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12-06-2008, 9:17 PM
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Well finally picked up the D300 tonight with a cheap Sigma 18-125.
The battery seemed to take forever to charge, well only 2.5 hrs but seemed like forever - Anyway to test it out I thought I'd chase the new kitten around the house. Lighting was not great so had to use the built in flash. Quite please with the results, ignore the composition I was having some fun 
Here are my first shots,.
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Last edited by imcarm; 13-06-2008 at 12:46 PM.
Reason: Upped the exposure in picnic on the last kitten shot as it was a bit on the dark side
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12-06-2008, 9:26 PM
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Now you can save up for a SB600 and can experience the wonders of wireless flash. 
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12-06-2008, 9:29 PM
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Originally Posted by TarMoo  Now you can save up for a SB600 and can experience the wonders of wireless flash. | I'll add that to list of lenses I want 
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12-06-2008, 9:46 PM
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Cute kitten mate. I rather like #3, but it`s looks like it`s starting to get a bit peeved in #4  | |
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12-06-2008, 10:02 PM
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13-06-2008, 12:21 AM
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Well done Imcarm, you wont regret not being able to fill up your petrol tank for the rest of the year.
By selling my old Porsche and buying a diesel Volvo (yes  ) I will save the cost of the D300 in fuel bills - tht was one of the reasons in changing cars.
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13-06-2008, 7:45 AM
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Originally Posted by imcarm Well finally picked up the D300 tonight with a cheap Sigma 18-125. | Welcome to the happy band of D300 users 
The shots of the cat show some nice detail and I am looking forward to seeing more samples.
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13-06-2008, 8:59 AM
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That last one is an absolute belter. Ok, maybe not the best for light/exposure etc. but as a capture of the kitten it's incredibly expressive. Made me laugh as soon as set eyes on it. Love it.
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13-06-2008, 9:43 AM
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Originally Posted by denno75uk That last one is an absolute belter. Ok, maybe not the best for light/exposure etc. but as a capture of the kitten it's incredibly expressive. Made me laugh as soon as set eyes on it. Love it. | True the composition and exposure are not the best in this one, but it certainly captures the playful personality of the little bugger
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13-06-2008, 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by imcarm it certainly captures the playful personality of the little bugger | Nice pics, reminds me of my parents cat.
Grey cats are apparently the most playful/naughty of all cats for some reason... I really believe it too, coz my parents cat is grey and it's certainly not a very well behaved cat (it's now about 15 years old and still a little bugger!).
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