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austinkiker

austinkiker

Member Since 31 Mar 2017
Offline Last Active May 08 2017 07:12 PM
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In Topic: D5300 Autofocus - Wildlife

06 April 2017 - 12:40 PM

How does your depth of field turn out on single focus? If I have 3 subjects in my viewfinder, as with the otter photo, will single focus be able to lock onto all three subjects that are in varying degrees of depth?

Of course I will experiment and find out what works best for me but I am all about picking others brains and gaining knowledge as much as possible. Thank you so much for your insight and time.

In Topic: D5300 Autofocus - Wildlife

06 April 2017 - 12:11 PM

Do you stay at single focus point?
Nevermind i read through your post again and saw that, yes, you stay in a single focus point

In Topic: D5300 Autofocus - Wildlife

06 April 2017 - 08:01 AM

I'm going to throw a curve ball here.  I was sitting on a river bank photographing a Bald Eagle flying overhead on a sunny, clear day when these three guys popped their heads up, curiously watching me (see photograph).  As you more able photographers than myself know, it is tough to switch settings fast enough to keep up with the drastic and sudden changes in wildlife.  I swung my camera down from photographing a bright blue sky and single subject (eagle) to murky waters and three subjects.  Let's forget the need to change iso, shutter speed etc, and stay focused on the points of focus and metering.  What would you use to photograph these three otters, keeping in mind they are not stagnant objects.  They were bobbing their heads in and out of the water etc.  You might notice the otter standing tall in the background has a bit of a blur to him, there was a limb in the way.


In Topic: D500 vs D810 wildlife and lanscape

06 April 2017 - 07:37 AM

My response, and this is intended to be comical, would be: Do you prefer Ford, Chevrolet, or Dodge? BMW, Mercedes, or Audi? Etc and so forth. I find, in my limited knowledge (only used Nikon) that you can find pluses and minuses with every manufacturer in every walk of life. I like Porter Cable but some of my buddies are DeWalt guys. Ha!

In Topic: D500 vs D810 wildlife and lanscape

05 April 2017 - 01:06 PM

Thanks for your insight.  I have been struggling with this for quite some time.  If I went with the D810 I would have to update all my lenses which would hurt my wallet but is something I'm willing to invest in over time.  With my main focus being wildlife it sounds like the D500 is for me.  I typically only take landscape photos when I travel over the weekends or take vacations so it's not my primary focus.  I've searched online and found some pretty impressive landscape photography that's been taken with the D500 so I'm excited to see what this camera body can do.

 

Jerry_ as you mentioned, my 24mp D5300 could become the landscape camera in my bag.  I have some pretty neat photos of the Grand Canyon, Arches, Zion, and Bryce Canyon with that "entry level" camera.  

 

ScottinPollock: not that I'm an expert or a pro, but it seems the technology is generally there in most DSLR camera's this day in age...it's mostly about the user!

 

Thank you both for taking time out of your day to provide insight.