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Harryb

Mar-11-2005, 02:16 PM

Hi You'll,

I hooked my 300mm/f4 lens and 1.4 TC to my brand new new D2H and headed on over to the Wetlands to get acquainted with the camera. As with all new cameras there's a learning curve so I wasn't trying to get award winning shots, just trying to meld with the new equipment.

The main reason for upgrading to the D2H was its larger buffer and faster focusing so I could get better action and flight shots.

I started slowly
http://behret.smugmug.com/photos/17305309-L.jpg

Since its Egret Fest
http://behret.smugmug.com/photos/17305306-L.jpg

I slowly moved into action shots
http://behret.smugmug.com/photos/17305308-L.jpg

tried a flight shot
http://behret.smugmug.com/photos/17305312-L.jpg

Finally on a smaller bird, a shot I wouldn't even try with the D100
http://behret.smugmug.com/photos/17305313-L.jpg

No award winners today but at least all the shots I blew today were because of me and not the camera.

John Mueller

Mar-11-2005, 02:22 PM

Started slowly..I like that one :rofl
I guess an old man cant keep up with the speed of his new cam:D
Nice shots Harry and Im sure we will see some killer shots in the near future:thumb

davev

Mar-11-2005, 02:28 PM

Hi You'll,

I hooked my 300mm/f4 lens and 1.4 TC to my brand new new D2H and headed on over to the Wetlands to get acquainted with the camera. As with all new cameras there's a learning tool so I wasn't trying to get award winning shots, just trying to meld with the new equipment.

The main reason for upgrading to the D2H was its larger buffer and faster focusing so I could get better action and flight shots.

I started slowly
Since its Egret Fest
I slowly moved into action shots
tried a flight shot
Finally on a smaller bird, a shot I wouldn't even try with the D100

No award winners today but at least all the shots I blew today were because of me and not the camera.Looks good Harry. Does it focus any faster, or is just hype?
With the larger buffer, are you going to need faster CF cards?
Just wondering.

dave.

Seamus

Mar-11-2005, 02:31 PM

Enjoy the new camera Harry, the shots look great, especially the first one, I am still laughing:rofl .

Harryb

Mar-11-2005, 02:40 PM

Started slowly..I like that one :rofl
I guess an old man cant keep up with the speed of his new cam:D
Nice shots Harry and Im sure we will see some killer shots in the near future:thumb
Hey John,

It was hard getting used to its speed. I would click off 3 shots and stop before I remembered that I wasnt shooting with the D100. The most I did in a row was 9.

I will need a few more hours with it before I'm comfortable with it but its looking good right now.

Harryb

Mar-11-2005, 02:56 PM

Looks good Harry. Does it focus any faster, or is just hype?
With the larger buffer, are you going to need faster CF cards?
Just wondering.

dave.
Hey Dave,

It definitely focuses faster than the D100. It has 11 focus points compared to the D100's 5. I was able to focus in on the Grackles (the last bird) very easily. I never could have done that with the D100.

I go a 2mb 80x card and used it today w/o a hiccup. When I switched to my 1 gig 32x card I didn't notice a difference. I was amazed at how many shots I could get off with the D2H.

Andy

Mar-11-2005, 03:18 PM

enjoy that camera, harry. bring us more egrets and herons :eat

bfjr

Mar-11-2005, 03:21 PM

What learning curve :scratch:scratch:rofl:rofl

As always Pristine :thumb:thumb

I think I'll just copy the above and paste whenever you post :):

Enjoy your new camera, I know I would:thumb:thumb

jwear

Mar-11-2005, 05:49 PM

sort of the viagra of cameras Harry be careful and remember your age :roflvery nice photos also well Harry watch your speed :dunno :thumb Jeff

pathfinder

Mar-11-2005, 06:38 PM

I thought you were the bird guy, Harry and now I catch you shooting turtles with your new camera!! :wxwax What am I going to do??? I guess I'll have to raise ya one....
http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/17314623-L.jpg :1drink

Harryb

Mar-12-2005, 04:12 AM

Enjoy the new camera Harry, the shots look great, especially the first one, I am still laughing:rofl .
Hey Shay,

I am enjoying the new camera but having the abilkity to get more than 3 shots off in a sequence will atke some getting used to. Glad you enjoyed the post.

Andy

Mar-12-2005, 04:28 AM

sort of the viagra of cameras Harry be careful and remember your age :roflvery nice photos also well Harry watch your speed :dunno :thumb Jeff

yes, jeff -

how does one quantify... "older than dirt?" :lol3

Dixie

Mar-12-2005, 04:55 AM

Hi You'll,

I hooked my 300mm/f4 lens and 1.4 TC to my brand new new D2H and headed on over to the Wetlands to get acquainted with the camera. As with all new cameras there's a learning curve so I wasn't trying to get award winning shots, just trying to meld with the new equipment.

The main reason for upgrading to the D2H was its larger buffer and faster focusing so I could get better action and flight shots.

I started slowly

Since its Egret Fest

I slowly moved into action shots
http://behret.smugmug.com/photos/17305308-L.jpg

tried a flight shot

Finally on a smaller bird, a shot I wouldn't even try with the D100

No award winners today but at least all the shots I blew today were because of me and not the camera.
Nice work with the new camera. I especially liked #3, shown above, the best.

Congratulations on the new acquisition.

...and I'll raise you one turtle as well. This one likes to get in your face. :):

Harryb

Mar-12-2005, 05:01 AM

enjoy that camera, harry. bring us more egrets and herons :eat
Hey Andy,

Not to worry I see a lot more egrets and herons coming up real soon. :D

jwear

Mar-12-2005, 05:05 AM

yes, jeff -

how does one quantify... "older than dirt?" :lol3Andy that is what my son says I am so I know of what I speak and did you see how Harry started off with a turtle ===== now that's careful and age showing :rofl :cry Jeff

Andy

Mar-12-2005, 06:38 AM

Andy that is what my son says I am so I know of what I speak and did you see how Harry started off with a turtle ===== now that's careful and age showing :rofl :cry Jeff

i'm enjoying it while i can, hard to believe i'm turning 43 at yosemite this year. my oldest is starting college in the fall! cripes :huh

Dixie

Mar-12-2005, 07:40 AM

i'm enjoying it while i can, hard to believe i'm turning 43 at yosemite this year. my oldest is starting college in the fall! cripes :huh
Andy, enjoy it while you can. However, don't worry, age will be forgotten as long as you enjoy what you are doing. I'm 61 and pushing 62 hard. My youngest is 30 and my oldest is just two years behind you.

Enjoy Yosemite and celebrate your birthday in its grandeur. It would be hard to find a better place to celebrate your birthday by doing what you enjoy doing.

I wish I could have joined all of you in Yosemite. However, I will be there for the entire following weekend. I will be traveling on my motorcycle (Gold Wing) and towing a trailer with all my gear. I will leave Alabama on May 8th and arrive in Yosemite on May 13th after stops at Mesa Verde NP in Colorado and Arches NP in Utah. I will leave Yosemite on May 16th to head to Ontario, California to begin the 2005 Run For The Wall to Washington, DC and subsequent return to home in Alabama.

Run For The Wall 2004 Galleries (http://dixie.smugmug.com/Run+For+The+Wall+2004+-+SR)

Harryb

Mar-12-2005, 09:40 AM

What learning curve :scratch:scratch:rofl:rofl

As always Pristine :thumb:thumb

I think I'll just copy the above and paste whenever you post :):

Enjoy your new camera, I know I would:thumb:thumb
hey Ben

I am enjoying it. It has the best feel of any camera I've had. Thanks for your comments.

Harryb

Mar-12-2005, 09:42 AM

I thought you were the bird guy, Harry and now I catch you shooting turtles with your new camera!! :wxwax What am I going to do??? I guess I'll have to raise ya one....
:1drink
OMG, I've been outturtled. :rofl With tail between my legs I will slink away and confine myself to bird shots from now on. :D

Harryb

Mar-12-2005, 11:04 AM

sort of the viagra of cameras Harry be careful and remember your age :roflvery nice photos also well Harry watch your speed :dunno :thumb Jeff
Hey Jeff,

I'm too old to remember much.:D How old I am will have to take a back seat to stuff like my address and phone number. :rofl

Shakey

Mar-12-2005, 11:09 AM

Hey Jeff,

I'm too old to remember much.:D How old I am will have to take a back seat to stuff like my address and phone number. :roflCome on now Harry your hardly Methusela:D .
Glad to hear that new camera is working out well. I hope to graduate from the 300D in the future but not till I run her though all of the ropes.
Great bird shots . I always look forward to your posts!

Tim

Harryb

Mar-12-2005, 01:24 PM

Nice work with the new camera. I especially liked #3, shown above, the best.

Congratulations on the new acquisition.

...and I'll raise you one turtle as well. This one likes to get in your face. :):
Hey Dixie,

Thats a great shot of that turtle. I can see from your shot and Pf's shot that I'm going to have to come up with some new turtle shots to keep up with you all. :D

Thansk for the comments and good wishes.

Harryb

Mar-12-2005, 01:26 PM

Come on now Harry your hardly Methusela:D .
Glad to hear that new camera is working out well. I hope to graduate from the 300D in the future but not till I run her though all of the ropes.
Great bird shots . I always look forward to your posts!

Tim
Hey Tim,

I know I'm not that old but you have to consider Andy here. If he didn't have my age to hawk me about he would have to come up with something new. The poor lad's circuits are overloaded as it is now. He would have a meltdown if he had to think of something else. Give the kid a break. :rofl

Thanks for the kind words.

Seamus

Mar-12-2005, 01:48 PM

Hey Jeff,

I'm too old to remember much.:D How old I am will have to take a back seat to stuff like my address and phone number. :rofl
That's why there are labels on the inside of your jacket. :wink

Shay.

Seamus

Mar-12-2005, 01:57 PM

Hey Shay,

I am enjoying the new camera but having the abilkity to get more than 3 shots off in a sequence will atke some getting used to. Glad you enjoyed the post.

That's the feature that made me buy a dslr. Being able to take shots of a motorbike / car / bird in motion is addictive. I set the 20d to medium files because I'm so trigger happy it doubles the capacity of my 1g cards. If I had a D2H / 1dmk2 I would need to be sponsored by sandisk:wink .

Shay.

Ric Grupe

Mar-12-2005, 02:18 PM

Harryb

Mar-12-2005, 02:55 PM

That's why there are labels on the inside of your jacket. :wink

Shay.
Wouldn't leave home without them and couldn't get home without them:D

Harryb

Mar-12-2005, 03:01 PM

...and a pro model nonetheless! Hope it serves you well. This model is highly regarded.

Not being a Nikon guy (for no particular reason) my first thought is...is 4mp enough?:dunno If it is...I bet editing and storing and transferring are less tedious.:scratch

What approximate size are your raw files?
THe 4 MP on the D2H are more than enough. Around 3 weeks ago I had 17 Nikonians down for a visit most of them were shooting the D2H and were using the same lens set-up I do (300mm + 1.4TC). Their shots were cropped as much as mine from the D100 and their's were crisper, sharper and had better color. Ron Reznick, my guru, had been using the D2H as his prime camera for the last two years and getting marvelous results.

My 2 Gig CF card will hold around 321 uncompressed RAW shots. The file sizes are 6.04 MB.

ginger_55

Mar-12-2005, 04:11 PM

Really good shots, Harry.:thumb First chance I have had to look.

Did you steal my birds?

ginger (That is the length lens I use) Or used when I had birds. Desperately shot a red winged blackbird finally. Sad.:cry

And the tide was so far out I was expecting a Tsunami. No birds and no water, isn't that indicative of something bad.

ginger_55

Mar-12-2005, 04:16 PM

Hey Shay,

I am enjoying the new camera but having the abilkity to get more than 3 shots off in a sequence will atke some getting used to. Glad you enjoyed the post.
Right now mine is on single shots, but I am going to put it back on the continuous. When my camera is on that, it is about impossible to take just one shot. I push the trigger and I have a bunch of shots in sequence, never want to delete any. One might be clearer. But I sure go through my cards fast.

Won't need it unless you send my birds back.

g

Andy

Mar-12-2005, 04:23 PM

Andy, enjoy it while you can. However, don't worry, age will be forgotten as long as you enjoy what you are doing. I'm 61 and pushing 62 hard. My youngest is 30 and my oldest is just two years behind you.

Enjoy Yosemite and celebrate your birthday in its grandeur. It would be hard to find a better place to celebrate your birthday by doing what you enjoy doing.

I wish I could have joined all of you in Yosemite. However, I will be there for the entire following weekend. I will be traveling on my motorcycle (Gold Wing) and towing a trailer with all my gear. I will leave Alabama on May 8th and arrive in Yosemite on May 13th after stops at Mesa Verde NP in Colorado and Arches NP in Utah. I will leave Yosemite on May 16th to head to Ontario, California to begin the 2005 Run For The Wall to Washington, DC and subsequent return to home in Alabama.

Run For The Wall 2004 Galleries (http://dixie.smugmug.com/Run+For+The+Wall+2004+-+SR)

dixie,

thanks for the well-wishes :D and i really enjoyed my tour thru your galleries

Harryb

Mar-12-2005, 04:32 PM

Right now mine is on single shots, but I am going to put it back on the continuous. When my camera is on that, it is about impossible to take just one shot. I push the trigger and I have a bunch of shots in sequence, never want to delete any. One might be clearer. But I sure go through my cards fast.

Won't need it unless you send my birds back.

g
Hey Ginger,

Glad you liked the shots. We didn't steal your birds, don't need them. We have pretty much of a surplus down here. :D

I find the continuous mode good when they are hunting and feeding. You have to shoot before the action starts to get the better shots. When they are just standing around and posing you can do the single shoot w/o missing anything.

Hope you find your birdds, if you do try not to lose them again.

jwear

Mar-12-2005, 10:30 PM

dixie,

thanks for the well-wishes :D and i really enjoyed my tour thru your galleriesi am 60 my son is pushing 13 thinks he is 33 acts like he is 4 makes me fell 90 now i have to help him with his math and yosemite is the only thing i have done in years with out him ,he is not happy I will bring the candles you do not want me to bake a cake :cry :dunno this well be a happy b day Andy Dixie is right I am working on my birthday so i will think of yosemite as my b day gift Jeff

Trish323

Mar-13-2005, 06:00 AM

Hi Harry,

Hope ypu are over the pain of the colonoscopy by now:cry ! I have been following along even though I am not posting much lately...have become more of a lurker...yikes!!

So you got a D2H...looks as though it will be great for you! Best of Luck with it!!

I think I have Craig just about convinced that for our 50th BD's we should purchase new cameras and get some lenses. He really would rather have a plasma screen Tv but I want his butt off the couch! out shooting with me.

So I am thinking (2)350D or 20'ds,(2) 50-500 Bigmas and (1)24-70 (1) 17-85...tripods and filters and gig cards....any input will be helpful...of course there will be a learning curve for each of us...but thats ok...

Harryb

Mar-13-2005, 06:47 AM

Hi Harry,

Hope ypu are over the pain of the colonoscopy by nowhttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/bncry.gif ! I have been following along even though I am not posting much lately...have become more of a lurker...yikes!!

So you got a D2H...looks as though it will be great for you! Best of Luck with it!!

I think I have Craig just about convinced that for our 50th BD's we should purchase new cameras and get some lenses. He really would rather have a plasma screen Tv but I want his butt off the couch! out shooting with me.

So I am thinking (2)350D or 20'ds,(2) 50-500 Bigmas and (1)24-70 (1) 17-85...tripods and filters and gig cards....any input will be helpful...of course there will be a learning curve for each of us...but thats ok...Hey Trish,

The colonoscopy was no big deal, the prep day was not all that much fun though.

Great idea about getting cameras instead of some TV thing. Tell Craig he needs to get out and not be at home sitting and watching TV.

I would go for the 20Ds over the 350Ds not that I would lower myself to by a Canon though. I would consider the a Sigma 80-400 instead of two Bigmas. The Bigma is one heavy lens and if you are going to be shooting in the wetlands you don't want to be tethered to a tripod.

Finally you still have a fine camera (the 717) no need for you to be lurking. http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/15524759-Ti.gif Take some pics and do some posting. I expect to see some pics by Wednesday or you will have some explaining to do.

Cosmic

Mar-13-2005, 08:05 AM

Very nice shots Harry! Wow. I love the turtle shot and the caption to go along with it! :lol3

~Heidi~

Harryb

Mar-13-2005, 08:52 AM

Very nice shots Harry! Wow. I love the turtle shot and the caption to go along with it! :lol3

~Heidi~
Hey Heidi,

Good hearing from ya. Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment.

ian408

Mar-13-2005, 12:46 PM

Harry,

I'll take your learning shots any day :D

Enjoy the camera and looking forward to some new egrets!

Ian

Harryb

Mar-13-2005, 01:18 PM

Harry,

I'll take your learning shots any day :D

Enjoy the camera and looking forward to some new egrets!

Ian
Thanks Ian. I can assure you that there will be many more egret shots in the very near future. :D

ginger_55

Mar-13-2005, 01:20 PM

Thanks Ian. I can assure you that there will be many more egret shots in the very near future. :D
So you do expect more egrets any day. And I know where they are coming from.

g

david_h

Mar-13-2005, 01:23 PM

Harryb

Mar-13-2005, 03:10 PM

Hi Harry,
Great to see you are enjoying the new camera. I'm loving mine, been able to do few landscapes and portraits, it's working out just great and proving to be a good partner to my D70.
I'm finding that the smaller size for the RAW files doesn't seem to compromise quality at all and the sensible size of the files is great.
While we still have plenty of snow, I'll be looking out for your shots - send some birds up here when you get the chance :D
Hi David,

I love this camera. I've used it three times so far and it just keeps getting better. My ratio of keepers on action and flights shots has really jumped. I'm getting shots with this camera that I never would have gotten with my D100. The image quality is better and I've had no problems with cropping shots. This is the first DSLR that Nikon designed that was not based on a film body and it shows. I have never had a camera that handles so well. It just feels so right when I pick it up. I'm a happy camper.

Lucky Hack

Mar-13-2005, 06:25 PM

D2H, Man, I'm jealous, thats a sweet setup. Great shots too. The progression of shots and the narrative made me smile. I can't wait to see more...

hoping this message finds you well -Ian

Skippy

Mar-14-2005, 03:03 AM

Did he just turn his motor off? hehehe came in with the birds did he?
Little Jet Propelled butt? ha ha ha ha :rofl

Well you sure look like your having a ball with your new Cam Harry.
I love your bird pictures,
....... but that Turtle..did ya notice it's got no feathers :dunno

Take Care Harry....looking forward to seeing more of your images :D
Skippy (Australia)

Hi You'll,

I hooked my 300mm/f4 lens and 1.4 TC to my brand new new D2H and headed on over to the Wetlands to get acquainted with the camera. As with all new cameras there's a learning curve so I wasn't trying to get award winning shots, just trying to meld with the new equipment.

The main reason for upgrading to the D2H was its larger buffer and faster focusing so I could get better action and flight shots.

I started slowly

Since its Egret Fest

I slowly moved into action shots

tried a flight shot

Finally on a smaller bird, a shot I wouldn't even try with the D100

No award winners today but at least all the shots I blew today were because of me and not the camera.

Harryb

Mar-14-2005, 03:16 AM

D2H, Man, I'm jealous, thats a sweet setup. Great shots too. The progression of shots and the narrative made me smile. I can't wait to see more...

hoping this message finds you well -Ian
Hey Ian,

Thanks, I am thrilled with the D2H. I can assure you that you wil be seeing more very soon. :D

Harryb

Mar-14-2005, 03:18 AM