Necessities for Widlife Photography?
For the past 3 months, I've been picking up wildlife photography. Birds are really my thing, and definitely one of the harder things to photograph. My big interest is hummingbirds, and I'm going to try to get a little studio going in my backyard next season. This will most likely be a branch with an area for bait, then a background behind such as some flowers.
I'm using a Nikon D3100 with a 70 - 300mm VR lens f/4.5-5.6, and mostly hand shooting. With around $1000, what should be the first things to get? I have a tripod that isn't the best, but I think a wireless shutter release would be more than fine. The problem with my current tripod is that when I press down on the shutter release, the force of my finger causes the camera to move a little bit.
All suggestions welcome!
Cheers!
Confused between tamron sp 70-300mm vc usd and nikon 55-300mm vr for d3100.any suggestion?
I have a nikon d3100 and now i'm planning to buy a zoom lens for it but i can't decide between nikkor af-s 55-300mm vr and tamron sp 70-300 vc usd. I know that first one is intended for dx sensor cameras like mine and 2nd one for fx, but works with dx too. How tamron performs on d3100? What pictures shows in exif about the lens? Like if i shoot with a nikkor 18-55mm lens the image shows about the lens.is it shows tamron? Whichone would be the best lens for it? Please help!
p.s - since i'm with tight budget, i can't afford nikkor 70-300 vr.
What are some good cheap lenses I can get for nikon? I have d3100?
I already have two lenses, a 18-55mm and 55-200mm, if there's any thing I should look into please answer this question!
So I recently got a Opteka SteadyVid SV-HD. I really love it. It works great. However I think I'm balancing it wrong or something. I mean the stabilizer itself does the job perfectly. But I can't seem to control it that well. I have a Nikon D3200 with the kit lens mounted on the stabilizer. But I really can't seem to get 10 feet without the whole stabilizer wanting to turn in a certain direction. I also experience a swaying issue. When I'm walking/running with the stabilizer. When I stop the thing always wants to sway. By that I mean the camera will be facing straight, but when I stop. The camera will look up and the counter weight will sway forward as well. I'm very experienced with this camera. But I'm really having issues with the stabilizer. Do you think my camera is too light for the weights? And how could I fix this?
My second question is on how to handle the stabilizer… I don't know how to hold it so I can control where the camera looks but still keep the footage steady even while running? Is there a certain technique I should be using. Any youtube videos that would help? I have seen a lot of videos on balancing stabilizers but nothing on handling it properly.
How to get this effect while filming?
I'm filming something for coursework in school, and i want to get an eerie feeling via colours. I want to get a dull/bluey colour on the film. Is there anyway to do this with the settings on my camera? I'm filming with a Nikon D5100.
I hope i'm getting the message across, i'm not really sure how to articulate it.
Autofocus will not work on Nikkor 105mm macro and Nikon D610?
Autofocus will not work on Nikkor 105mm macro and Nikon D610?
Added (1). I had been using the 105mm (older model) on my Nikon D610 without any trouble and then I lent it to a friend with a D5100. I got it back and the autofocus won't work and the aperture will not adjust through the dials, only through the ring on the lens. How do I fix this?
Which camera i should go for? Nikon or Canon. My budget is 30000?
First i had choose Nikon d5100 bt m lill bit confused
My Nikon d3200 says my card can't be read & might be damaged?
Yesterday my camera was working fine but today I tried using it and once I turned it on it read "this memory card can't be used. Card may be damaged" so I went to go buy another fresh new memory card and its saying the same thing?! Is my camera broken?! I just got it a month ago. Let me know please I'm so bummed!
Nikon d5100 & manual macro tube extension?
I have recently bought a macro extension tube for my nikon d5100 with 18-55mm lens? But for some reason after adding the extension tube between the camera n lens its dark n blur when i look through it and on the camera screen it says lens not fitted or attached. Any idea? Please advice. How do i make it work and how i set it up interms of getting rid of the drk blurness n even if i have to use it in manual mode but how exactly? Even if i manual focus its blurr so i'm guessing there's no way its compatible with mine.cheers
Macro extension tube for nikon d5100?
Macro extension tube for nikon d5100?
Added (1). Hi i have recently bought a macro extension tube for my nikon d5100 with 18-55mm lens? But for some reason after adding the extension tube between the camera n lens its dark n blur when i look through it and on the camera screen it says lens not fitted or attached. Any idea? Please advice. How do i make it work and how i set it up interms of getting rid of the drk blurness n even if i have to use it in manual mode but how exactly? Cheers