when your D2h breaks

HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
edited July 31, 2005 in Wildlife
you shoot with your D100 while Nikon fixes the D2h.


A speedbump Wetlands style

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A 500 mm lens gets you up close

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Egret in the bushes

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A GBH hunting

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Taking off

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Harry
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  • gluwatergluwater Registered Users Posts: 3,599 Major grins
    edited July 28, 2005
    I really like the dof of the 1st pic. The contrast between the Aligator and teh road is really nice too.
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited July 28, 2005
    Afternoon Harry
    Ya done well considering the severe handicap you had to deal with :lol4
    1st and last for me boss

    Oh you don't need no stinkin 500mm to get a close one :D

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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited July 28, 2005
    I love the speedbump! Looks like it would be an easy drive over.

    Also like the light on the next to last shot.

    Plus all the others are your usual fantastic shots.

    How do you like being back in "the wetlands"?

    ginger
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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited July 28, 2005
    it's good to have a spare camera ,you still got itthumb.gif it is not the camera it's the man behind it that does the work thumb.gif
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  • JamesJWegJamesJWeg Registered Users Posts: 795 Major grins
    edited July 28, 2005
    Do tell what befell the D2h?

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  • Trish323Trish323 Registered Users Posts: 908 Major grins
    edited July 28, 2005
    The "Birdman" in action w/500mm
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  • ehughesehughes Registered Users Posts: 1,675 Major grins
    edited July 29, 2005
    Very cool stuff Harry, I'm pretty happy we don't have speedbumps like that out here.. :D

    I really like that shot with the reflection of the Heron....


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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 29, 2005
    gluwater wrote:
    I really like the dof of the 1st pic. The contrast between the Aligator and teh road is really nice too.
    Thank you for taking the time to reply.
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  • DeeDee Registered Users Posts: 2,981 Major grins
    edited July 29, 2005
    Hey Trish, thanks for the HarryB Sighting!
    Trish323 wrote:
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    Good to see Harry in action!
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  • BigAlBigAl Registered Users Posts: 2,294 Major grins
    edited July 29, 2005
    I'll bet you're thankful for the spare mwink.gif

    I like the first heron, especially with the action of the water - pity he missed thumb.gif

    Thanks for showing the birdman Trish, haven't seen a pic of him since he left NY.

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 29, 2005
    bfjr wrote:
    Afternoon Harry
    Ya done well considering the severe handicap you had to deal with :lol4
    1st and last for me boss

    Oh you don't need no stinkin 500mm to get a close one :D
    Thanks Ben and you don't need a 500mm to a get a close one but it sure helps. :D
    Harry
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited July 29, 2005
    Good Catch, Trish!

    You said that is a HarryB?

    rare bird sighting there.
    were there about 20,000 photographers behind a roped off area trying to get a photo like that. Maybe you could sell it.

    Hehe, just having fun. (get his autograph on it, put it on eBay.clap.gif )

    It actually is a very good photograph of a photographer in action.

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    I can understand the tripod, though just looking at them, I wouldn't be sure which one would weigh more. Good thing the ground can hold them up.

    ginger
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 29, 2005
    ginger_55 wrote:
    I love the speedbump! Looks like it would be an easy drive over.

    Also like the light on the next to last shot.

    Plus all the others are your usual fantastic shots.

    How do you like being back in "the wetlands"?

    ginger
    Hey Ginger,

    That speed bump may look like an easy drive over but it can move when it has to.

    I love being back at the wetlands. clap.gif The photo ops are harder to come by than at the rookery but it feels more natural to me. When I go I'm usually the only one there. At the most there will two to three other photographers and/or birders there.

    Its quiter than the rookery and there's a greater variety of birds there. Plus its only a 15 minute drive as opposed to the two hour drive to get to the rookery.
    Harry
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 29, 2005
    jwear wrote:
    it's good to have a spare camera ,you still got itthumb.gif it is not the camera it's the man behind it that does the work thumb.gif
    Hey Jeff,

    I'm really glad that I didn't sell the D100 now. Thanks for the kind words.
    Harry
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 29, 2005
    JamesJWeg wrote:
    Do tell what befell the D2h?

    James.
    Just a metering problem. Its not unknown in the D2h and was not a big shock. Shipped the D2h to the Nikon service center and they fixed the problem. The whole process took around two weeks. I was lucky that I kept the D100 as a back-up or I would have been in serious withdrawal.
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  • JamesJWegJamesJWeg Registered Users Posts: 795 Major grins
    edited July 29, 2005
    Harryb wrote:
    Just a metering problem. Its not unknown in the D2h and was not a big shock. Shipped the D2h to the Nikon service center and they fixed the problem. The whole process took around two weeks. I was lucky that I kept the D100 as a back-up or I would have been in serious withdrawal.
    Is it something that I should be aware of and looking for on mine?

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 29, 2005
    JamesJWeg wrote:
    Is it something that I should be aware of and looking for on mine?

    James.
    Hopefully not. I've seen lots of reports from users on other forums saying that the metering on their D2Hs had stopped working correctly. When I shipped my camera the man at the shipping place told me that they had taken care of a number of other nikon users and they had the adddress of the Nikon Service Center on their computer.

    If it goes Nikon will correct it for no charge. Most of the D2Hs are fine but there seems to be a significant number with metering problems. Hopefully you are in the majority.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 30, 2005
    I get better looking every year Trish. rolleyes1.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 30, 2005
    ehughes wrote:
    Very cool stuff Harry, I'm pretty happy we don't have speedbumps like that out here.. :D

    I really like that shot with the reflection of the Heron....


    Ed
    Thanks Ed
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 30, 2005
    BigAl wrote:
    I'll bet you're thankful for the spare mwink.gif

    I like the first heron, especially with the action of the water - pity he missed thumb.gif

    Thanks for showing the birdman Trish, haven't seen a pic of him since he left NY.

    regards
    alan
    Hey Alan,

    I was very happy that I had the D100. If I had to go two weeks w/o a camera it would ahve been ugly.
    Harry
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited July 30, 2005
    Harryb wrote:
    I get better looking every year Trish. rolleyes1.gif

    yep. just look at harry in the 1970s ... scary huh? :uhoh

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  • MuskyDudeMuskyDude Registered Users Posts: 1,508 Major grins
    edited July 30, 2005
    Harry I'm convinced if we gave you a little P & S you'd get good shots... Once again you prove it's who's behind the camera, not the camera that matters. These are great, super sharp! clap.gif




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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2005
    andy wrote:
    yep. just look at harry in the 1970s ... scary huh? :uhoh

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    Its amazing that I have kept my pretty looks over the years. :lol4
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,951 moderator
    edited July 31, 2005
    I'm w/AJ. A P&S and the birds would be Harry's :D

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2005
    MuskyDude wrote:
    Harry I'm convinced if we gave you a little P & S you'd get good shots... Once again you prove it's who's behind the camera, not the camera that matters. These are great, super sharp! clap.gif

    AJ
    Thank you very much AJ wave.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2005
    ian408 wrote:
    I'm w/AJ. A P&S and the birds would be Harry's :D

    Ian
    Thank you Ian but using the D100 was really no hardship.
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