Man, have you sold your house? :D:D:DOriginally Posted by Jasper Doest
Anyway I go for the same set of gear :D plus the 600 VR
Szimi
Man, have you sold your house? :D:D:D
Anyway I go for the same set of gear :D plus the 600 VR
Szimi
Seems you'll be even more homeless than I will be hahahaha
Welcome to the dark side :)
Well If you can buy both 300 and 500 it's not that of an issue, you have best of both world's..the problems you encounter could be how to carry around the equipment and have the right combo in hands or make the right desicion what to bring with you. Keep us up to date :) With the 200-400 and 1.4 you're covered from 200 - 560mm.
This is a very late Santa or very early one ;)
Wow :eek::eek:
Jasper that is a real switch!! With such a sweet arsenal you are my new photographic hero :D! Congratulations for your new gear and I am sure that you will love the 300VR. Please have a look on my last post with that piece of glass at (http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...8275#post38275)
I guess the dark side is somewhere else. NIKON has made and excellent homework to have the ability to see the dark side shiny :) I am happy to belong to the grey side. :D Looking at your images, Nikonians, :) the dark side should never be more colorful :D
Szimi
Last edited by Gyorgy Szimuly; 02-22-2008 at 12:26 PM.
Heres a slightly different question, if you had to choose between one lense....200-400vr and 500mm f4, which would y'all go with?
Actually that worked out for me too. Due to Rob Galbraiths relentless pursuit of Canon I ended up with a great fault free from the get go, 1D 3 Blue Dot that I like better than my old 1D 2n. And thanks to the early defectors, there is a virtual glut of Canon stuff on the used market:D. Some nearly brand new! I admit, as a former nikon user, I gave it strong consideration too, but as a hobbiest, the lens population is just too sparse for me anyway. Good luck to you guys though, I hope it all works out for the best for all of us.;)
Gene
Welcome to the Dark Side Jasper !!! You won't regret it and the only question you will be asking yourself is .. what took so long !!!!!
If I Lived in Florida
I'd probaly have the 500 and a 300 2.8 or f4 with converters.
Both focus faster naked and with converters than th3 200-400 and they are potically better as well.
Not that the 200-400 is a slouch by any means and that zoom can come in handy at times.
Jasper,
I made the switch the other way and the only thing I miss is the 200-400VR. It is the most versatile and flexible lens I have ever owned. It performs extremely well with the TC-14E/E II, very well with the TC-17E II and don't bother with the TC-20E/E II on this lens or the 70- 200 f2.8, 500 f4 or 600 f4. I found that the 200-400 on a BushHawk 320D shoulder mount made it a great handheld combo for BIF work, with and without TCs.
Cheers,
Jim
Hey Jasper,
Your camera shop owner must love you! Best of luck with it!!
I've tried shooting swallows with 200-400 & D3. It can be done but its tough because you don't know whether they are going to zig or zag. Lens weighs about 7.5 lbs. Also my experience in using a 1.4x is it slows focusing down.
[quote=Jasper Doest;38216]Thanx all....
I just ordered the D3, D300, 14-24, 24-70, 70-200 & 300/2.8VR....I also will be using a 500/4.0....If I don't like the 300/2.8, 500/4.0 combo I'll sell one of them and buy the 200-400....we'll see....I'll start testing next week.
WOW Jasper, is your "other job" bank robber? Or will you simply be repaying loans for the next umpteen years? :D
Mike
Congrats on your new lenses Mike !!!!!
Interesting the lens choices for different people I imagine has to do with the application I settled on the 200-400 VR with the 600 VR Seems like a perfect pair I know that the D300 will give an effective focal length of 300-600 but do like using the D3.
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