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DD - 03 Jul 2006 08:29 GMT

If it's winter in Durban that means its Beach Festival time! I recently
obtained a Nikkor 300mm f/4 ED-IF and I am very happy with it. Some
people say its auto focus tracking is too slow, but I was using it on a
D70 in AF-C mode yesterday and these are some of the shots I got:

http://tinyurl.com/ovrvo
http://tinyurl.com/gzljv
http://tinyurl.com/p64mg
http://tinyurl.com/zwth9
http://tinyurl.com/hdxay
http://tinyurl.com/lwc8x

I wish I had a faster frame rate, like a D2h, or D2x, but unfortunately
my deal with the D2h didn't come though (which is why I now have this
lens). The 300mm f/4 lens is very impressive. I'd go so far as to say it
seems sharper than my 70-200mm f/2.8 VR (when used correctly). These
were all taken at f/8.

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Helen - 03 Jul 2006 18:38 GMT

> http://tinyurl.

I think quite a lot of people don't like tinyurls.
I don't.

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Scott W - 03 Jul 2006 19:41 GMT

> > http://tinyurl.
>
> I think quite a lot of people don't like tinyurls.
> I don't.

You can go to the tinyurl site and have it set up so that you get to
see what the URL you are going to be taken to is before being taken
there. You can then either say it is ok or cancel and not go to the
link.

Scott

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Scott W - 03 Jul 2006 19:55 GMT

> > > http://tinyurl.
> >
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> Scott

BTW great photos.

Scott

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Matt Clara - 04 Jul 2006 04:09 GMT

> > http://tinyurl.
>
> I think quite a lot of people don't like tinyurls.
> I don't.

Dallas Dahms can be trusted.

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DD - 04 Jul 2006 06:30 GMT

> > http://tinyurl.
>
> I think quite a lot of people don't like tinyurls.
> I don't.

Sorry, I posted these to the forum on one of my websites and the urls
are quite long.

Interesting point you make though. I hadn't thought of that.

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Slack - 03 Jul 2006 22:53 GMT

> If it's winter in Durban that means its Beach Festival time! I recently
> obtained a Nikkor 300mm f/4 ED-IF and I am very happy with it. Some
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> seems sharper than my 70-200mm f/2.8 VR (when used correctly). These
> were all taken at f/8.

Good timing. The crop is a little tight on some of them, but they are nice.
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Slack

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DD - 04 Jul 2006 06:28 GMT

> > If it's winter in Durban that means its Beach Festival time! I recently
> > obtained a Nikkor 300mm f/4 ED-IF and I am very happy with it. Some
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>
> Good timing. The crop is a little tight on some of them, but they are nice.

Thanks. No cropping done on these. I was standing on a pier at high
tide, so I could get pretty tight with the 300mm lens.

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