shrek48
Well-known member
Having ummed and arrred for quite a while, posing many questions on here I finally bought a D500 & 500mmPF and I thought I would say A- thanks to everyone for replying to my many posts ;-)
B- for all the great advise given
C- give a quick update;- I have been using it off and on for a while now and have to say I am very happy with it all. My main concern with my previous set up (D7200 & 150-600 sigma) was that I always seemd to have slow, out of focus issues !!!
So the D500 and 500mm PF were bought with the hopes of combating that, now many said you cannot buy skill, and that is true, but I have found that the D500 combo auto focuses so much faster and with a much great range of accuracy, where as with the D7200 I was getting maybe 2 in 10 good shots I am now getting 6 in 10 good shots.
I have played with manual settings and did sort of get into them, and I enjoyed being able to play with the settings and slightly over expose my pics, cos that is how I like them. I have however for now gone back to the dreaded Auto, a few reasons but mainly health and getting slower reactions meant missing a few more shots than I like to miss. I am finding Auto a good compromise for me and I am getting some great pictures using it!
I am going to post a Question abot a TC in a min ;-)
B- for all the great advise given
C- give a quick update;- I have been using it off and on for a while now and have to say I am very happy with it all. My main concern with my previous set up (D7200 & 150-600 sigma) was that I always seemd to have slow, out of focus issues !!!
So the D500 and 500mm PF were bought with the hopes of combating that, now many said you cannot buy skill, and that is true, but I have found that the D500 combo auto focuses so much faster and with a much great range of accuracy, where as with the D7200 I was getting maybe 2 in 10 good shots I am now getting 6 in 10 good shots.
I have played with manual settings and did sort of get into them, and I enjoyed being able to play with the settings and slightly over expose my pics, cos that is how I like them. I have however for now gone back to the dreaded Auto, a few reasons but mainly health and getting slower reactions meant missing a few more shots than I like to miss. I am finding Auto a good compromise for me and I am getting some great pictures using it!
I am going to post a Question abot a TC in a min ;-)