04 January, 2011

How Tight can You Go: Nikon D7000

2nd January 2011, Kemensah , Selangor

After having the D7000 for about a month and testing it in the jungle condition, I found that I’ve had to adjust my configuration slightly in order to accommodate the ‘idiosyncrasies’ of this new Nikon body. My previous setup had been a D90 with the 300mm f/4 coupled with a Nikon 1.4x teleconverter. This turned my f/4 into an f/5.6 lens.

I found that the D7000, 300mm & 1.4x TC  combo would not deliver  pictures with the level of sharpness that I have been used to from the trusted D90. I tried experimenting the D7000 with just the 300mm glass (TC removed). The resulting photos showed such sharpness and clarity which I wasn’t expecting of a subject in a far distance.

Just a sample from my last outing, this Drongo Cuckoo was approximately 70 ft away.

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Original Photo

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My usual crop

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                                  An extremely tight crop!  The image quality is still more than acceptable.

 

Another thing about this  simple setup is that I’m now shooting with  a faster lens (f/4) which is good  for thicker jungle condition. I would recommend this lightweight combination to anyone interested in bird photography and do not want to  be spending  a bomb on long lenses.

3 comments:

  1. Nikon should pay you for all the good things that you have said : -)

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  2. An interesting discovery, Madi I'm getting more convinced to get this body too!

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  3. Heheheh frankly Yen, I wouldn't mind at all if they're willing! Then I can grab myself a longer lens like your 500, lol.

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