Author Topic: AF-S 300mm f/4.0 PF field experience  (Read 16026 times)

Frank Fremerey

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Re: AF-S 300mm f/4.0 PF field experience
« Reply #15 on: May 31, 2016, 20:39:16 »
I need a new doctor to get rid of the cortisone.

Then I can do more sports without risking my bones.
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Re: AF-S 300mm f/4.0 PF field experience
« Reply #16 on: June 08, 2016, 20:51:49 »
As Frank and other said, it is so small and convenient, mixed with good performance, that there is no need to think about: Shall I take it with me, or not?

Some images from the last weekend in May. Original D5 images, no processing, just resized. All handheld

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Re: AF-S 300mm f/4.0 PF field experience
« Reply #17 on: June 08, 2016, 21:09:21 »
Fantastic images Andy. Many thanks for all the good advice guys.

I broke down and bought it today.  :)

Had to try it tonight but it was already getting dark. So had to use flash.

First try at a bird from my window with D750; F 4.0; 1/200s; ISO1250:
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Re: AF-S 300mm f/4.0 PF field experience
« Reply #18 on: June 09, 2016, 09:40:53 »
Good choice. :) And nice shot. :)

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Re: AF-S 300mm f/4.0 PF field experience
« Reply #19 on: June 09, 2016, 10:01:20 »
Daniel, nice. I am wishing you some good light  :)
Andy , really interesting images.  I bet you can really have some fun doing the PP.   The kind of events I would like to cover.  Closest I get is the Annual Great Escape where 4W drives go cross country in the foothills in the Monsoon.  Dirty, wet and hard to shoot.  Next time I think I will try and ride with the big, all wheel drive tow truck  ;D

Smartphones rule, did you see any other cameras  ;)
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Re: AF-S 300mm f/4.0 PF field experience
« Reply #20 on: June 09, 2016, 11:19:07 »
Andy , really interesting images.  I bet you can really have some fun doing the PP.   The kind of events I would like to cover.  Closest I get is the Annual Great Escape where 4W drives go cross country in the foothills in the Monsoon.  Dirty, wet and hard to shoot.  Next time I think I will try and ride with the big, all wheel drive tow truck  ;D
Smartphones rule, did you see any other cameras  ;)

Thank you.
PP is super easy with the D5. I ran a batch program in NX-D and resized all images down to 1500x1000. PP done :D

I could get close to the action, but the thread was about the 300mm PF lens, so I chose those picturse from a distance
BTW, the D5 is a great camera for those kind of events. out 1500 photos, about 10 images are misses, the rest are (technically) keepers. Is a good ratio (for me).

rgds, Andy

Closer to the action - a few examples below (as always, no PP, no crop, just resized)



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Re: AF-S 300mm f/4.0 PF field experience
« Reply #21 on: June 09, 2016, 12:32:04 »
I can only say the lens is superb. I use it on the D500 and all misses are due to my lack of knowledge.

Action and birds are a completely new field for me. Steep learning curve.
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Re: AF-S 300mm f/4.0 PF field experience
« Reply #22 on: June 09, 2016, 20:41:50 »
Damn it, for each post here the resale value of my four year old 300mm AFS goes down.....  :(

Meanwhile thanks for the great selection of varied subjects Andy.
I'm intrigued about the shot with lots of big earthmoving trucks - was that another off-roading sports event (real monster trucks!) or just taken at an industrial site?!

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Re: AF-S 300mm f/4.0 PF field experience
« Reply #23 on: June 09, 2016, 22:04:19 »
Andy if I may: helis and prop driven aircraft look better if the blades move a part circle. So shutter speed of 1/250s for prop A/C and even slower for helis is appropriate.
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Re: AF-S 300mm f/4.0 PF field experience
« Reply #24 on: June 09, 2016, 22:12:21 »
Again not much time was left to try the lens tonight.
This one is the view on Mount Brisen from my balcony.
A good test for far field performance D750; F 4.0; 1/250; ISO 640:
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Re: AF-S 300mm f/4.0 PF field experience
« Reply #25 on: June 09, 2016, 22:43:08 »
The 300 seem to be quite a performer. I envy the view from your balcony :)

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Re: AF-S 300mm f/4.0 PF field experience
« Reply #26 on: June 10, 2016, 00:38:11 »
Ignoring the differences in size, handling and VR, has anyone compared the optical performance of 300/4 PF with the older AFS 300/4?

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Re: AF-S 300mm f/4.0 PF field experience
« Reply #27 on: June 10, 2016, 01:04:12 »
Roland,
 a few observations from Memory (haven't done a direct side-by-side comparison):
1) Resolution - handheld: PF better
2) Resolution - tripod: match, PF suffers sometimes from VR (oh, I will get heat for the AFS stock tripod collar :) )
3) Bokeh: PF better
4) Cross light: AFS some times better
5) Flare/Ghosting: PF
6) AF Speed: PF
7) D750 compatibility: PF

rgds,
Andy

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Re: AF-S 300mm f/4.0 PF field experience
« Reply #28 on: June 10, 2016, 01:09:33 »
Daniel, thanks for the reminder.
I forgot this aspect, as I was there mainly for Motocross.  :)

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Re: AF-S 300mm f/4.0 PF field experience
« Reply #29 on: June 11, 2016, 09:26:09 »
a few observations from Memory (haven't done a direct side-by-side comparison):

That's quite impressive as the previous 300mm F4 AFS was already quite reasonable (especially for the price difference between it and the f2.8 version).

Meanwhile, can you tells us a little more about those big earthmoving trucks in your earlier pictures? Was that at an industrial site or some exotic sporting event?