Got it yesterday but could not unbox it until today. ; Here are three straight out of camera. ; Click the first one for the original and hopefully you will see it. Nikon D7100/50mm, 1/250s, f/4.5, ISO 1000, EV 0, pop-up flash. These two show you the 1.3x crop. ; Taken with a 70-200VR I at 200mm. ; Model moved but remained in the same location from me (for once!). ; : Normal DX crop (1.5x = 300mm 35mm equivalent) 1/250s, f/2.8, ISO 250, EV 0 1.3x Crop (1.5x X 1.3x = 390mm 35mm equivalent) 1/250s, f/2.8, ISO 200, EV 0 Exif data says it is using a 1.3x digital zoom which is cool. Taking it to the Crunch game tonight and will add more photos tomorrow.
so what ya think so far Scott? I kept reading about how bad the buffer is but I find it a little faster than the D7000 even though at the highest bit rate and lossless compression I only get 6 raws till it slows to about 2 fps but if I stop for a second it is ready pretty quick. 12 bit raw and lossy is faster and using the 1.3 crop gives 15 raws before slow down.got a 95mb/s card which may help also here is one of my first shots with it using the tamron 70-300. Remo the cat wanted in on the action too so he photo bombed me
Great photo bomb! ; I will let you know about the buffer tonight after the Crunch game. ; Since I am shooting JPEG, I do not expect it to be an issue. Like having two memory slots. ; Will use an Eye-fi card in the second slot next weekend so Crunch can tweet out game photos during the game. ; At least that is my hope.
Wow Scott, the hair and eye detail in that first shot is great! I went the opposite direction and went straight to the torture tests. This may not be much for you full frame folks, but as a DX user I'm impressed. ; Can't wait for Aperture and Photoshop to support the RAW files. This was straight saved no processing from the RAW file with the Nikon converter. Resized and a full crop. I can't describe how dreary and dark it was to the naked eye when I snapped this. Erich D7100, Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 at 200mm and f/8 and it autoselected ISO 6400 [attachimg=1]
About last night... Having issues with the AF-C (Continuous AF) which uses Predictive Focus. It was not very predictive for ice hockey. ; Lots of focused photos on the background and not the players. ; I do see in the manual I can tweak it more so will be reading up on that later. ; Otherwise, the camera performed great. ; Good color and excellent Auto WB (better than the D700's) which takes one less setting I need to remember off my list. UPDATE: The Exif data reports a 2x 35mm when using the 1.3x Crop so at 200mm it says it's 400mm. ; I think it's really 390mm but who am I to complain about 10mm. ; : No trouble with the buffer as I shoot JPEG. All taken with the Nikon 70-200VR I lens. 1/1000s, f/2.8, ISO 900, EV +1.0, 200mm (300mm cropped) 1/1250s, f/2.8, ISO 2500, EV +1.3, 200mm (400mm cropped) 1/1250s, f/2.8, ISO 1250, EV +1.3, 200mm (400mm cropped) 1/1250s, f/2.8, ISO 1800, EV +1.3, 200mm (400mm cropped)
Yeah, those will be very big pads to fill. ; Kinkaid came in after the starter got shelled for six goals in the first two periods. ; I like his game a lot and should be on the Devils next season when Brodeur retires. ; I can not see him trying to keep going with a wonky back.
Yet he is signed through spring 2014. ; I hope the wonky back is not a sign of him being old, but not to confident with that!
That was the problem, I was using AF-C without choosing Dynamic Focus points using the front camera dial. ; I have since found I can do so like the D700. Figured it was there just did not read far enough into the manual before heading to the game. ; Got another game Wednesday night. ; Just have to figure out how to carry two cameras until I invest in a system.
Scott Kelby has a video using the D7100 and new 80-400 lens at a hockey game. http://scottkelby.com/2013/first-real-world-field-test-new-nikon-d7100-af-s-nikon-80-400mm-f4-5-f5-6-ed-vr-lens/ Erich
check out the offerings from think tank, i just recently got a belt and harness setup from them, works great for the rail photo charters, probably what i'll use at this years oats festival as i have to do a lot of stick and move type shooting for them as they have the 2 stages a good 1000 feet apart. the roots and branches stage is newgrass and i guess the first year they had it the older traditionalists found it a little too radical. so i usually end up comandeering the security golf cart, but the tank setup allows me to swap in and out of lenses between the 35 and the 70-200. since i still have the 5dmk2 i may go 2 bodies this year and think tank has a 2 body holster setup that mates with my existing belt
Thanks, Gary, I already use Think Tank bags and their excellent belt and pouch system. Here's some more D7100 hockey photos from Wednesday. ; Still not totally happy with AF. ; Used AF-C in Dynamic 9 Point like I do on my D700. ; Any suggestions from the D7000 owners out there? Should I try Auto or go all in with 51 points? Jared Nightingale (42) firing a shot at the net. Normal DX @ 200mm (300mm) 1.3x Crop @ 200mm (400mm) Dan Sexton (16) digging out the puck from behind the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins goal. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins goalie Jeff Zatkoff (37) searching for the puck against the Syracuse Crunch Syracuse Crunch goalie Cedrick Desjardins (30) stops a scoring attempt by Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Zach Sill (11) in American Hockey League (AHL) action at the Onondaga County War Memorial on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Syracuse won 1-0.
