Nikon D750 & D780

minnnt said:
Lol. The double sided sticky tape hasn't failed. The eye piece is still on isn't it? You've somehow managed to lose the rubber!
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look like you right there lol
 
AndyFo said:
I don't believe it, I have had and lost 5 eyepieces so far so on my new (sixth) one I followed Minnits advice and stuck it on with strong double sided tape then set of to local zoo on Saturday with youngest grandson. I slung camera over my shoulder and set of around the zoo. Upon seeing my first photo opportunity I slide camera up to my eye and found this.


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I give up unless anyone's got a permanent solution that will work, it's getting rather silly now.
Took about 200 shots but not very optimistic about them as it was a grey day and mainly shooting through dirty sticky fingerprinted and scratched glass doesn't lend itself to nice sharp photos.
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Thinktank eye piece (EP-N). It sticks out a bit but is a much firmer secure fit and takes some effort to take it off.

https://www.thinktankphoto.com/products/eyepieces
 
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AndyFo said:
I give up unless anyone's got a permanent solution that will work, it's getting rather silly now.
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Gaffer tape.

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minnnt said:
Lol. The double sided sticky tape hasn't failed. The eye piece is still on isn't it? You've somehow managed to lose the rubber!
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Yeah the rubber and half of the mount too, it must be the way I carry it on my sling although I've checked as I walk and it doesn't catch anywhere that I can see.
 
Think I'll see if I can track down the think tank one and give that a try.

Anyone off to Brands Hatch tomorrow then?
 
photogwannabe said:
I'll have to see. At the moment I'm sitting in Vancouver General Hospital as part of my ongoing health saga. Oh to have a redo on the last two and a half years. Noiseware did most of its work cleaning up the background and a bit on the actor.
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Hope everything is okay...
 
Ed Sutton said:
That wouldn't work for me. I can't tell what's good straight away, but crap is simple to spot.

A few years back I dug out my negatives from 1980 and found some shots that I'd never printed which were good. The passage of time alters how we consider our pictures. Even a week makes a difference.

But then I keep photos that aren't technically perfect but 'work' and delete technically good pics that don't work. I also don't edit to find single images but sets of pictures. You don't need every picture in a set/sequence to be great, but you don't know which pics you need until you start sequencing a set.

My process is a quick rejection of the absolute crap, flagging anything that is obviously good in the same pass. Then I delete the crap and go through again flagging anything I think is worth a longer look. Next I go through the flagged pics and do another cull of anything that isn't sharp enough where it needs to be sharp and the less good ones from a few very similar frames. Finally I'll go through the unflagged pics to cull the junk, but keep any that have something going for them. I can always have another clear out in the future, but I can't bring a 'sleeper' back if it's been deleted. It's the same way I used to treat my slides really.
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I've actually found that you become a little more ruthless by picking the ones that make the grade. Whilst I do keep many similar shots on occasion, the reality is you tend to pick the strongest anyway and only publish/use those so you don't need to similar shots.

Who creates a master jpeg to store? I used to many years ago, but don't now.
 
Livin The Dream said:
I've actually found that you become a little more ruthless by picking the ones that make the grade. Whilst I do keep many similar shots on occasion, the reality is you tend to pick the strongest anyway and only publish/use those so you don't need to similar shots.
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The way I look at it is that an artist doesn't throw sketchbooks or sketches away. They're ideas libraries. I find failures/near misses can be useful for future inspiration.
 
Couple from Ultimate Dubs show in Trafford today. Took one of my lads along for the day and a play with the D750.

Loved this pink Caddy :)
Caddy by Julian Provis, on Flickr

Beetle by Julian Provis, on Flickr

Golf by Julian Provis, on Flickr

I think this is the tidiest bus I have ever seen!
Bus by Julian Provis, on Flickr
Thomas took along his D7100 and got some great shots himself :) Many more cars there - plenty of noise too.
 
AndyFo said:
I don't believe it, I have had and lost 5 eyepieces so far so on my new (sixth) one I followed Minnits advice and stuck it on with strong double sided tape then set of to local zoo on Saturday with youngest grandson. I slung camera over my shoulder and set of around the zoo. Upon seeing my first photo opportunity I slide camera up to my eye and found this.


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I give up unless anyone's got a permanent solution that will work, it's getting rather silly now.
Took about 200 shots but not very optimistic about them as it was a grey day and mainly shooting through dirty sticky fingerprinted and scratched glass doesn't lend itself to nice sharp photos.
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God knows what you're doing mate but in over 2 years of using a D750 mounted to all different kinds of sling straps I'm yet to lose a solitary eyepiece :confused:
 
Anyone watching Britain in Focus? Pretty interesting seeing the is techniques.
 
Chuckoir said:
What channel was it on, Toby?
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Beaten to it, BBC 4. Wasn't the most 'entertaining' program to watch, but I've never seen some of the old techniques before such as wet plates so found it interesting. Interesting to hear that even back then photos were manipulated.
 
Peter123 said:
Which lens did you use for the VW's Julian?
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Hi Peter
Used my Nikon 24-70 all day - heavy lens which is why I'm looking for something a bit lighter for every day use. My elbow was killing me by the end of the day.
 
snerkler said:
Beaten to it, BBC 4. Wasn't the most 'entertaining' program to watch, but I've never seen some of the old techniques before such as wet plates so found it interesting. Interesting to hear that even back then photos were manipulated.
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sorry i was up earlier with the dogs :D
 
JulesP said:
Hi Peter
Used my Nikon 24-70 all day - heavy lens which is why I'm looking for something a bit lighter for every day use. My elbow was killing me by the end of the day.
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that lens elbow is a killer
 
AndyFo said:
Think I'll see if I can track down the think tank one and give that a try.

Anyone off to Brands Hatch tomorrow then?
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Never been to any motorsports events. Tempted to later in the year though.
 
For those of you that shoot kids (none posed) what shutter speed do you generally use when shooting without flash? Went out with some friends yesterday and really disappointed in the majority of my shots of their son (just under a year old). I got many missed focus/slightly blurry pics and trying to figure out how to get this right for next time. I've used similar shutter speeds in the past, but they've always been with flash and wondering if shutter's too slow when not using flash. Shutter speeds were around 1/125 which I assumed would be enough.
 
I find tying them down helps massively.

Seriously though, looking through my Flickr, most shots of Joe were at 1/320. It is a lot easier when you've got one at home all the time so you can practice a lot more... or should that be, take pictures constantly, so you'll eventually get one in focus! :)
 
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Young kids being shot unposed have a tendency to constantly move about when you don't want them to. I used to shoot at 125/250 but ended up with many blurry shots so tend to use a minimum of 500 these days. The trouble I have is that I like to shoot wide open whenever I can and even at a fast shutter speed I still end up with many OOF shots.
 
Chuckoir said:
I find tying them down helps massively.

Seriously though, looking through my Flickr, most shots of Joe were at 1/320. It is a lot easier when you've got one at home all the time so you can practice a lot more... or should that be, take pictures constantly, so you'll eventually get one in focus! :)
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AndyFo said:
Young kids being shot unposed have a tendency to constantly move about when you don't want them to. I used to shoot at 125/250 but ended up with many blurry shots so tend to use a minimum of 500 these days. The trouble I have is that I like to shoot wide open whenever I can and even at a fast shutter speed I still end up with many OOF shots.
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Thanks guys, looked like a seriously underestimated shutter speed then :lol: I only had my 24-120mm f4 and didn't want to push ISO too high, but obviously I would've been better doing this than getting blurry shots. You live and learn :oops: :$
 
Eloise said:
Hope everything is okay...
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Hi Eloise. Everything's under control once again. Thanks for your thoughts. Here's a copy of the photo with no noise reduction at all - neither ACR or Noiseware. I'll leave it up on my Flickr for a while if you want to flip back and forth between the two. Cheers!


D75_5032-NNR by Paul, on Flickr
 
photogwannabe said:
Hi Eloise. Everything's under control once again. Thanks for your thoughts. Here's a copy of the photo with no noise reduction at all - neither ACR or Noiseware. I'll leave it up on my Flickr for a while if you want to flip back and forth between the two. Cheers!


D75_5032-NNR by Paul, on Flickr
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Thanks
 
Going to have to give my camera and lens a thorough check over at some point this week, noticed another couple of shots I too yesterday of buildings seem to show marked bluriness akin to shutter shock, taken at f8, 24mm, 1/125. I hope it's just coincidence and that it's not somehow linked to the softness/bluriness of the other pics. I did fall heavily the other week whilst on my way back from solomon's temple and hope I haven't damaged anything. Camera and lenses were in my backpack and I mainly landed on my side (although partially on the backpack) so would be surprised if I damaged anything, but then again these D750's are made of chocolate :(
 
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snerkler said:
Going to have to give my camera and lens a thorough check over at some point this week, noticed another couple of shots I too yesterday of buildings seem to show marked bluriness akin to shutter shock, taken at f8, 24mm, 1/125. I hope it's just coincidence and that it's not somehow linked to the softness/bluriness of the other pics. I did fall heavily the other week whilst on my way back from solomon's temple and hope I haven't damaged anything. Camera and lenses were in my backpack and I mainly landed on my side (although partially on the backpack) so would be surprised if I damaged anything, but then again these D750's are made of chocolate :(
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you should get a Chiropractor to check out your back also :)
 
snerkler said:
Going to have to give my camera and lens a thorough check over at some point this week, noticed another couple of shots I too yesterday of buildings seem to show marked bluriness akin to shutter shock, taken at f8, 24mm, 1/125. I hope it's just coincidence and that it's not somehow linked to the softness/bluriness of the other pics. I did fall heavily the other week whilst on my way back from solomon's temple and hope I haven't damaged anything. Camera and lenses were in my backpack and I mainly landed on my side (although partially on the backpack) so would be surprised if I damaged anything, but then again these D750's are made of chocolate :(
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Glad to report that all seems well with camera and lens. Don't know what caused the 'shutter shock' type appearance on one of my images, but definitely looks more like that then camera shake through hand movement. Will just put it down to a weird Nikon phenomena/user error. The baby pics were most certainly user error and too slow a shutter speed ;)
 
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