Is this best for nature photography? if not which one is?
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I can't give you a yes or no answer to that question. I use mine primarily for sports, action shots. However I have taken some really nice pictures while at the aborarium. I love mine.
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Hi. This Nikkon is a great camera. For nature photography you will probably need a more powerful lense or a telescope view you can buy in Amazon as well.
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It helps with wildlife photography when trying for an extra close up. Think of a 50mm zoom lens and how much it can zoom.
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The unlimited exposure time for deep sky, low light shots. Unless you have an equatorial mount it won't do you a lot of good. There are a lot of 5 mp cams that shoot just fine for planetary/ high vis but you will quickly want something that can go farther. Additionally you can downgrade this one to an autoguider since it has an st4 output
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I would choose something wider for landscaping, but for details and wildlife, this lens is great! As long as you have a lot of light, at least. Its real potencial shows when you use it at f/6.3 or smaller apertures. Hope this helps you.
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I use a Revelli, don't know the model but probably got it from Amazon, but don't necessarily recommend it for birdwatching because it is heavy. Birdwatching usually involves a lot of walking & a telescope/tripod combination has to be a compromise between steadiness & portability. Because of my age I don't go on long walks any more & confine birdwatching to my back yard. I also use the tripod for photography & it is good & steady for that.
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I use it for Landscape. I teach professional photographers. It would be very good for architecture especially when you have mixed lighting. You get its maximum benefit when used with Adobe Lightroom. It will do two things. It gives you a neutral target to do an accurate white balance. With Lightroom it will create a custom profile for your camera under the lighting condition you are shooting. This creates very accurate colors. It also works great with shooting RAW files but that's another discussion.
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It's an excellent camera. But, if you are budget restrained and would like more bang for your buck. I recommend the 5D Mark III. Also a little expensive, but both are worth the price. The D5 Mark III, would allow you to purchase a lens or two and stay in the price range of the 1D-X body only. If you think you will be photographing wildlife along with other subjects. The 5D Mark III is much more wildlife friendly. It has a silent shooting mode that is really more quiet than any of the cameras I presently use. Good luck and enjoy whichever you choose.
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This is a fantastic lens, I love it and have it on one of my cameras all the time. But it is not the best for landscape photography, especially on an APS-C camera like the 60D. As Archman below said, I'd look for something with a wide angle in the 10-18mm range. Also concur--rent a couple of lenses if you can locally to see what you like best. Of course, you might pick something that was more than you planned to spend.... Good luck and have fun!
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I use two lenses for most of my work although I do have a number of other lenses for special tasks such as macro. for most of my landscapes I use a Sigma 18-250 macro lens. It's very versatile and give me photos with little chromatic aberrations. It's fairly fast at F3.5 and the nice thing is I can keep it on the camera 75% of the time. The other lens I use a lot it the Sigma 150-500 Auto focus. It's great for shooting wild life shot such as song birds near a bird feeder or a bear you don't want to get too close to. I have other lenses I use also but nearly as often as I use these two. Don
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It depends on what you photograph and how you do it:Primes -- better for low light, but aren't weather-sealed, and you have to swap between them (not good if things are happening quickly).This lens -- a bit more than a full stop slower (optically), but sealed (good for outdoor shots with unpredictable weather), and zooms so it's an excellent walk-around lens.
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This camera does excel in 2 of the 3 ways you mentioned...very lightweight and easy to travel with and it does great with portraits. I have not personally done many landscape type pictures so I am not sure how it does in that aspect!
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i wouldn't recommend it for any sport photography,because it's wide angle and because it's manual focus. i would rather get a telephotolens
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I thought the same thing until I tried a gimbal. It makes bird photography so much easier. Especially for panning. You just need to try it. If you don't like, send back.
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I can't say I'd recommend it but it can be used for some DSO's - a DSLR is better. It has a pretty small field of view since it's meant for planets. If you use a long exposure, you can see Deep Sky objects but you have to have good tracking at that magnification. Having said that I was able to get a decent picture of the Eskimo Nebula. I took a video and stacked the frames with Registax. The image was noisy but cleaned up pretty well in Photoshop.
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Yes its ideal for landscapes because of its wide angle and moderate distortion the f/ 2.8 aperture is good for low light but if you want everything in the foreground and background sharp you'll want to stop it down. If thats the case youll need a tripod so you can shoot at a low ISO and keep ur noise minimal. Also cheaper lenses can do this, you are mostly paying for the 2.8 aperture with this lens. Also if you want to shoot the moon you might wana zoom in so there are other good options.
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The only way I could answer your question is that the Sunpak is a good flash. I have used it as a fill flash a lot for nature photography, used it in a cave in total darkness, used it at weddings with excellent results. As for its longevity, that I can't answer but it is sturdy enough to be banged around because I will be taking it overseas for a month but it has been banged around a lot already, so it is sturdy. For the price, it is worth buying but that is my opinion only. My photography buddy also has one, and he uses it every weekend.
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It is way better. I use mine to shoot wildlife, but it does great in any situation. If you can afford it, buy it. You will not be sorry.