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My findings: Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G EDIF VR USM
Saturday afternoon, ABSA Stadium, Durban, South Africa. The game was the
Sharks (home team) vs. The Pumas. Equipment used: Nikon D70, ISO 400, AF-C focusing mode, JPG Fine. All shots were handheld with VR set to normal. The lens was shot wide open at f/2.8 and in-camera sharpening was set to normal, as was saturation. The only post processing done was cropping (big cheat, I know, but I didn't have a 2x extender with me!). I think the results speak for themselves, this is one helluva lens! I am very, very happy with it. To see my best five pics from the game go to www.dallasdahms.com and click on the sports gallery under the Photos menu. The first five thumbs will link to larger images. Comments are most welcome. An interesting observation from the day; there were an equal number of Canon and Nikon shooters (5 apiece). -- Dallas www.dallasdahms.com "Going down a dirty inner city side road I plotted Madness passed me by, she smiled hi, I nodded" - Sixto Rodriguez |
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Yes, good results indeed. Nice shooting. My interesting observation is how
many of those rugby players show signs of having had knee surgery. Scary game! Rob -------------- "Dallas" wrote ... Saturday afternoon, ABSA Stadium, Durban, South Africa. The game was the Sharks (home team) vs. The Pumas. Equipment used: Nikon D70, ISO 400, AF-C focusing mode, JPG Fine. All shots were handheld with VR set to normal. I think the results speak for themselves, this is one helluva lens! I am very, very happy with it. To see my best five pics from the game go to www.dallasdahms.com and click on the sports gallery under the Photos menu. The first five thumbs will link to larger images. Comments are most welcome. An interesting observation from the day; there were an equal number of Canon and Nikon shooters (5 apiece). |
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Yes, good results indeed. Nice shooting. My interesting observation is how
many of those rugby players show signs of having had knee surgery. Scary game! Rob -------------- "Dallas" wrote ... Saturday afternoon, ABSA Stadium, Durban, South Africa. The game was the Sharks (home team) vs. The Pumas. Equipment used: Nikon D70, ISO 400, AF-C focusing mode, JPG Fine. All shots were handheld with VR set to normal. I think the results speak for themselves, this is one helluva lens! I am very, very happy with it. To see my best five pics from the game go to www.dallasdahms.com and click on the sports gallery under the Photos menu. The first five thumbs will link to larger images. Comments are most welcome. An interesting observation from the day; there were an equal number of Canon and Nikon shooters (5 apiece). |
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On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 01:06:56 +0000, Basic Wedge wrote:
Yes, good results indeed. Nice shooting. My interesting observation is how many of those rugby players show signs of having had knee surgery. Scary game! Rob Thanks, Rob. I think I did okay for the first time out with this camera & lens combo. Normally you aim to get at least 10 decent shots at a game, which invariably means shooting at least 150 images. For some reason I only shot about 70 at this game. My next trick is to get the 2x teleconverter, especially for surfing photos. On the D70 that will put me at 600mm f/5.6 which is pretty cool. BTW, yes, it is a scary game. One of the images I had actually forgotten about was a shot of a loose scrum where you can see one of the Sharks players clearly throwing a clenched fist at an opponent. I will put that one up later. -- Dallas www.dallasdahms.com "Going down a dirty inner city side road I plotted Madness passed me by, she smiled hi, I nodded" - Sixto Rodriguez |
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To see my best five pics from the game go to www.dallasdahms.com and click on the sports gallery under the Photos menu. The first five thumbs will link to larger images. Comments are most welcome. Great shots. They were of particular interest to me because I myself have just purchased this lens (2 days ago) but have yet to actually take it out to play. And I also use the D70, though I don't shoot sports. Those are nice results, and personally confidence-inspiring. Were the shots handheld? VR on? Rudi |
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On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 03:50:30 -0700, Rudi Cheow wrote:
To see my best five pics from the game go to www.dallasdahms.com and click on the sports gallery under the Photos menu. The first five thumbs will link to larger images. Comments are most welcome. Great shots. They were of particular interest to me because I myself have just purchased this lens (2 days ago) but have yet to actually take it out to play. And I also use the D70, though I don't shoot sports. Those are nice results, and personally confidence-inspiring. Were the shots handheld? VR on? Rudi Thanks for the compliments! Yes, they were handheld with VR set to normal. It's a superb lens - much better than the older 80-200mm f/2.8 (2-ring) I had. What's nice about it is the smooth bokeh. -- Dallas www.dallasdahms.com "Going down a dirty inner city side road I plotted Madness passed me by, she smiled hi, I nodded" - Sixto Rodriguez |
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On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 03:50:30 -0700, Rudi Cheow wrote:
To see my best five pics from the game go to www.dallasdahms.com and click on the sports gallery under the Photos menu. The first five thumbs will link to larger images. Comments are most welcome. Great shots. They were of particular interest to me because I myself have just purchased this lens (2 days ago) but have yet to actually take it out to play. And I also use the D70, though I don't shoot sports. Those are nice results, and personally confidence-inspiring. Were the shots handheld? VR on? Rudi Thanks for the compliments! Yes, they were handheld with VR set to normal. It's a superb lens - much better than the older 80-200mm f/2.8 (2-ring) I had. What's nice about it is the smooth bokeh. -- Dallas www.dallasdahms.com "Going down a dirty inner city side road I plotted Madness passed me by, she smiled hi, I nodded" - Sixto Rodriguez |
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On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 03:50:30 -0700, Rudi Cheow wrote:
To see my best five pics from the game go to www.dallasdahms.com and click on the sports gallery under the Photos menu. The first five thumbs will link to larger images. Comments are most welcome. Great shots. They were of particular interest to me because I myself have just purchased this lens (2 days ago) but have yet to actually take it out to play. And I also use the D70, though I don't shoot sports. Those are nice results, and personally confidence-inspiring. Were the shots handheld? VR on? Rudi Thanks for the compliments! Yes, they were handheld with VR set to normal. It's a superb lens - much better than the older 80-200mm f/2.8 (2-ring) I had. What's nice about it is the smooth bokeh. -- Dallas www.dallasdahms.com "Going down a dirty inner city side road I plotted Madness passed me by, she smiled hi, I nodded" - Sixto Rodriguez |
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