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This is one of the chipmunks that live outside my patio door. LOL! They hustle across my back porch all day long. I took some test shots today. I think all the features; the priority modes, are not going to happen for me because of the manual lenses. I will go old school, I can play that game.
I know you think I’m crazy for saying this but, National Geographic anyone? LOL! 
All right! Glad to see you're already putting that D2H to work. These are some fun captures (I'm a sucker for pretty much anything furry).
So manual focus eh? I've got to hand you some respect for that--I'm very fond of my autofocus. Afraid I've gotten lazy. There are a few things that I will always have to manual focus (night skies, for instance), but I sure don't do it often because I miss too often!
Aperture priority and Manual are the modes available with old, unchipped lenses.
Nice first shots!
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Thank you all for the kind words. You three have offered me so much help and encouragement; I am very excited about photography. The camera works awesome! It is so fast, man! It is fast. I notice that when I was switching modes, nothing was really happening, I was perplexed, slept on it, and this morning I came to the conclusion it was in the lens camera connection. Merko_61 has confirmed my suspicion. I want to do HDR lanscapes, but the bracketing feature doesn’t work with the old lenses. Suggestions are welcome. I love this camera, and next month I buying that telconverter. I put an ad on craigslist in my hometown for old Nikon lenses.I am enjoying old school style and I believe that I will learn a lot about photography this way.
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Maybe you should consider one autofocus lens for the fast moving stuff. A cheap Sigma 70-300 would help you unleash the potential of the D2H. My mom got one for her D3200 and she's very happy with it. For the price, it is excellent. I sort of gave up on manual wildlife photography, it's quite difficult, and I was never quite satisfied with my results. But you have so much opportunity where you live and you are off to a promising start, good luck.
Some manual shots, before I gave up.
Canon FD 300L + 2x-a TC by kenafein, on Flickr
300L + 1.4x-a TC by kenafein, on Flickr
Canon FD 300L + 2x-a TC by kenafein, on Flickr
Canon FD 300/4 L w/2x TC #3 by kenafein, on Flickr
Maybe you should consider one autofocus lens for the fast moving stuff. A cheap Sigma 70-300 would help you unleash the potential of the D2H. My mom got one for her D3200 and she's very happy with it. For the price, it is excellent. I sort of gave up on manual wildlife photography, it's quite difficult, and I was never quite satisfied with my results. But you have so much opportunity where you live and you are off to a promising start, good luck.
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Some manual shots, before I gave up.
300/4 L w/2x TC #3 by kenafein, on Flickr
Well said!
(And nice shots!!)
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I agree with you Kenafein. Most of the techniques I have read about are going to be very difficult with manual style. Peter told me about a teleconverter that makes everything auto, and it only works with the D2H. LOL! Thumper told me of a similar lens that you have mentioned. Monday I have to send the camera in for a cleaning.
Thank you for the nice compliments about my pictures. Those hawks are there everyday, they hunt the land all around were I live. Most people I know who do bird photography in my area, go out to a place called Horricon Marsh. Which I will be doing soon. I like the wild adventure myself. A backyard safari I call it.LOL! I read so much, watched videos about photography before I got my camera, that I thought I would be ready, however, theory and application are as close as to each other as hammerers and peanut butter. LOL!
Your shots are awesome Kenafein. The second one is great. Clear pictures. You guys are on a whole new level, I got to get there.
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I agree with you Kenafein. Most of the techniques I have read about are going to be very difficult with manual style. Peter told me about a teleconverter that makes everything auto, and it only works with the D2H. LOL! Thumper told me of a similar lens that you have mentioned. Monday I have to send the camera in for a cleaning.
Thank you for the nice compliments about my pictures. Those hawks are there everyday, they hunt the land all around were I live. Most people I know who do bird photography in my area, go out to a place called Horricon Marsh. Which I will be doing soon. I like the wild adventure myself. A backyard safari I call it.LOL! I read so much, watched videos about photography before I got my camera, that I thought I would be ready, however, theory and application are as close as to each other as hammerers and peanut butter. LOL!
Your shots are awesome Kenafein. The second one is great. Clear pictures. You guys are on a whole new level, I got to get there.
Keh sometimes has the Sigma 170-500 for ~$300(old version), or the 300mm/4 D with a 1.4x TC could be had for around 600(best budget IQ for the range). The Sigma lens is about $140. Tripods and a remote shutter release are also very useful. For the first shot on my samples, I had to setup the camera, focus it, and look away and take a few steps back or the mother wouldn't come near. When I saw her out of the corner of my eye, I used the remote shutter release.
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