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This adorable little male gray squirrel is a daily visitor to our back yard, I guess you can't beat free eats and water, and has actually gotten rather tame around me. A female, who I am assuming is a sibling born this early spring as both are not yet full grown, is usually not far away.
I have not used this lens in a while, opting for my 600mm f/4 ED IF AIS Nikkor instead, but it really can produce some very nice images and is but a tiny fraction of the size and weight of that beast. This is the newer version, though I have owned the much larger old clunker as well. I have heard lots of complaints from folks that it is practically impossible to get a sharp image with this lens but I guess they are not just used to focusing manually. This one was taken hand held at 1/200 sec with the D850 at ISO 400. I have microprism/split image focusing screens in my D500, D750 and D850 because all of my lenses are MF Nikkor, so focusing is pretty easy. The depth of field on this lens, however, is very narrow, especially at the distance I shot this so it is best to find a specular highlight or some very fine detail to really nail the focus. I don't find the out of focus "donuts" to be objectionable, though I know some do, and at times they can really add a unique touch if there are a lot of specular highlights in the background.
A world of difference!
I have not used this lens in a while, opting for my 600mm f/4 ED IF AIS Nikkor instead, but it really can produce some very nice images and is but a tiny fraction of the size and weight of that beast. This is the newer version, though I have owned the much larger old clunker as well. I have heard lots of complaints from folks that it is practically impossible to get a sharp image with this lens but I guess they are not just used to focusing manually. This one was taken hand held at 1/200 sec with the D850 at ISO 400. I have microprism/split image focusing screens in my D500, D750 and D850 because all of my lenses are MF Nikkor, so focusing is pretty easy. The depth of field on this lens, however, is very narrow, especially at the distance I shot this so it is best to find a specular highlight or some very fine detail to really nail the focus. I don't find the out of focus "donuts" to be objectionable, though I know some do, and at times they can really add a unique touch if there are a lot of specular highlights in the background.
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A world of difference!
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