First REAL gig with the d700

[Thommo]

Well I shot birds of tokyo on sunday night, had an absolute ball and all i can say is thank god for the D700. Usually when shooting with my old D200 i would try not to take it over 800, and i would be VERY hesitant to shoot at 1600.

On sunday night i was getting exposures around 1/50th(at best) f2.8 iso 5000 in the centre of the stage on the lead singer. There was another 'tog there using a 40d shooting at 1600 and having to underexpose by 2 stops and shoot in a rim light fashion, lets just say his shots werent too good.

So enough blabbering and here are some shots!
Support band Calling all Cars

http://flickr.com/photos/jamesthomsonphotography/2861765135/


http://flickr.com/photos/jamesthomsonphotography/2861764153/


http://flickr.com/photos/jamesthomsonphotography/2862594040/


http://flickr.com/photos/jamesthomsonphotography/2861548931/

Be sure to check out the exif on flickr

[Thommo]

Birds of Tokyo

http://flickr.com/photos/jamesthomsonphotography/2859626708/


http://flickr.com/photos/jamesthomsonphotography/2859626356/


http://flickr.com/photos/jamesthomsonphotography/2858797169/


http://flickr.com/photos/jamesthomsonphotography/2858796227/

[Pehpsi]

Wicked! Good to hear you're having a blast with your cam.

I shiver when I have no choice but to use 1600 on my D70..

Great shots, colours are beautiful.

[chrisk]

iso 5000 ? just stop for a second and think about how insane that is. lol
fantastic images. wonderful quality.

[Catcha]

Very impressive....you would get D700 for the ISO alone

[Thommo]

Very impressive....you would get D700 for the ISO alone

thats basicly why i got it, but its an awesome all round camera

[aim54x]

I love the pic of the cables. Now I wish I didnt get hte D300 and now can spend on a D700. Grrrr your giving me camera envy!!

*tells self* I love my D300, and the S5 Pro, FX next time round

[brentsky]

Very impressive....you would get D700 for the ISO alone

absolutely.. the resolution is excellent

[zafra52]

Very impressive photos. Now could you tell me, as I understand the D700 is a full frame camera and you had a D200. Can you use the same lenses in both cameras? I thought you couldn't. I have a Canon, but a friend of mine has a D200 and I was talking to him about what I read here on the D700.

[who]

Amazing - great photos. You must have a good camera aye?

Great eye on the cables too.

Zafra - depends on the lenses. If your friend has DX lenses (like Nikkor 18-200VR, 18-70, Sigma 10-20 are a few examples), they won't work at full resolution (but there is a DX mode). If they are full frame lenses - no worries.

As an example, if I was to change because of Thommo - I could use my 28-70, 80-200, 80-400, 50 but would realistically have to sell the 10-20 and 18-200 that I have.

[Thommo]

Very impressive photos. Now could you tell me, as I understand the D700 is a full frame camera and you had a D200. Can you use the same lenses in both cameras? I thought you couldn't. I have a Canon, but a friend of mine has a D200 and I was talking to him about what I read here on the D700.

i couldnt use my sigma 10-20 or my 10.5mm fisheye, which is why i have now sold them both to fund a 16mm fisheye!

[Thommo]

Amazing - great photos. You must have a good camera aye?

Great eye on the cables too.

Zafra - depends on the lenses. If your friend has DX lenses (like Nikkor 18-200VR, 18-70, Sigma 10-20 are a few examples), they won't work at full resolution (but there is a DX mode). If they are full frame lenses - no worries.

As an example, if I was to change because of Thommo - I could use my 28-70, 80-200, 80-400, 50 but would realistically have to sell the 10-20 and 18-200 that I have.

Cheers mate!

[ATJ]

i couldnt use my sigma 10-20 or my 10.5mm fisheye, which is why i have now sold them both to fund a 16mm fisheye!

Do you mean they wouldn't work at all or just that you didn't want to use them as the camera would crop to DX mode?

[aim54x]

Amazing - great photos. You must have a good camera aye?

Great eye on the cables too.

Zafra - depends on the lenses. If your friend has DX lenses (like Nikkor 18-200VR, 18-70, Sigma 10-20 are a few examples), they won't work at full resolution (but there is a DX mode). If they are full frame lenses - no worries.

As an example, if I was to change because of Thommo - I could use my 28-70, 80-200, 80-400, 50 but would realistically have to sell the 10-20 and 18-200 that I have.

Cheers mate!

There's always DX crop mode! Nikon does not lock you out physically, like EF vs EF-S lenses, but in general you would avoid using DX lenses on a FX or film body (D3 or D700) due to the vignetting, but the FX bodies have a DX crop mode which will let it act like a crop sensor camera (a bit of a waste though).

If i was to got to the D700 at this point in time I only have to ditch my Tamron 17-50m f/2.8 and can keep my AF-S 24-70 f/2.8, AF-D 50 f/1.8, Tamron 70-300 (will be replaced eventually by some fast glass), Sigma 180mm f/3.5 and even my rarely used Tamron 28-105 f/2.8 and AF-D 28-80 will remain useful. BTW Thommo when are you getting that 16mm I cant wait to hear what you have to say about it, can you test it on a DX body for me? I may be adding it to my list of lenses to chase since i didnt buy your 10.5 (no money!!!)

[Thommo]

Amazing - great photos. You must have a good camera aye?

Great eye on the cables too.

Zafra - depends on the lenses. If your friend has DX lenses (like Nikkor 18-200VR, 18-70, Sigma 10-20 are a few examples), they won't work at full resolution (but there is a DX mode). If they are full frame lenses - no worries.

As an example, if I was to change because of Thommo - I could use my 28-70, 80-200, 80-400, 50 but would realistically have to sell the 10-20 and 18-200 that I have.

Cheers mate!

There's always DX crop mode! Nikon does not lock you out physically, like EF vs EF-S lenses, but in general you would avoid using DX lenses on a FX or film body (D3 or D700) due to the vignetting, but the FX bodies have a DX crop mode which will let it act like a crop sensor camera (a bit of a waste though).

If i was to got to the D700 at this point in time I only have to ditch my Tamron 17-50m f/2.8 and can keep my AF-S 24-70 f/2.8, AF-D 50 f/1.8, Tamron 70-300 (will be replaced eventually by some fast glass), Sigma 180mm f/3.5 and even my rarely used Tamron 28-105 f/2.8 and AF-D 28-80 will remain useful. BTW Thommo when are you getting that 16mm I cant wait to hear what you have to say about it, can you test it on a DX body for me? I may be adding it to my list of lenses to chase since i didnt buy your 10.5 (no money!!!)

Should be ordering by next thursday at the latest!! and will happily try it out on the d200

[zafra52]

Thank you for taking the time to clarify the issue for me.