Spring in FEB--Sunny 16 mode

[kiev4a]

My experience using film cameras without meters comes in handy. My D100 won't meter with manual focus lenses but you can set fstops and ss manually. The two shots below were with my Tokina 80-200 f2.8 manual focus zoom--ISO 250 f8 1/800 sec. The powerline was shot a maximum zoom (300mm with the 1.5x sensor factor, and the birch tree trunk at mid zoom setting. I really isn't that tough to shoot w/o a meter.

[John Parry]

Yes - I really like that birch tree, although I'd be hard pushed to say why - it just springs out!

I'm not a meter person myself. If I have a camera without a meter, I'd rather guess (OK - apply the Sunny 16 rule) than use a meter. But you could always use the camera's own auto lens to get a reading first.....

Regards - John

[kiev4a]

John:

From what I've read it's not good to swap lenses around any more than absolutely necessary. More chances to get dust on the sensor--the Achilles Heel of DSLRs

[bobm]

Nice shots Wayne - the power line image reminds me of something similar I did myself some years ago.

I think the birch trunk image is the stand out image though, in more ways than one..... Like John, I just like it.

From what I've read it's not good to swap lenses around any more than absolutely necessary. More chances to get dust on the sensor--the Achilles Heel of DSLRs

May explain the proliferation of zooms and why the kit lens that may or may not come with a DSLR depending on it's aspirations is invariably a zoom....

[kiev4a]

Thanks for the birch compliments. Sometimes simple is better, I guess.

[Randy]

Wayne, I like the poles, talk about vanishing point.