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**Official TPT NIKON Pimp Club** Join us instead, Canon has cooties!

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All you Nikon representers stand up and claim your Nikon pimp club membership! Doesnt matter if its a DSLR or a Point and Shoot, we want YOU *points finger* to join the Nikon Pimp Club*! *and Coalition against Canon! :hihi:

Figured this would make for a good Nikon thread in general as well, where we can share tips, info, ask questions, etc that are specific to Nikon cameras and the Nikon brand...

So go on and claim your membership number! I'm starting it at #001 with myself, and the membership number will go in order based on whoever joins next! Let me know if you want to join by posting in the thread, and I'll add you in!

Oh yeah and don't forget, Nikon rules, Canon drools! :icon_lol: :icon_wink

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#397 ·
Unless you're printing up billboards, anything past 10 mp is academic. You have to go from 6 to 24mp to double the lines/mm or dpi. That swiveling LCD makes it a lot easier to get odd perspectives and shot angles. I'm too old to twist like a pretzel trying to get those shots with a fixed LCD (not to mention macro shots). I do like the newer next generation processor in the D3200, but I'm not sure how much better the image will be compared to the D5100 because of it.
 
#398 ·
I'd go for the d5100...

In other news, new rumors today of a Nikon D600! Supposedly its going to be an entry level full frame camera, and probably nicely priced....that should get a few of you salivating and saving your pennies lol...

Unfortunately you'll still have to buy FX glass, so you better be saving a lot of pennies lol!
 
#403 ·
Welcome #053! Nice camera ;)

This photo is amazing sir. The couple is totally stand out of the background. Is that 80-200 2.8 III? What other lens you use for D700?

I just got a D700 2 days ago, amazing camera!!! I could never done this bokeh on D7000 before, on a 50 1.8D
Thanks! It was taken with the 70-200 2.8 VRII. The 70-200 VRII is my absolute favorite portrait lens, it just gives such amazing results when you use it right, and the VRII is a lifesaver in general and especially in dimly lit churches. I also use the Nikon 24-70 2.8, Nikon 50mm 1.4G, and Nikon 35mm 1.4G ...I want to get a 24mm 1.4G again next, and then a 14-24, but I want to get a new 27" iMac when they release the new models sometime in May or June, and then I can think about more lenses ;)

And nice shot! You'll come to love that D700 and you'll become inseparable. And I agree, one of the biggest advantages of full frame cameras is the amazing (lack of) depth of field that you get :D
 
#404 ·
My 55-200mm 4-5.6G works on my D3100 perfectly as it should, but my older 28-80mm 3.3-5.6G doesn't AF on it. I don't have my D7000 to test it on to see if it auto focus. Why would one G lens work while the other G lens doesn't?
 
#406 ·
G doesn't make a difference. The only thing G means is the lens doesn't have an aperture ring. The aperture has to be set electronically by the camera. The issue is your 55-200mm 4-5.6G is AF-S while your 28-80mm 3.3-5.6G is AF.

From Nikon USA's D3100 tech specs:
"Lens Compatibility at a Glance*** AF-S Lens Required for Autofocus"


Nikon cameras used to always (?) come with focus motors built into the bodies. If the lens is AF, it has to be driven by the built-in motor. (You can actually see the slotted worm gear screw head on an AF lens that the body's focus motor screwdriver turns.) Nikon can make bodies smaller, cheaper, and lighter by eliminating the motor in the camera body while making the lenses quieter and focus faster by putting the motor to be in the lens. That is what AF-S means. Therefore, a camera body without a focus motor (like the D3100) is capable of telling an AF-S lens how to focus, but the body can't physically focus any lens.
 
#408 ·
Just got a few year old Digital Nikon D70 with the Nikkor 18-70mm F3.5-4.5 lens as a gift from my sister (she had a newer one and didn't use it anymore) woo!
I still have mine. I haven't used it for years, keeping it available for my wife, hoping my wife would get bitten by the bug. She likes photography but wants something like a P&S to have available, not a big camera body to haul around on a mission.

The D70 is excellent for IR. That's why I'm keeping mine. I still think about having it modified permanently, but the value of the body and lens is probably less than the modification cost.
 
#409 ·
Reading up on IR conversions, The Nikon D70 has a good custom white balance to deal with the predominantly red colors of the IR filters if you go with the near IR to get more false color in your shots. Not all Nikons are equal to the IR task.

I'd go for the UVIR+Visible conversion so you can use what ever external filter you want and not be limited to what they replaced the mirror hot filter with.

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/photography/164056-infrared-ultraviolet-photography-anyone.html
 
#415 ·
My best friend has been working on some fluid dynamics research over at Va Tech. His project involved 'clapping hands' where he examined how fluids of different viscosities acted. He used a high speed camera to capture the droplets and then modeled their motions. It's cool stuff :p

I wish I could find the link to his paper :/
 
#416 ·
Guess I'll be #55?

I started with a D40 a few years ago and have slowly worked my way up to a D700 which is positively beastly.

My usual travel kit is a 20mm f/4, 58mm f1/2. and 75-150mm f/3.5. All manual and super compact.

When working, I use the 24-70mm f2.8 and the 70-200mm f2.8VR.

In addition to fish and shrimp, I guess I'm a bit of a lens addict :p
 
#421 ·
I've got a pre AI 20mm. Won't give that nice ultra wide angle unless I have an FX camera so I don't think I'll go to the extra expense of having it converted and chipped.
 
#426 ·
I'm looking for some advice. I've got a D90 and 18-200 II. It's extremely handy since it doesn't require me switching. Im thinking of getting something else for a trip to Spain. Considering the magic 35 for $200. Dont really have a big budget; just a few hundred. I'm definitely still in the beginner class, even though i've had the camera for a few years.
 
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I think i would be 55??

I got a D7000 ;] currently with 35mm f/1.8 and SB-600.
 
#431 ·


Japanese Spider Crab eating off the walls at the Coex Aquarium Seoul South Korea. I found it hard to photography in the low light without the proper lens but I made it work. This is one of my favorite pictures.
 
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