Anyone here use a Nikon D3200, love to hear your thoughts. I,m needing another Nikon for the flock...
Photography talk , post up your images.
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I use a Sony A350 as my main camera which I've had since 2008 still gives me great pics. The one that really keeps going no matter how hard the treatment it gets is my trusty Nikon Coolpics S5100 which I bought about 13 years ago to use when I was working in Nigeria and Angola on pipeline maintenance and inspection. Brilliant little compact camera which still serves me well up now, as you can just stick it your pocket and just take quick pics easily.
Here is a picture of a laced lapwing, you may think its harmless, see the spurs on this one...
I never knew they had those....
I never knew they had those....
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Just checked and mine is a Nikon D3200, I did have something more exotic but found it too heavy and part exed for the D3200, it does everything I want and much more that I have no idea how to use.
I started out with a Nikon D5300 crop frame camera. Loved the camera but was having a few difficulties with it for astrophotography. Was pushing the limits of its capabilities. Moved to a full frame D750 with more capabilities and problem solved.
I guess what I'm saying is, know the capabilities of the crop frame D3200 and match it to the photos work you're doing with it.
Wow. I thought I'd been round a bit bit I never knew any birds had those. Prehistoric "Winged finger".
I had to go googling for more info and some of the lapwings do have wicked looking long pointy ones. They could do some damage with the pojnty ones if they got into a scrap.
You learn something new every day.
Thanks.
And again - Wow.
Would you mind elaborating on where it let you down for astro, I,ll be buying it because my Z6 is almost permanently attached to the Scope for astro, but I have a Sigma 150-600 that although will work on the Z via an F to Z adapter, it does vignette a bit..Ideally I would like to have a camera just for the Sigma for birding, but that I can use for astro closer than the Redcat 51 can do at 250 fl. and that the 600 with crop sensor should be about 900 fl, for example can you lock up the mirror and shutter only, how does it run in bulb or high ISO ?. I appreciate your feedback as an owner of one, rather than some propaganda gleamed off the net..
Part of it was lenses. Didn't have a wide fast lens and was reluctant to purchase DX specialist lenses. My lenes resulted in sub 20 second shots to avoid star trails and high ISO to get a good exposure (F3.5 and higher). Was a bit noisy.
Camera worked well on bulb and I did some 2 minute star trail shots successfully.
Camera started to go monochromatic for shots longer than 10 seconds (main reason to change cameras). The colour was orange, like sodium vapour street lights. Subtle at first, then went full monochromatic as you took more >10 second shots. Had to do a full factory reset to clear the problem but it would come back. Camera was great for normal shots.
By memory, mirror up was a menu setting and not a dial setting like my D750. Never used mirror up mode on the D5300.
Sounds like your Sigma 150-600 lens is an FX lens. Yes a DX camera will give you the 900mm view, but at lower pixel/mm count (quality). See if you can find a professional photographer who is going mirrorless and buy a high click count FX camera (I did this) and some extension tubes. You could get the same result with a higher quality photo.
Went to full frame (FX) cameras and lenses and I'm having a great time without any problems.
Camera worked well on bulb and I did some 2 minute star trail shots successfully.
Camera started to go monochromatic for shots longer than 10 seconds (main reason to change cameras). The colour was orange, like sodium vapour street lights. Subtle at first, then went full monochromatic as you took more >10 second shots. Had to do a full factory reset to clear the problem but it would come back. Camera was great for normal shots.
By memory, mirror up was a menu setting and not a dial setting like my D750. Never used mirror up mode on the D5300.
Sounds like your Sigma 150-600 lens is an FX lens. Yes a DX camera will give you the 900mm view, but at lower pixel/mm count (quality). See if you can find a professional photographer who is going mirrorless and buy a high click count FX camera (I did this) and some extension tubes. You could get the same result with a higher quality photo.
Went to full frame (FX) cameras and lenses and I'm having a great time without any problems.
Well my friend I listened to what you said and looked into it, in a nutshell I have ruled out DX, but FX are still pricey for a low shutter count unadulterated example, In fact it would best just to buy another Z, that being said, I thought I would set up my old one first, just to see how the combo works. So I cobbled together this, with a dummy battery. Z,s are hungry.. hopefully I should be able to get some good shots of M31 before it disappears till next year. I plonked the Asiair on it so I can polar align , I cant see the SP here you see. Never tried the all sky plate solve with Asiair either, should be fun if not frustrating.. Ill give it a squirt at 500mm, that's twice the redcat. but not wide open, if I can get good tracking. The Sigma yields a butter image at longer FL,s at higher stops. Ill report back as to how this works, if it works at all...
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It was a terrible night with high cloud, but I couldn't wait so tried the setup. The lens shows promise, zoomed to 500, 30 frames at 90 seconds each. had a couple of tracking wobbles that cost a few frames, I think maybe this mount is on its limit with this combo, weight-wise at this focal length..Hoping its clearer tonite..
And the plieades, just a few exposures, just to test the lenses ability really, sky conditions were dismal, but I like what the aperture leaves do the stars diffraction pattern..
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Willie Wagtails are not that harmless, if your a gecko. Nikon P900 grab and go...
A better shot of M31. from a 3 day camp in darker skies...Z6 behind a Redcat 51, 20 x 60 secs...
