peterwinge Posted September 23, 2016 Share #1 Posted September 23, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Just returned from safari in Ruaha and Selous in Tanzania. The SL performed 100% perfect. It was a pure joy to use this camera, and espicially the 90-280 zoom. I had a spare battery with me all the time, but it was never necessary to change the batteries; I was able to squeeze 450 shots out of the battery. When I got home I was more than pleased with til quality of the files, and espicially with the hitrate of the AF on the lenses. Sorry : I can`t upload the picture I wanted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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scott kirkpatrick Posted September 23, 2016 Share #2 Posted September 23, 2016 It would be nice to SEE the hippo, but what forum regulars really care about is how did the AF perform? scott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted September 23, 2016 Share #3 Posted September 23, 2016 Just returned from safari in Ruaha and Selous in Tanzania. The SL performed 100% perfect. It was a pure joy to use this camera, and espicially the 90-280 zoom. I had a spare battery with me all the time, but it was never necessary to change the batteries; I was able to squeeze 450 shots out of the battery. When I got home I was more than pleased with til quality of the files, and espicially with the hitrate of the AF on the lenses. Sorry : I can`t upload the picture I wanted. Go to the photo forums. Make the image for instance 1024 pixels on the longest side, sRGB 8 bits. Use the basic uploader. That is a nice area to go. I know it well. Where did you go in the parks? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicaiste Posted September 23, 2016 Share #4 Posted September 23, 2016 ....but what forum regulars really care about is how did the AF perform? scott Yes ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted September 23, 2016 Share #5 Posted September 23, 2016 Hello Peter, Welcome to the Forum. Actually, a number of people here would like to see the photo of your hippo. And, yes, where is that you went? Best Regards, Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterwinge Posted September 23, 2016 Author Share #6 Posted September 23, 2016 I have been trying all evening to upload the picture of the hippo. Perhaps somebody can help me : In LR I export the picture to my desktop, limiting the size to 500 kb, as this here homepage says i shall - but then LR tells me that it is not possible to do so. Then what shall I do ??. I will really like to show it to you. We stayed at the Rufiji River camp in Selous and the Ruaha River lodge in Ruaha. Great places, and really a lot of wildlife, and best of all: no other cars around when we were driving Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted September 23, 2016 Share #7 Posted September 23, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Set the LR export parameters to these: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! note ...... you can only upload 500k total per post ...... either multiple small images totalling 500k or one big one. Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! note ...... you can only upload 500k total per post ...... either multiple small images totalling 500k or one big one. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/264853-charging-hippo/?do=findComment&comment=3117710'>More sharing options...
peterwinge Posted September 24, 2016 Author Share #8 Posted September 24, 2016 Ok. I will try to do as you have specified : Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/264853-charging-hippo/?do=findComment&comment=3117809'>More sharing options...
peterwinge Posted September 24, 2016 Author Share #9 Posted September 24, 2016 Hurra !! It worked. Thank you so much for your help About the AF and the 90-280 : I used single point AFs, and it s locked perfectly every time. The picture of the hippo is actually onle one out of 10 pictures. The hippo came charging and the AF got every one of them 100% sharp. I have taken more than 1600 pictures on the whole trip, and going through the files now I can see that only five pictures are not sharp. I also use Canon 1Dx, and to me it seems that the AF in the SL is just as good., even when shooting birds in flight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 24, 2016 Share #10 Posted September 24, 2016 Uglyl ooking creature! Good picture though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalHero1953 Posted September 24, 2016 Share #11 Posted September 24, 2016 Hmm, I hope that was at 280 and that you were in a vehicle pointing down a track going the opposite direction. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted September 24, 2016 Share #12 Posted September 24, 2016 I wasn't aware that my mother-in-law was in Tanzania. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanetomlane Posted September 25, 2016 Share #13 Posted September 25, 2016 Great shot. We go on Safari in January but as I don't have the 90-280 for my SL it will have to be the D810 (with a backup D800) and the 600 f4 Nikkor. Cheers, Tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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