lanetomlane Posted July 23, 2009 Share #41 Posted July 23, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) I lived in Zambia and still visit various parts of Africa, at least once a year to photograph wildlife. I take the M8's for landscape but in the game parks I use a Nikon D2x and a D700 with various lenses up to 600mm f4. The lens combination I have found most useful is the 300mm with a 1.4 and 2x converter. Relatively speaking it's not too big and heavy but with the converters gives a good selection of focal lengths. Some examples can be found on my website. Have a great time, whatever you decide to take I'm sure you'll enjoy it. _________________________________________ Cheers, Tom Photography by Tom Lane Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jaapv Posted July 23, 2009 Share #42 Posted July 23, 2009 Frank, do you not meet the local people? The M8 is ideal. I agree it does not get too much use in game photography, although, I once took 2 M8 cameras, a Visoflex and a Novoflex 400. Worked perfectly fine, in combination with the 135 and 2x TEX. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Sprow Posted July 23, 2009 Share #43 Posted July 23, 2009 Your point is a good one for people pictures -- the M8 is perfect there. I usually find that by evening time, after being in the vehicle and on foot all day in the sun, all I want is a cool alcoholic beverage, dinner and my bed. Maybe I'm getting lazy! Frank Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
t024484 Posted July 23, 2009 Share #44 Posted July 23, 2009 Frank, do you not meet the local people? The M8 is ideal. I agree it does not get too much use in game photography, although, I once took 2 M8 cameras, a Visoflex and a Novoflex 400. Worked perfectly fine, in combination with the 135 and 2x TEX. Hi Jaap, This Tele Extender that you mention, the TEX 2*, is that a universal piece of hardware or is it only to be used in combination with a Novoflex 400? I have a Visoflex and a 135, and would love to have the option to use a tele extender. Hans Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colorflow Posted July 23, 2009 Author Share #45 Posted July 23, 2009 I have some doubts about that argument. They may have smaller sensors, but fewer pixels as well. Cropping down the larger image to the same number of pixels will give the same effect. (Assuming the same pixel pitch. If the pixel pitch is different we run into a host of other arguments, most in favour of the larger pixel size.) I'm thinking along the following lines. The 5DII's 21Mpixels cropped to the size of the 50D is 8.2Mpixels. The 50D, of course, has 15 Mpixels. So it seems the 50D would have higher resolution while the cropped 5DII would have less (but still sufficient) resolution but larger pixels. Therefore the 5DII would perhaps have better high ISO performance, which I prefer since I would be bringing slower tele-zooms (f4 vs f2.8). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 23, 2009 Share #46 Posted July 23, 2009 Hi Jaap,This Tele Extender that you mention, the TEX 2*, is that a universal piece of hardware or is it only to be used in combination with a Novoflex 400? I have a Visoflex and a 135, and would love to have the option to use a tele extender. Hans No-it is Novoflex-specific Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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