Photography thread

[Doc Sharptail]

It seems to work...

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[5thDragoons]

This site auto-sizes. Later on this morning, I'll start a dedicated photography thread. SW

[5thDragoons]

The place for your pics, and discussion of photo kit.

I'll start off with a goose nest. There's a narrow ledge on one side of a local fishing pond protected by a chain link fence - mostly to keep kids from diving in. The same pair of geese have been nesting here for a few years and away they go again. The fence will help keep kids away but it does exactly no good against coons. I didn't have a camera along yesterday and am frankly amazed the eggs are still intact. SW

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[Allen]

A goose and a rooster could make a gooster if they didn't chicken out.

[Doc Sharptail]

The place for your pics, and discussion of photo kit.

I'm trying to avoid linking to my computer- which is why still no avatar.
Let me know if image height of 530 is too tall.
It seems to be about the standard for B/B type boards.

I've been with the full-frame sensor long enough to develop personal favorites for glass, and was about to compile for the old board.

A bit of explanation for those who haven't followed previously:

I'm using a Nikon D-810 digital camera.
I am not using autofocus lenses with it because those systems have a tendency to shut down around 32F/0C.
I have been through a LOT of glass over the last 3 years or so, and am getting a very good idea of what works for me with the old film era manual focus lenses.
More to follow on this later...

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[5thDragoons]

So far, I don't think image size matters too much - site software seems to resize. SW

[Phloating Phlasher]

I tried uploading an image from my online storage on "Imgur" & got a "error: Remote file is too large" error, so there is some upper limit, for hosted images at least!
Now the same image uploaded from my HDD came through with no problems @ 2.10Mb!
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[Doc Sharptail]

So far, I don't think image size matters too much - site software seems to resize. SW

I'm getting the full 530 X 680 image here without having to click on it

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[Ltdave]

...I'm using a Nikon D-810 digital camera.
I am not using autofocus lenses with it because those systems have a tendency to shut down around 32F/0C.
...
Regards,

Doc Sharptail

me thinks you need to upgrade to good glass if you have auto focus problems starting at the freezing mark. ive shot hundreds of images in Alaska when it was -20 to -30F (thats -29 to -35C) and never had an auto focus lens fail. Canon EF 24-70 f2.8L, EF 70-200 f2.8L, and EF 100 macro f2.8L

i shoot in icebox condition hockey arenas (okay theyre only into the 50s) but marching bands and parades down below freezing in the winter too.

Canon 5D3, 5D4 for my bodies. i started a long long time ago with a Canon EX-Auto (an affiliation with Bell and Howell) before the ubiquitous AE-1 and New F-1n. lots of images with a yashicamat 124G but obviously those werent auto focus

[Doc Sharptail]

me thinks you need to upgrade to good glass if you have auto focus problems starting at the freezing mark. ive shot hundreds of images in Alaska when it was -20 to -30F (thats -29 to -35C) and never had an auto focus lens fail. Canon EF 24-70 f2.8L, EF 70-200 f2.8L, and EF 100 macro f2.8L

i shoot in icebox condition hockey arenas (okay theyre only into the 50s) but marching bands and parades down below freezing in the winter too.

Canon 5D3, 5D4 for my bodies. i started a long long time ago with a Canon EX-Auto (an affiliation with Bell and Howell) before the ubiquitous AE-1 and New F-1n. lots of images with a yashicamat 124G but obviously those werent auto focus

That information on operating temperatures comes directly from the D-810's user manual.
I had worked a bit previously with an ED glassed Coolpix (nikon) L-820 p&s, and it would quit around 28F or so- as soon as the helicoid grease in the internals started to stiffen.
I've had the D-810 body out at close to -35 with varying different manual focus lenses aboard, and the camera functioned normally.
TBH, after paying what I did for the body, I had very little interest in A/F lenses, entirely based on pricing.
I've handled a few, yes, but there's little of the robust feel of the old film era m/f lenses.
I try to keep an open mind on such things~ there may come a time that my situation changes.
I've heard plenty on various Nikon and other DSLR's functioning well in the cold.
I do get a bit of possibly unfounded paranoia of fogging the sensor at such extremes, but that's probably just me.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail