focus ring.?

Any thoughts or experience on such a beast if it exists?

It would be nice to go from bees to hummingbirds which I can’t do with the extension rings as you lose a lot of your focus range.

Trying to capture bees in flight is my goal especially if they are laden with a ton of pollen.

I believe Nikon made a 300mm macro f/4 lens. If the ones I was looking at on the used market were that, they were still pricey.

I do need to upload some of what I have been doing on flicker and re-organize that.

Thanks for your input.

Jon


Re: Macro lenses

 

I've been trying to use that trick. But even running f/22 @300mm? iso 1000 with the extension rings at a distance about a foot, the depth of dof is so shallow that a minor breeze moves things out of focus. Dof seems to be around a 1/8 - 1/4 of an inch at best.?

For distance shots with a good telephoto you have additional dof to work with. Close up you lose that advantage.?

On Wed, Jun 7, 2023, 18:03 Guy S. <guy.stalnaker@...> wrote:

Jon,

I'd think, unless you have professional grade gear, moving subjects?won't allow time for autofocus to do it's thing, My Nikon ZFc has really good autofocus, but even that with my Sigma 150-600 zoom is not fast enough for moving birds. You're likely getting the same results with your moving bees.

Years ago I did some photography as a CART IndyCar race here in Wisconsin and what I write below is based on a "trick" that a professional photographer taught me (moving cars, etc.): set up the gear to photograph?a spot on the track and go at it when the cars came by. I'm thinking you may can adjust that approach for what you want to do.

With some stationary object, shift the body to Manual mode, set up your body and lens for a narrow aperture (for good depth-of-field focus) and very fast shutterspeed. I know that's not intuitive, because closing the aperture while also increasing the shutterspeed significantly affects the light gathering potential, but?you should be able modify the ISO to get more sensitivity and doing this outside in bright light really helps (I've actually overexposed images trying this for bird photography LOL).

This way you can set your preferred focus range?with an aperture of F/16 (e.g., to get one foot depth of field), shutterspeed (e.g., 1/2000/sec to freeze the bee motion), and ISO (e.g, 800 or 1600, even in sunlight) in advance,?knowing that any bee in that one-foot distance, even if it's moving, should be in focus (because of the aperture) and sharp (because of the shutterspeed).

You can experiment with moving YOURSELF forward and backward as the bees move to shift that (e.g.) one foot area. You can probably move yourself faster than the camera can move things, so don't let the camera change things.

Regards.

On 6/7/23 17:15, Jon wrote:
I’ve been playing around with macro a bit and have been on a bee binge lately.
There is a trumpet vine growing wild along my neighbors fence line that I don’t have a problem with since it is an attractant for bees and hummingbirds.

The weeks I am oncall for work I am stuck at home and use it as part of my backyard safari project.?

I do have a Tamron 28-300mm ‘macro’ lens that is fine for static subjects with my D300s but does not cut it when it comes to autofocus on fast moving bees. It is just too slow.

I’ve been playing with my Nikon 28-300mm AF-S VR lens which has a pretty quick AF motor and using extension rings for a closer working distance. It can be frustrating at times when it decides to hunt. With that said when it works it does a pretty?good job. Today I tried using manual focus on some bees. I had one that was being cooperative when I had the 28mm extension ring on it. The challenge I had was the focus ring is small and not the smoothest.

I’ve been looking for a 300mm macro lens or at least closet to 200mm that has a fast AF and a decently smooth wider focus ring.?

Any thoughts or experience on such a beast if it exists?

It would be nice to go from bees to hummingbirds which I can’t do with the extension rings as you lose a lot of your focus range.

Trying to capture bees in flight is my goal especially if they are laden with a ton of pollen.

I believe Nikon made a 300mm macro f/4 lens. If the ones I was looking at on the used market were that, they were still pricey.

I do need to upload some of what I have been doing on flicker and re-organize that.

Thanks for your input.

Jon
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Re: Macro lenses

 

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One trick to try is set focus to manual, select an approximate distance that provides the composition you desire, “spot weld” the camera to your body, and then very slightly lean your whole body forward and backward (maybe an inch or so) to adjust focus on the critter desired

Walt

On Jun 7, 2023, at 5:16 PM, Jon <kd5sfa@...> wrote:

?I’ve been playing around with macro a bit and have been on a bee binge lately.
There is a trumpet vine growing wild along my neighbors fence line that I don’t have a problem with since it is an attractant for bees and hummingbirds.

The weeks I am oncall for work I am stuck at home and use it as part of my backyard safari project.?

I do have a Tamron 28-300mm ‘macro’ lens that is fine for static subjects with my D300s but does not cut it when it comes to autofocus on fast moving bees. It is just too slow.

I’ve been playing with my Nikon 28-300mm AF-S VR lens which has a pretty quick AF motor and using extension rings for a closer working distance. It can be frustrating at times when it decides to hunt. With that said when it works it does a pretty?good job. Today I tried using manual focus on some bees. I had one that was being cooperative when I had the 28mm extension ring on it. The challenge I had was the focus ring is small and not the smoothest.

I’ve been looking for a 300mm macro lens or at least closet to 200mm that has a fast AF and a decently smooth wider focus ring.?

Any thoughts or experience on such a beast if it exists?

It would be nice to go from bees to hummingbirds which I can’t do with the extension rings as you lose a lot of your focus range.

Trying to capture bees in flight is my goal especially if they are laden with a ton of pollen.

I believe Nikon made a 300mm macro f/4 lens. If the ones I was looking at on the used market were that, they were still pricey.

I do need to upload some of what I have been doing on flicker and re-organize that.

Thanks for your input.

Jon


Re: Macro lenses

 

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Jon,

I'd think, unless you have professional grade gear, moving subjects?won't allow time for autofocus to do it's thing, My Nikon ZFc has really good autofocus, but even that with my Sigma 150-600 zoom is not fast enough for moving birds. You're likely getting the same results with your moving bees.

Years ago I did some photography as a CART IndyCar race here in Wisconsin and what I write below is based on a "trick" that a professional photographer taught me (moving cars, etc.): set up the gear to photograph?a spot on the track and go at it when the cars came by. I'm thinking you may can adjust that approach for what you want to do.

With some stationary object, shift the body to Manual mode, set up your body and lens for a narrow aperture (for good depth-of-field focus) and very fast shutterspeed. I know that's not intuitive, because closing the aperture while also increasing the shutterspeed significantly affects the light gathering potential, but?you should be able modify the ISO to get more sensitivity and doing this outside in bright light really helps (I've actually overexposed images trying this for bird photography LOL).

This way you can set your preferred focus range?with an aperture of F/16 (e.g., to get one foot depth of field), shutterspeed (e.g., 1/2000/sec to freeze the bee motion), and ISO (e.g, 800 or 1600, even in sunlight) in advance,?knowing that any bee in that one-foot distance, even if it's moving, should be in focus (because of the aperture) and sharp (because of the shutterspeed).

You can experiment with moving YOURSELF forward and backward as the bees move to shift that (e.g.) one foot area. You can probably move yourself faster than the camera can move things, so don't let the camera change things.

Regards.

On 6/7/23 17:15, Jon wrote:
I’ve been playing around with macro a bit and have been on a bee binge lately.
There is a trumpet vine growing wild along my neighbors fence line that I don’t have a problem with since it is an attractant for bees and hummingbirds.

The weeks I am oncall for work I am stuck at home and use it as part of my backyard safari project.?

I do have a Tamron 28-300mm ‘macro’ lens that is fine for static subjects with my D300s but does not cut it when it comes to autofocus on fast moving bees. It is just too slow.

I’ve been playing with my Nikon 28-300mm AF-S VR lens which has a pretty quick AF motor and using extension rings for a closer working distance. It can be frustrating at times when it decides to hunt. With that said when it works it does a pretty?good job. Today I tried using manual focus on some bees. I had one that was being cooperative when I had the 28mm extension ring on it. The challenge I had was the focus ring is small and not the smoothest.

I’ve been looking for a 300mm macro lens or at least closet to 200mm that has a fast AF and a decently smooth wider focus ring.?

Any thoughts or experience on such a beast if it exists?

It would be nice to go from bees to hummingbirds which I can’t do with the extension rings as you lose a lot of your focus range.

Trying to capture bees in flight is my goal especially if they are laden with a ton of pollen.

I believe Nikon made a 300mm macro f/4 lens. If the ones I was looking at on the used market were that, they were still pricey.

I do need to upload some of what I have been doing on flicker and re-organize that.

Thanks for your input.

Jon
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“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”


Re: Macro lenses

 

I’m using an older manual focus Lester Dine 205 F 2.8 for my macro shots. I use a matching ring flash a lot with it. That said, I have about 9 other true macro lense from 55 to 280 mm.?Some of them are AF others are MF. The Dine 105 is my go to lens. My subjects tend to be smaller though.




On Wednesday, June 7, 2023, 6:39 PM, Jon <kd5sfa@...> wrote:

True being that it is fun and exasperating.

Of course getting the flower mostly in focus and the blur of the bee flying towards it does give it a certain character.



On Wed, Jun 7, 2023 at 17:36 Bob Morse <stilljustbob@...> wrote:
Hi, Jon.

Trying to capture bees in flight will keep you out of trouble for a while.? I use a ten year old Nikon 105 macro for attempting such shots. Historically, I used the macro on my D800. Although I’m still inclined use it for slower moving subjects, I lean toward my Z6 for those who move more quickly. I find it both fun and exasperating; the bees are quicker than I am.

Enjoy!

? ?/AnotherBob

> On Jun 7, 2023, at 6:15 PM, Jon <kd5sfa@...> wrote:
>
> I’ve been playing around with macro a bit and have been on a bee binge lately……..
>
> Trying to capture bees in flight is my goal especially if they are laden with a ton of pollen…….
>
>






Re: Macro lenses

 

True being that it is fun and exasperating.

Of course getting the flower mostly in focus and the blur of the bee flying towards it does give it a certain character.



On Wed, Jun 7, 2023 at 17:36 Bob Morse <stilljustbob@...> wrote:
Hi, Jon.

Trying to capture bees in flight will keep you out of trouble for a while.? I use a ten year old Nikon 105 macro for attempting such shots. Historically, I used the macro on my D800. Although I’m still inclined use it for slower moving subjects, I lean toward my Z6 for those who move more quickly. I find it both fun and exasperating; the bees are quicker than I am.

Enjoy!

? ?/AnotherBob

> On Jun 7, 2023, at 6:15 PM, Jon <kd5sfa@...> wrote:
>
> I’ve been playing around with macro a bit and have been on a bee binge lately……..
>
> Trying to capture bees in flight is my goal especially if they are laden with a ton of pollen…….
>
>






Re: Macro lenses

 

Hi, Jon.

Trying to capture bees in flight will keep you out of trouble for a while. I use a ten year old Nikon 105 macro for attempting such shots. Historically, I used the macro on my D800. Although I’m still inclined use it for slower moving subjects, I lean toward my Z6 for those who move more quickly. I find it both fun and exasperating; the bees are quicker than I am.

Enjoy!

/AnotherBob

On Jun 7, 2023, at 6:15 PM, Jon <kd5sfa@...> wrote:

I’ve been playing around with macro a bit and have been on a bee binge lately……..

Trying to capture bees in flight is my goal especially if they are laden with a ton of pollen…….


Re: Macro lenses

 

I have been having great fun with my Irix full-frame 11mm ultra-wide and Irix 150mm 1:1 macro lenses. Amazing CPU-but-manual lenses with breathtaking sharpness.




"Always take the high road. There's less traffic."

-Christopher Erickson
Observatory Engineer
Summit Kinetics
Honoka'a, Hawaii


On Wed, Jun 7, 2023 at 12:16?PM Jon <kd5sfa@...> wrote:
I’ve been playing around with macro a bit and have been on a bee binge lately.
There is a trumpet vine growing wild along my neighbors fence line that I don’t have a problem with since it is an attractant for bees and hummingbirds.

The weeks I am oncall for work I am stuck at home and use it as part of my backyard safari project.?

I do have a Tamron 28-300mm ‘macro’ lens that is fine for static subjects with my D300s but does not cut it when it comes to autofocus on fast moving bees. It is just too slow.

I’ve been playing with my Nikon 28-300mm AF-S VR lens which has a pretty quick AF motor and using extension rings for a closer working distance. It can be frustrating at times when it decides to hunt. With that said when it works it does a pretty?good job. Today I tried using manual focus on some bees. I had one that was being cooperative when I had the 28mm extension ring on it. The challenge I had was the focus ring is small and not the smoothest.

I’ve been looking for a 300mm macro lens or at least closet to 200mm that has a fast AF and a decently smooth wider focus ring.?

Any thoughts or experience on such a beast if it exists?

It would be nice to go from bees to hummingbirds which I can’t do with the extension rings as you lose a lot of your focus range.

Trying to capture bees in flight is my goal especially if they are laden with a ton of pollen.

I believe Nikon made a 300mm macro f/4 lens. If the ones I was looking at on the used market were that, they were still pricey.

I do need to upload some of what I have been doing on flicker and re-organize that.

Thanks for your input.

Jon


Macro lenses

 

I’ve been playing around with macro a bit and have been on a bee binge lately.
There is a trumpet vine growing wild along my neighbors fence line that I don’t have a problem with since it is an attractant for bees and hummingbirds.

The weeks I am oncall for work I am stuck at home and use it as part of my backyard safari project.?

I do have a Tamron 28-300mm ‘macro’ lens that is fine for static subjects with my D300s but does not cut it when it comes to autofocus on fast moving bees. It is just too slow.

I’ve been playing with my Nikon 28-300mm AF-S VR lens which has a pretty quick AF motor and using extension rings for a closer working distance. It can be frustrating at times when it decides to hunt. With that said when it works it does a pretty?good job. Today I tried using manual focus on some bees. I had one that was being cooperative when I had the 28mm extension ring on it. The challenge I had was the focus ring is small and not the smoothest.

I’ve been looking for a 300mm macro lens or at least closet to 200mm that has a fast AF and a decently smooth wider focus ring.?

Any thoughts or experience on such a beast if it exists?

It would be nice to go from bees to hummingbirds which I can’t do with the extension rings as you lose a lot of your focus range.

Trying to capture bees in flight is my goal especially if they are laden with a ton of pollen.

I believe Nikon made a 300mm macro f/4 lens. If the ones I was looking at on the used market were that, they were still pricey.

I do need to upload some of what I have been doing on flicker and re-organize that.

Thanks for your input.

Jon


Re: What makes a good photo and a great photo?

 

Start looking at painting and other visual art. The rest will come.


Re: What makes a good photo and a great photo?

 

I often ask myself, "what am I taking a picture of." A photo can have a lot going on with distractions from what attracted me to the scene. I try to include what I want and exclude distractions. For example, think of the seashore with beach, water and sky. Including all three with the horizon across the center is rarely good. Which one is most interesting at that moment?

Ralph??


Re: What makes a good photo and a great photo?

 

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Thank you Roy… yes I think that sometimes things just come together and make me happy!? LOL

Kelly

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of zigmonde1 via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 3:47 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Nikon-DSLR] What makes a good photo and a great photo?

?

Hello All

Since posting on here and joining Flickr I have learn't a lot about photography, still loads more to learn and the group has ignited my quest for good quality photo's to frame for the house.? Instead of buying pictures for the walls I want to take them so that everytime I see the picture I will remember the time and realise I was invested in that moment. I always look at the picture Kelly took that won a prize and wonder what must he think everytime he looks at it,? I can take a decent picture mostly with the help of the D850 but I cannot create or see a great picture.? So to all of you Nikonians what makes a good picture and what makes a great picture?
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Kind Regards

Roy


Re: What makes a good photo and a great photo?

 

Great technical details (perspective, exposure, DoF, etc.) can create good pictures.

Telling a story in one pic can create a great picture. Technical details are way less important.

For me, the less fiddling I do to the shot afterwards, the better. There is definitely a possibility that too much fiddling and processing to create a technically-perfect shot, can create a routine, boring picture.

Just focus on what you see in the viewfinder. Think about the story you are looking at. Get an ultra-wide angle lens and get in tight.

"Always take the high road. There's less traffic."

-Christopher Erickson
Observatory engineer
Waikoloa, HI 96738

???


On Tue, May 16, 2023, 9:47 AM zigmonde1 via <zigmonde1=[email protected]> wrote:
Hello All

Since posting on here and joining Flickr I have learn't a lot about photography, still loads more to learn and the group has ignited my quest for good quality photo's to frame for the house.? Instead of buying pictures for the walls I want to take them so that everytime I see the picture I will remember the time and realise I was invested in that moment. I always look at the picture Kelly took that won a prize and wonder what must he think everytime he looks at it,? I can take a decent picture mostly with the help of the D850 but I cannot create or see a great picture.? So to all of you Nikonians what makes a good picture and what makes a great picture?
--

Kind Regards

Roy


What makes a good photo and a great photo?

 

Hello All

Since posting on here and joining Flickr I have learn't a lot about photography, still loads more to learn and the group has ignited my quest for good quality photo's to frame for the house.? Instead of buying pictures for the walls I want to take them so that everytime I see the picture I will remember the time and realise I was invested in that moment. I always look at the picture Kelly took that won a prize and wonder what must he think everytime he looks at it,? I can take a decent picture mostly with the help of the D850 but I cannot create or see a great picture.? So to all of you Nikonians what makes a good picture and what makes a great picture?
--

Kind Regards

Roy


Re: Nikon D850 Battery Grip

 

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Now I get you!? Thanks

kelly

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of zigmonde1 via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 10:23 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Nikon-DSLR] Nikon D850 Battery Grip

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Hello Kelly

If you look at the D850 battery grip from the rear of the camera you will see a small square piece of rubber, if you peel this back it reveals a port access, Below explains it better.

The EP-5B Power Connector

When using the EP-5B power connector, insert it into the MS-D12EN holder with the arrow (E) on the connector toward the battery holder power terminals (). Press the connector lightly downward and slide it in the direction of the arrow until the power terminals click into place (). Open the holder power connector cover and pass the EP-5B power cable through the opening ().


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Kind Regards

Roy


Re: Nikon D850 Battery Grip

 

Hello Kelly

If you look at the D850 battery grip from the rear of the camera you will see a small square piece of rubber, if you peel this back it reveals a port access, Below explains it better.

The EP-5B Power Connector

When using the EP-5B power connector, insert it into the MS-D12EN holder with the arrow (E) on the connector toward the battery holder power terminals (). Press the connector lightly downward and slide it in the direction of the arrow until the power terminals click into place (). Open the holder power connector cover and pass the EP-5B power cable through the opening ().


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Kind Regards

Roy


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Roy, I have the Nikon D850 Grip, but I don’t have any connections on it.? I see in a later email that you found the answer to your question, but would you please tell us what it is?

Thanks

Kelly

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of zigmonde1 via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 7:16 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Nikon-DSLR] Nikon D850 Battery Grip

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Hello All

I have the battery grip for my D850 and it has a power port at the end, the manual calls this a Holder power connector, the manual I have does not go into what this is used for or how it is plugged in if thats what it does, does anyone have this battery grip and do they use this power connector?
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Kind Regards

Roy


Re: Nikon D850 Battery Grip

 

And the answer is?

On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 06:22 zigmonde1 via <zigmonde1=[email protected]> wrote:
Found the answer
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Kind Regards

Roy