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Picture didn't show up. And good news. By the end of the week I plan to have this ordered and on the way to my house. Woooo. And its a metal mount I would hope right?

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Nikon D90
AF-S 18-105mm F/3.5-5.6
AF-S 60mm F/2.8 Macro
My Flickr

Yes it is a Metal mount!

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- Wout -
Nikon D80 with 18-70 DX, 70-300 VR, 35 1.8 DX
Manfrotto 055XPROB tripod with 488RC0 midi ballhead
Lowepro CompuRover AW and Nova 200 AW

hehe removed it because it didn't get that many views so didn't want to clog my flickr. Congrats

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I've upped my Iso, now up yours.
Nikon D700, Nikon D80, Micro Nikkor 105 f2.8 AI-S,Nikon 85mm 1.8D, Nikon 50mm 1.8D, Nikon 35mm F2D, Nikon 16-35 f4 VR, Nikon 24-70mm F2.8 AF-S, Nikon 70-200VRII, Nikon 70-300mm VR, 300mm f2.8 AI IF ED, SB-800, SB-900. Noiseware pro,NIK Dfine, Nik Colour Effex, Nik Sharpener Pro

Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière

D90
240mm
1/13 sec
f/5.3
ISO 1600

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camera gear: Nikon D90 | 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6 Nikkor | 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 Nikkor | 50mm f/1.8 Nikkor
future purchases : Nikon SB-600 Speedlight | MB-D80 Battery Grip

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Nikon D90 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 (1/400) f/5.6 230 mm 200iso


Nikon D90 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 (1/800) f/5.6 300mm 200 iso


Nikon D90 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 (1/1250) f/5.6 300mm
all taken in Aperture-priority

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D90/70-300VR/18-105VR/50mmf/1.8 tamron 17- 50mm f2.8 ,FZ50 Sony HDR-HC9


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Getting back into the Game



D700
Iso 200
70-300VR
175mm
f5.6
1/1000th

The Penalty



D700
Iso 200
70-300VR
280mm
f5.6
1/800th

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I've upped my Iso, now up yours.
Nikon D700, Nikon D80, Micro Nikkor 105 f2.8 AI-S,Nikon 85mm 1.8D, Nikon 50mm 1.8D, Nikon 35mm F2D, Nikon 16-35 f4 VR, Nikon 24-70mm F2.8 AF-S, Nikon 70-200VRII, Nikon 70-300mm VR, 300mm f2.8 AI IF ED, SB-800, SB-900. Noiseware pro,NIK Dfine, Nik Colour Effex, Nik Sharpener Pro

Took this tonight with the 70-300mm VR on a Nikon D300. Tripod Mounted, 1/100, F5.6, ISO200, VR Off. RAW processed in Lightroom 2. Post Processing: cropped, bit of clarity added and sharpened.

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Nikon D800
Nikon 14-24mm f2.8G, Nikon AF-S 24-70mm f2.8G, Nikon AF-S 70-200mm f2.8G VRII, Tokina 100mm f2.8D Macro and Nikon AF 50mm f1.8D.
Nikon SB-700, Nikon SB-600

And thats exactly what not to do in the Lens Gallery, add clarity and sharpness that way its not the lens performance but your PP skills.

Just a quick note

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- Wout -
Nikon D80 with 18-70 DX, 70-300 VR, 35 1.8 DX
Manfrotto 055XPROB tripod with 488RC0 midi ballhead
Lowepro CompuRover AW and Nova 200 AW

Device: Nikon D700
Lens: VR 70-300mm F/4.5-5.6G
Focal Length: 300mm
Focus Mode: AF-C
AF-Area Mode: Single
VR: ON
Aperture: F/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/1000s
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Metering: Matrix
ISO Sensitivity: ISO 200

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I've upped my Iso, now up yours.
Nikon D700, Nikon D80, Micro Nikkor 105 f2.8 AI-S,Nikon 85mm 1.8D, Nikon 50mm 1.8D, Nikon 35mm F2D, Nikon 16-35 f4 VR, Nikon 24-70mm F2.8 AF-S, Nikon 70-200VRII, Nikon 70-300mm VR, 300mm f2.8 AI IF ED, SB-800, SB-900. Noiseware pro,NIK Dfine, Nik Colour Effex, Nik Sharpener Pro

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28664459@N04/4076092317/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28664459@N04/4076845460/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28664459@N04/4076089459/

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My Photos:
http://mistycreek.deviantart.com/

I'm getting pretty good sharpness over 200mm with my copy. Here's an original photo and crop of a F1 car at 195mph:





210mm, F7.1, 1/500th sec, ISO 200 on a D90

I find the 70-300 to be relatively sharp... but its a bit soft... :C

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"If I want a 'snapshot'... i will use my phone.."

My Photos:
http://mistycreek.deviantart.com/

D90 - 70~300mm VR
F5.6
1/1000
ISO 200
300mm


D90 - 70~300mm VR
F5.6
1/1000
ISO 200
300mm


D90 - 70~300mm VR
F5.6
1/1000
ISO 200
300mm


D90 - 70~300mm VR
F5.6
1/200
ISO 200
300mm

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www.carloshackmannphotography.com

Hi,

I am still discovering this lens. I have a Nikon D7000 with the 70-300mm f4.5-f5.6G IF-ED. I bought it for animal photography and anything else i might come across. I like the build qualiy. It has no zoom creep, it has a metal lens mount and even a rubber seal at the lensmount for weather and dust protection. Optical quality is pretty good and affordable.

With the D7000 I really needed RAW correction in Lightroom but then it really looks nice. Stil not razor sharp but what can you expect for a 358 euro zoom lens. I guess its better as you can expect for this pricerange. I didnt use any photoshop tricks. Just the regular RAW post-corrections. (white balance, sharpness, contrast and stuff like that).

I think i didnt even use the full potential of this lens so i expect to make even better photos in the future.

Taken with Nikon D7000-Nikkor70-300 f4.5-f5.6 VR IF-ED
ISO 160, f6.3, 1/100 sec at 300mm


Taken with Nikon D7000-Nikkor70-300 f4.5-f5.6 VR IF-ED
ISO 160, f5.6, 1/100 sec at 240mm.
I think the post processing could have been done a bit better ( i think i went to far). Dont mind the bad bokeh. That happend after JPG conversion, i think i didnt use srgb web conversion or something like that, original RAW has much better bokeh without distortion.



Here is one more. Of course animals like to go sit at the worst possible spot, from photography perspective anyway, like this one over here in a dark spot near the water under a tree with very hard light conditions. I had to make it at ISO 1600 1/30 sec f5.6 at 300 mm.

Well better then no pictures at all, but i guess the high ISO really effects the sharpness. I only did RAW post correction in lightroom no fancy tricks (dont even know how to do that to be honest).

One more from this lens. I think this one looks pretty good,