Redtail

Flash

I knew I put these up on FB, but not sure if I did here. Didn't spot them so..............

Done with the new to me 300mm F4 Nikon

Murph's law

Love both of these.

mississippi mac

Dave,
nice shots....
i assume you you photographed them from the house...

tim

Chuckc

Both are great. Is it the screwdrive or AF-S version?

Flash

mississippi mac wrote: »

Dave,
nice shots....
i assume you you photographed them from the house...

tim

No, down the road a piece. He was monitoring a field for goodies I guess?
This is the AF-S version

Chuckc

Nice, you'll be very happy I suspect.

Flash

Chuckc wrote: »

Nice, you'll be very happy I suspect.

Chuck I guess I wasn't understanding your post but no is it not the AF-S, but the Screwdriver as you stated. Have not shot much with it yet, but seems to work fine on my D200. Is there some drawback to this one?

Chuckc

I have the screwdrive version too. I hear the AF-S version is a smidge sharper but for the money the old school 300 F4 is hard to beat.

Flash

I need to try it with my Kenko Pro 300 on it. Why do they call it a screwdrive?

Chuckc

The focus mechanism is basically a screw driven by the motor in the camera body. It would not autofocus on a D5200 as there is no focus motor present. The AF-S lenses carry the focus motor in the lens itself and is actuated electrically via the control circuits in the body. A d5200, D40 even would autofocus with the AF-S version. AFAIK there will probably never be another non AF-S lens introduced by Nikkor although I think some are still in production.

Chuckc

BTW, I have a Kenko pro 300 1.4 TC and used it to shoot this image hand held. I will say that it does seem to do odd things to the bokeh and for that reason I don't often use it.


DSC_0844crop by Flcrutch, on Flickr

Flash

Have not played with the TC much yet. Might get a chance soon.

Chuckc

I need to get mine out again and give it another look.