I thought I'd give the D3 it's first proper test this afternoon with our Border Terriers. First impressions are that the colour rendition is excellent and the focusing is lightning fast - more of that later. I was using the 70-200mm VR lens and it is a completely different animal on the D3 as opposed to the D300 which I presume is because of the FF, the bokeh is really creamy and this is a stupendous combination - much better than I could have hoped for.
All shots taken at ISO 500 at either f/2.8 or f/4, I deliberately used these apertures to give a narrow DOF so I could see exactly what was in focus.
1. Enjoying a quiet moment of contemplation:
2. The peace is about to be shattered:
3. Target aquired- LOCK ON!
4. Fight!
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6. Buster got bored so Biggles decided to play wth his old football:
7. For this series of shots I got Jan to throw the football while I tried to track Biggles coming towards me. Believe me when I say this dog is uber-quick and I've never been able to capture him like this before, I was also impressed that I could keep focused on him and not the ball:
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10. To the victor the spoils!
