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Post a pic of your pet(s)!!
- Thread starter BlackZ28
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Now we have some brighter weather, frisbee time after work in the park with his friends.
And the best shot I could get of one of his besties. A large German Shepherd who is the softest dog going, he’s a real heartbreaker and just discovered the fun of frisbees despite being 9 years old.
And the best shot I could get of one of his besties. A large German Shepherd who is the softest dog going, he’s a real heartbreaker and just discovered the fun of frisbees despite being 9 years old.
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So I bought a new-to-me camera on eBay, one I've been drooling over ever since it came out. Digressing to photographer-speak, I've been a Nikon guy for over 30 years, having been through a borrowed D70, then my own D50, D5000, D7000, D7200, and now D500. I do have a D800 full-frame, famous for its ultra-high resolution and extreme low-light capability, but useless as a sports camera with less than 4 frames per second continuous shutter speed. I have an audacious amount of legacy lenses, so the switch to mirrorless hasn't tempted me too much; the legacy lenses might work, might not, with the mount adapters to put them onto a mirrorless camera. But the D500 approaches the D800 in low-light capability, and has a continuous shooting capability of about 10 frames per second, and so far I've reached 78 frames before I gave up waiting for it to stop for buffering. It came with what is regarded as Nikon's best DX lens, the 16-80 f:2.8-4, which I'm absolutely delighted with.
I had to try a couple of my other lenses with it real quick. First is my Sigma 30mm f:1.4, and of course I had to try it wide open. This is Chipsie being a good little princess for me. Successful test of my only 3rd-party AF lens.
And next is one of my legacy lenses, and AI-converted manual-focus Nikon 85mm f:1.8. The D500 is able to read the aperture ring setting and do aperture-priority metering with this lens, and the viewfinder focus dot shows me the focus precision correctly, which were parts of my checks with this shot.
Depth-of-field is ridiculous this close. I focused on her little pink nose, and her eyes and chin are already blurring.
EDIT: added a 1-1 crop of her nose, just to show focus detail. Not a pet picture so much as a lens verification.
I had to try a couple of my other lenses with it real quick. First is my Sigma 30mm f:1.4, and of course I had to try it wide open. This is Chipsie being a good little princess for me. Successful test of my only 3rd-party AF lens.
And next is one of my legacy lenses, and AI-converted manual-focus Nikon 85mm f:1.8. The D500 is able to read the aperture ring setting and do aperture-priority metering with this lens, and the viewfinder focus dot shows me the focus precision correctly, which were parts of my checks with this shot.
Depth-of-field is ridiculous this close. I focused on her little pink nose, and her eyes and chin are already blurring.
EDIT: added a 1-1 crop of her nose, just to show focus detail. Not a pet picture so much as a lens verification.
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That's cute and adorable...nice!!So I bought a new-to-me camera on eBay, one I've been drooling over ever since it came out. Digressing to photographer-speak, I've been a Nikon guy for over 30 years, having been through a borrowed D70, then my own D50, D5000, D7000, D7200, and now D500. I do have a D800 full-frame, famous for its ultra-high resolution and extreme low-light capability, but useless as a sports camera with less than 4 frames per second continuous shutter speed. I have an audacious amount of legacy lenses, so the switch to mirrorless hasn't tempted me too much; the legacy lenses might work, might not, with the mount adapters to put them onto a mirrorless camera. But the D500 approaches the D800 in low-light capability, and has a continuous shooting capability of about 10 frames per second, and so far I've reached 78 frames before I gave up waiting for it to stop for buffering. It came with what is regarded as Nikon's best DX lens, the 16-80 f:2.8-4, which I'm absolutely delighted with.
I had to try a couple of my other lenses with it real quick. First is my Sigma 30mm f:1.4, and of course I had to try it wide open. This is Chipsie being a good little princess for me. Successful test of my only 3rd-party AF lens.
And next is one of my legacy lenses, and AI-converted manual-focus Nikon 85mm f:1.8. The D500 is able to read the aperture ring setting and do aperture-priority metering with this lens, and the viewfinder focus dot shows me the focus precision correctly, which were parts of my checks with this shot.
Depth-of-field is ridiculous this close. I focused on her little pink nose, and her eyes and chin are already blurring.
EDIT: added a 1-1 crop of her nose, just to show focus detail. Not a pet picture so much as a lens verification.
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This is my little bundle of joy his name is Charlie! He's a bit younger in this pic but is still a handful on the best of days and likes to annoy me by being boisterous and making me chase him with remote controls, computer mouse and shoes quite regularly... But I wouldn't have him any other way tbh 😁👍
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