Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/02/21

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Subject: [Leica] Eagle Pictures with the Nikon 200 - 500 VR Zoom
From: leica at jayburleson.com (Jay Burleson)
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2016 19:32:44 -0800
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Looks like a good lens for you Howard, 3336C (the pair) is fantastic.

Jay

On 2/21/2016 9:22 AM, H&ECummer wrote:
> Morning Luggers,
> We took the ferry yesterday morning, early, from Otter Bay Pender Island, 
> over to the Mainland to Vancouver.
>
> While in Calgary I purchased the newish Nikon 200 - 500 f5.6 Vr zoom and I 
> took the lens on a Nikon D750
> body along to the ferry terminal to photograph the eagle family if they 
> showed up. They did fly in - in the early morning
> sun - and I shot 380 shots in about 40 minutes. The shots were hand held - 
> VR off - manual shutter at 1/2000,
> lens at f11 or f8.0 and auto ISO up to 6400. The details for each photo 
> are given on the folder page.
> Here is the first picture:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BirdsCanada2016/DSC_3294C.jpg.html
>  
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BirdsCanada2016/DSC_3294C.jpg.html>>
>
> Please view large and then shift right for four more images.
>
> I am hoping to pair the 200 - 500 VR with the new Nikon D500 (when it is 
> available) for a trip to Brazil that Jayanand and
> Alastair plus significant others are going to make in August to shoot 
> Jaguars in the Pantanal.
>
> The problem with the D750 is insufficient buffer memory for the number of 
> shots that I take at one time. Hopefully the D500
> will be better - since its operating system is really based on the 
> professional D5 system.
>
> C&C always welcome.
>
> Howard.


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