{"id":1193,"date":"2010-01-14T18:55:46","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T08:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lakegnotuk.com.au\/?p=1193"},"modified":"2013-01-31T14:05:27","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T03:05:27","slug":"first-pics-with-nikon-d300s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lakegnotuk.com.au\/?p=1193","title":{"rendered":"First pics with Nikon D300s"},"content":{"rendered":"

Knowing not a lot about photography (other than a lifetime of whacking the camera into ‘Auto’ and pressing the button), I’d spoken to a few friends and done some net research http:\/\/www.kenrockwell.com\/nikon\/nikkor.htm<\/a> about what lens to get. I decided on the Nikon 18-200mm which seems to do it all.<\/p>\n

I’d had a few tamron 28-200mm in the past. The big heavy early ones did a degree of macro, and the later one was ok, but unsatisfactory for its minimum distance to shoot (about 1 metre meaning a lot of lost shots). I’d also been unhappy with the color & sharpness of the pics on my D70, and put it down to the D70.<\/p>\n

The Nikon 18-200mm was a revelation. Nice pics, easy and quiet focusing, vibration reduction. Just for fun I whacked it on the D70 and magically, the D70 started to sing! It is true what they say about getting a decent SLR body but getting the best lens you can afford.<\/p>\n

Now to find some camera\/photography classes.<\/p>\n