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Friday, April 06, 2012

Nikon D4: Still breaking it in

Nikon D4, ISO 500, f/5.6, 1/2500, 28-300mm
I am leisurely just getting use to the new camera. I like having some vacation days down at Jacksonville Beach, Florida shooting some photos for fun before needing to shoot a job with the camera.

It is very fast at locking in the focus. This is very impressive. Also, I am equally pleased at the buffer.  You can shoot NEF Raw files as fast as you could shoot JPEGs on previous cameras--this is how it feels.  I am sure technically there is a difference.

(Nikon D4, ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/2500, 28-300mm) This is an eagle's nest with the young eagle flapping it's wings waiting for mom to come back to the nest.
 I was shooting a eagle nest and played with shooting it on high speed frame rate.  It just zips through and you are almost creating a movie with just still frames.

(Nikon D4, ISO 900, f/5.6, 1/2500, 28-300mm) This is how my family got to see the eagle's nest that was in the marsh area of the coast.  We took an air boat ride with Fl Crazy Fish Air Boat Ride.  It was a lot of fun.  The guy who took us out was a biology major and really showed us a lot of the marsh and told us about the wildlife.
I will continue to shoot some on vacation, but next week I will shoot a large job with it and then I will be able to know how it responds when I am shooting 2,000 - 3,000 images a day.

This is how I recommend starting with a new camera. Shoot some fun things that are not a job.  Read the manual. Test some of the new functions that the camera manufacturer built into the camera.

You need to be fully aware of your equipment so that you are able to concentrate on the subject and not your gear. Get to know your gear so you can make it do what you need without much thought having to go into it, because you have already mastered the camera.
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