Just a Reminder of Why I Shoot Nikon
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Posted 3 years ago #
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Doesn't look cold at all!
*cough*
I wonder how the weather resistance of the professional DSLRs stands up against that of the sealed P&S cameras.
Posted 3 years ago # -
I want that lens. It looks like the 300mm2.8
Posted 3 years ago # -
It does? It looked more like a 400mm to me. It doesn't look like the new VR version either—the VR doesn't have a plaque with the specs. I think the camera's a D2_.
Posted 3 years ago # -
And it isn't the new VR?
Posted 3 years ago # -
Let's just hope that this guy is very well paid !… :oD
Posted 3 years ago # -
oh boy, i haven't had the pleasure of dragging my equipment around filled with snow, i have however had it out in minus 15 degrees celcius, which seemed to take its toll more on me than it did on the gear.
I can't quite figure out which lens it is, however since the collar/foot is on the front of the lens and not towards the back, it would rule the 300/2.8 out, 400 seems like a good bet, but i can't seem to spot the VR on/off ring, so it could be an older version.
Anyway, Nikon gear is really sturdy, some people are too protective about their gear, but then again i can understand why, your only camera dieing on you would really suck.
Posted 3 years ago # -
Why I left Minnesota for California. If I avoid salt spray, my equipment lasts longer, so do my cameras.
Posted 3 years ago # -
I've been in Quebec when it was about -15 C, and my Nikon point and shoot worked fine. Yes, it went straight into my pocket when I was finished, I wasn't shooting at 9 FPS, I didn't keep my hands out for any extended period of time, I had 2 batteries with me, but it worked fine for what I needed it to do- snapshots.
It was February, and it was at night, around the 400th anniversary of Quebec's founding.
Awesome trip I had near the end of high school.
Posted 3 years ago # -
Sometimes when we're on a fieldtrip or something it's raining, so a lot of teachers are saying "Shouldn't you put your camera away? You wouldn't want the rain to ruin it." And I always tell them my equipments going to be fine, and that it has been through a lot worse weather. Of course, they're always warning me that this is the one time it might fail. So I think I'll print out this picture to keep in my bag to show people EXACTLY what my Nikons are up to fight. That'll get me a good laugh!
Posted 3 years ago # -
Oh, BTW the lens is a AF-S Nikkor 600mm ƒ/4D IF-ED II:
Posted 3 years ago # -
It's not so much all that snow that you have to worry about. It's when it starts to melt when your back indoors that you start to worry! :^)
In my experiences the only thing that cold cold weather affects is battery life.
Posted 3 years ago # -
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Actually you'd be surprised how the cold will decrease the shots per battery you get.
Posted 3 years ago # -
What do you suppose it would do to an EN-EL4?
Posted 3 years ago #
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