Nikon D750 & D780

Ed Sutton said:
I have used my 18-35 a lot more (which I bought as lightweight option to take fishing). The 18-35 and 70-200 make a combo that covers me for almost everything in terms of focal length. Trouble is sometimes need the 2.8 butI never have the 14-24 with me when I do. Thinking of trading it in for a 20/1.8 for when I need wider than 24 in low light.
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I tend to just take a 35 or 50mm with me when I go fishing Dave, more for a selfie than landscape. The 18-35 was something I considered but I still want to do some night stuff, so for now I'll keep hold.
 
Livin The Dream said:
I tend to just take a 35 or 50mm with me when I go fishing Dave, more for a selfie than landscape.
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I use a P7800 for my selfies when fishing, and usually take the 24-85 to give me something to do between runs! The 18-35 was to use on a D5200 I thought would be ideal for fishing selfies as well as on FX, but the camera turned out to be more trouble than it was worth for the fishing. It ate batteries in liveview, and live view on the compact's flippy screen worked much better for me. The pics are pretty good too.

The 14-24 is such a one-off lens that it is difficult to let go of though.:confused::rolleyes:
 
minnnt said:
I would love a 14-24! Anyone fancy a swap with a 24-70? :D
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I'm going to add a 24-70 to the collection at some point this year. It's handy to have, especially as a back up for a wedding I have in December.

Ed Sutton said:
I use a P7800 for my selfies when fishing, and usually take the 24-85 to give me something to do between runs! The 18-35 was to use on a D5200 I thought would be ideal for fishing selfies as well as on FX, but the camera turned out to be more trouble than it was worth for the fishing. It ate batteries in liveview, and live view on the compact's flippy screen worked much better for me. The pics are pretty good too.
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Having relocated 2 years ago and a new family, I have done the least amount of fishing this last few years than ever. Sold all my "camping" gear last year to fund a second body. The pond pig campaigns are for those with plenty of time, I just haven't got much of that these days with work and now family, hey ho. Only managed a few pike sessions this winter too, but have a day off this Friday and so treading some new waters locally with the lure gear...

I always meant to buy a decent compact for fishing, but never got round to it. I will at some point. The last two years have been about setting up where I am and now that that's pretty much done (as finances allow) I am planning on exploring a few local waters this year. Even bought a BAA card this year, the first time for years!
 
Gary Coyle said:
Ive got the Meike, its great
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I didn't like it. Felt cheap, and didn't like the actual shape of the grip. I think the latter is going to be a problem with all of them though as the D750's grip is different to the rest of the Nikon's, and certainly deeper than the battery grips. The battery grips feel like a brick in comparison ;)
 
Livin The Dream said:
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Having relocated 2 years ago and a new family, I have done the least amount of fishing this last few years than ever. Sold all my "camping" gear last year to fund a second body. The pond pig campaigns are for those with plenty of time, I just haven't got much of that these days with work and now family, hey ho. Only managed a few pike sessions this winter too, but have a day off this Friday and so treading some new waters locally with the lure gear...
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I'm not much of a carper. Pike in winter, tench and eels in summer. Mostly short day sessions for the pike these days and overniighters for the others. Getting too old and lazy for the three days a week every week sessions now!

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snerkler said:
I didn't like it. Felt cheap, and didn't like the actual shape of the grip. I think the latter is going to be a problem with all of them though as the D750's grip is different to the rest of the Nikon's, and certainly deeper than the battery grips. The battery grips feel like a brick in comparison ;)
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Got to admit in this instance the Pixel Vertax grip is better than the Meike but its twice as expensive
 
The vertical grip on the Nikon isn't as deep as the one on the camera body, but it's a lot better deeper than the D3's built in one. It has that slight overhang for the fingers and feels good to me.
 
And arrived with my wife at 10.30 this morning. I hope there is no price listed anywhere on the box:rolleyes:
 
Ed Sutton said:
I'm not much of a carper. Pike in winter, tench and eels in summer. Mostly short day sessions for the pike these days and overniighters for the others. Getting too old and lazy for the three days a week every week sessions now!

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I have done my share of camping but my grass roots have been barbel driven and so short sessions. Life lends itself to this now, more so than ever. I do enjoy carp but it's such a rat race nowadays that it's become more about the other anglers than the fish, that's fashion for you I guess. I have new waters near to me, to keep me interested over the next few years but I have seen my overall enthusiasm wane for the first time ever these last few years. You'll know Dave, like anything in life, you only get out of it, what you're willing to put into it, especially where specimen hunting is concerned. Unfortunately my job is quite consuming of my time. I've found these last few years, just dabbling here and there, with not much focus, has led to mediocre results, which in turn has started to hinder my enthusiasm. That's where my photography has filled that void, it's something I can dip into here and there, quite easily.

With a young family now, I need to find a new balance, but that's life. I have had a few friends lose their jobs / wives etc to it so it's no bad thing. It's a good reality check, I will actually look forward to the 16th this year for the first time in a long while. Have booked it off, just like it used to be! Usually dire for the Severn / Teme but I shall be reliving yesteryear lobbing half a tin of spam down the side...
 
Livin The Dream said:
I have done my share of camping but my grass roots have been barbel driven and so short sessions. Life lends itself to this now, more so than ever. I do enjoy carp but it's such a rat race nowadays that it's become more about the other anglers than the fish, that's fashion for you I guess. I have new waters near to me, to keep me interested over the next few years but I have seen my overall enthusiasm wane for the first time ever these last few years. You'll know Dave, like anything in life, you only get out of it, what you're willing to put into it, especially where specimen hunting is concerned. Unfortunately my job is quite consuming of my time. I've found these last few years, just dabbling here and there, with not much focus, has led to mediocre results, which in turn has started to hinder my enthusiasm. That's where my photography has filled that void, it's something I can dip into here and there, quite easily.
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I used to be obsessed. barbel got to me for a few years - three nights a week on the Ribble, or driving a 200 mile round trip to the Trent and Dove for an evening up to midnight. As you say, time equals success as a rule. It's a lot like photography in that the more you do the better the results. These days I go where I feel like fishing when I feel like it. I might even go gudgeon bashing this afternoon! :)
 
Ed Sutton said:
I used to be obsessed. barbel got to me for a few years - three nights a week on the Ribble, or driving a 200 mile round trip to the Trent and Dove for an evening up to midnight. As you say, time equals success as a rule. It's a lot like photography in that the more you do the better the results. These days I go where I feel like fishing when I feel like it. I might even go gudgeon bashing this afternoon! :)
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Never understood fishing, always seems liked glorified waiting.
 
Ed Sutton said:
I used to be obsessed. barbel got to me for a few years - three nights a week on the Ribble, or driving a 200 mile round trip to the Trent and Dove for an evening up to midnight. As you say, time equals success as a rule. It's a lot like photography in that the more you do the better the results. These days I go where I feel like fishing when I feel like it. I might even go gudgeon bashing this afternoon! :)
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I draw the line at bream and eels.... But I have done some pretty extreme things in my time.... but got the rewards...

KitsuneAndy said:
Never understood fishing, always seems liked glorified waiting.
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Ed Sutton said:
Someone once called it 'a glorious waste of time'. Which, again, is bit like photography. :D
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I completely get this from the outside looking in, and I have said it many times before, that there's factions of the sport that really don't inspire me in the slightest. It's very similar to Photography in many ways. I'm inspired by progression and an overall desire to learn, if I feel I have mastered something, I lose interest quickly. And that's typical of both pursuits. I will never 'master' fishing, that's for sure, there's too many variables. But I have thoroughly enjoyed the challenge and difficulty in certain aspects of the sport. Joking aside, and the irony of the eel comment above, is that a true specimen eel is one of the hardest British Isle fish to catch by design. They still don't float my boat though!

So back onto photography. I quickly got bored of landscape, just don't have the time available to get up at 4am every day to find that the light is crap, again. It's a retirement pipe dream for me, maybe. I love wildlife and the great outdoors (strangely enough) but I'm still not drawn to wildlife snapping. Probably a good thing that, as that game could bankrupt me quickly. Portraiture offers me the best of everything: love people; can do it in my time; can create light if needed!

The other similarity that makes me smile, is gear, or GAS. Like photography, there are some people that are more into the kit than the actually participation. Walk around any 'carp' lake and you'll see people cooped up in a bivvy with £6k of kit on the bank watching their DVD player whilst the fish are the other end of the lake. Dave will know this, but for the non-anglers reading this, it's all about location, strangely enough. :)
 
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Unfortunately my 'new' 85mm f1.8 needs +20 (ideally probably more) MA, hoping that I'll be able to return it for a refund :(
 
snerkler said:
Unfortunately my 'new' 85mm f1.8 needs +20 (ideally probably more) MA, hoping that I'll be able to return it for a refund :(
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Ouch that bad..

Did you buy it 2nd hand? Not too sure if they refund but some sellers are kind ;)
 
snerkler said:
Unfortunately my 'new' 85mm f1.8 needs +20 (ideally probably more) MA, hoping that I'll be able to return it for a refund :(
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What a PITA !
Do you have the opportunity to try it on another camera?
And what sort of MA do your other lenses need?
 
snerkler said:
Unfortunately my 'new' 85mm f1.8 needs +20 (ideally probably more) MA, hoping that I'll be able to return it for a refund :(
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That's a bummer hopefully you can get it returned. I give every lens we buy a test and if it falls outside of between -10 to +10 on any of our bodies back it goes because even if you can get it bang on at the edges of the range there is no guarantee that you will be able to do that on the next new body.
 
Most bodies have it now but I fell foul of a sigma lens a few years ago that needed about +19 on my body. Bit me on the ass when I sold and the chap that bought it didn't have a a body with MA. Didn't even give it a thought when I came to sell. I did pay the cost for it to be done by Sigma...
 
f/2.8 said:
That's a bummer hopefully you can get it returned. I give every lens we buy a test and if it falls outside of between -10 to +10 on any of our bodies back it goes because even if you can get it bang on at the edges of the range there is no guarantee that you will be able to do that on the next new body.
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But if you try it on another body it may not need adjusting?

So let say I had a lens that need +10 will that be same on every body?
 
rookies said:
But if you try it on another body it may not need adjusting?

So let say I had a lens that need +10 will that be same on every body?
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The adjustment is for each lens/camera combination.
For example, my 135 (the only lens which needs adjustment in my collection) needs +12 on my D700, but needs +16 on my D750.
 
Thanks Was just wondering. But are these class as fault?
 
rookies said:
Thanks Was just wondering. But are these class as fault?
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No, it's literally a fine tune, hence mid-high end bodies have the capability. Most lenses ship to within an acceptable tolerance, you tend to find it more of an issue if you shoot prime lenses wide open. Some lenses do back focus badly which is noticeable and require sending back for recalibration.
 
rookies said:
But if you try it on another body it may not need adjusting?

So let say I had a lens that need +10 will that be same on every body?
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No every camera body will be different. Allowing a +10 to -10 gives a bit of leeway.
 
At this moment in time mine are

50 1.8 is 0
24-85 is +3
70-200 2.8 is +10

Would you say that acceptable
 
rookies said:
At this moment in time mine are

50 1.8 is 0
24-85 is +3
70-200 2.8 is +10

Would you say that acceptable
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Acceptable, yes.
Just be aware that when fine tuning a zoom lens, it is possible that the +10 setting might be fine for .say 200mm, but at 70mm it might only need +5 (or whatever).
They say best adjust a zoom lens at the zoom setting the lens is used the most.
 
Just to add, in a ideal world lenses/bodies should be made to a standard where they wouldn't need adjustment.
Like I say, in an ideal world.
Until that happens, we have microadjustment we can do ourselves.
 
rookies said:
At this moment in time mine are

50 1.8 is 0
24-85 is +3
70-200 2.8 is +10

Would you say that acceptable
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Depends if you have done it right or not. :p

Are you sure it's that far out on the 70-200vr2. Have had a couple of these with zero tuning needed not sure I would be happy with that.
 
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I think I done a good job as when taking normal photos now where I focus is now sharp where it should be
 
f/2.8 said:
Depends if you have done it right or not. :p

Are you sure it's that far out on the 70-200vr2. Have had a couple of these with zero tuning needed not sure I would be happy with that.
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Am pretty sure yes.. Will give it another go soon.. To be honest I have never ever bothered with MA before even when I had canon.. Sometime I wishes I have never started doing it lol
 
Livin The Dream said:
The other similarity that makes me smile, is gear, or GAS. Like photography, there are some people that are more into the kit than the actually participation. Walk around any 'carp' lake and you'll see people cooped up in a bivvy with £6k of kit on the bank watching their DVD player whilst the fish are the other end of the lake. Dave will know this, but for the non-anglers reading this, it's all about location, strangely enough. :)
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Hey, don't knock the gearhead anglers. They keep the tackle trade afloat - including rod builders like me! :D

I've achieved almost all my fishing ambitions now, which is why I spend more time taking photos these days as there are whole new set of things to learn and aim for.

I actually got back into photography through wildlife. But I found it far too simialr to fishing in terms of what was required to be successful - very early starts, long hours sat in the cold, that sort of thing! And of course, location, location, location.

I'd post a picture of a gudgeon I caught this afternoon - but I used my compact. :oops: :$
 
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