Nikon Rumors Forum » Topic: A Little fun: Guess the lenses

elvishefer on "A Little fun: Guess the lenses"

elvishefer — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:50:48 +0000

Tangential question - Gareth, how are you liking the Better Beamer?

Gareth on "A Little fun: Guess the lenses"

Gareth — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:47:02 +0000

make sure you shoot the birds before she does, lol

msmoto on "A Little fun: Guess the lenses"

msmoto — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:45:48 +0000

So, a friend and I are going birding today. I will have 10.5mm, 600mm, 840mm, 1200mm. She will have a 410, and a 12Ga. Guess what I will shoot. Ha, ha, ha. Oh, forgot to say, wild turkey is the target. And, she was number four in woman shooters in the world in 2011 in some moving around type event. So...

jonnyapple on "A Little fun: Guess the lenses"

jonnyapple — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:17:17 +0000

Like the thread title says, just a little fun. ;-)

spraynpray on "A Little fun: Guess the lenses"

spraynpray — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:22:59 +0000

now then jonnyapple, take that stick out from between the bars. You know what you're doing. ;-)

jonnyapple on "A Little fun: Guess the lenses"

jonnyapple — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:08:31 +0000

I think this was a clever way to get Adamz's advice without risking him closing the thread.

"Another lens advice thread" [Adamz]: predator...ed

"Guess what I took" [Adamz]: Well, if it were me, I'd...

Gareth on "A Little fun: Guess the lenses"

Gareth — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:36:10 +0000

when i sell the d300s to buy the d800, but I have other matters to pay for atm.

no spray, adamz's answer was the correct one. if I took a zoom I would have had a whole lot more focal lengths.

I shot most of the pics at 2.8 - 5.6 on the 300 2.8 d300s combo, giving me a nice portable 450mm 2.8. It was so good I didn't even bother trying anything else except a couple of shots of a spotless crake I took with the tc-20eiii on. I used a very good tripod for everything.

donaldejose on "A Little fun: Guess the lenses"

donaldejose — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:37:06 +0000

If you replaced your D700 with a D800 you would have a 16mp DX crop mode inside your D800 and you could have left the D300s home lightening your load even more.

PaulR on "A Little fun: Guess the lenses"

PaulR — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:15:30 +0000

If you had taken a Nikon V1 along, you could have lightened the load even more

Anything is possible with a Nikon V1

spraynpray on "A Little fun: Guess the lenses"

spraynpray — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:10:43 +0000

erm - I wasn't right?

Gareth on "A Little fun: Guess the lenses"

Gareth — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:04:55 +0000

Yip adamz you are right, but it was a d300s and a d700. I took the d700 incase I needed the ISO, but the D300s was fine with the flash. I got the better beamer for the sb800 on thursday, which was lucky as the weather was perfect and I nothing planned for Friday. So off I went to Tiritiri Matangi Island. If you are in Auckland, New Zealand, this is a must see place for birding.

adamz on "A Little fun: Guess the lenses"

adamz — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:30:42 +0000

I guess You had a FX body and for sure 105mm lens + another 300mm + TC20, this gave this:
105mm - bare 105mm lens
157.7mm - FX in DX mode
210mm - TC20
315mm - FX in DX mode + TC20
300mm - bare 300mm lens
450mm - FX in DX mode
600mm - 300mm + TC20
900mm - 300mm + TC20 in DX mode

spraynpray on "A Little fun: Guess the lenses"

spraynpray — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:25:09 +0000

spraynpray on "A Little fun: Guess the lenses"

spraynpray — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:23:47 +0000

A 105mm, a 70-300 and a 2X converter - assuming you have given 35mm equivalent focal lengths too.

Gareth on "A Little fun: Guess the lenses"

Gareth — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:04:36 +0000

OK, I went birding today (which was very successful, but that is another topic) and took some camera equipment. In the insterest of making it as light as possible i didn't take everything I have. My limited equipment left me with the following focal lengths.

105mm
157.7mm
210mm
300mm
315mm
450mm
600mm
900mm

what did I take?