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Nikon D500 review

Bo Stahlbrandt on

April 19, 2016

The Nikon D500 is the "condensed power" according to Nikon. Many of us are waiting for the new DX prosumer body from Nikon to hit the streets. While we are waiting, we are analyzing the stated features and believe we are about to get a very, very capable camera in our hands. Read more...

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This was shot in a storm that moved through St. Louis earlier this year. I positioned my D700 on a tripod and triggered it remotely while standing very still.

24-70mm 2.8 @ 24mm
25 second exposure
Did not get struck...

A Lucky sunset shot capture with my closed eyes of this frigate bird.

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Winner March Wildlife

Theme: “Dramatic Light”

"Ibis in early light"

D2X w 600/4,
f4.0@1/3200, iso 320

Stadium near Munich at night with the grow-light installation turned on. Natural light through the roof-opening ist not sufficient to keep the grass alive.

Winner May Travel

Theme: “Carnival”

"Venice Carnevale: eye contact"

D90 | Nikkor 16-85VR | ISO1600 | f/10 | 1/50 sec

Winner July Wildlife

Theme: “Alone at last"

"Some Quiet Time Away From the Brood"

D7100 + Nikkor 600mm f/4
f/8, 1/500sec, ISO320

$Tripod Mounted D700 Nikon 50mm 1.8 Lens Nikon SB-600 Speedlight in Umbrella 2 Second Exposure @ f/8 For this shot I set my D700 up inside the house, facing outward. I placed my SB-600 unit up inside the metal frame of an umbrella and the sensor on the front of the speedlight secured it within that framework so that I didn't have to tie it down each time. This was a big deal because I would have had to find string or something similar around the house and who has time for that? The flash was set to TTL with a negative EV dialed in as to not overpower the shot with blown areas, and I began with the camera set to about 1/125th of a second. This produced some nice shots but the rain was frozen as round droplets and it didn't give the desired effect. So, I began to slow the shutter down to draw out the droplets into streaks as you see above. Now, the flash is what freezes the action and not the shutter, in this instance. You might think that slowing the shutter speed down to 2 seconds wouldn't have an impact on the look of the photo because the flash should still do its thing for the fraction of a second it's firing. My guess is that the Nikon CLS was maintaining communication between the camera and the flash and when I slowed the shutter down on-camera, the camera then told the flash to extend accordingly, providing a longer period of time during which the drops could be seen. I grabbed some glasses and a book from the shelf to add some weirdness, and to ensure that my wife called me a 'big dork,' and was good to go...$

Winner June Landscape

Theme: “Early and Late Sidelit Images w/o Sun”

"Morton, IL Corn Crib"

D800 | 24-70/2.8 @ 24mm | f/5 | ISO 100

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