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The other company that tests camera sensors and lenses is https://www.dxomark.com/ but I think they only test sensors at 100 ISO which gives a skewed rating.

FYI, http://www.senscore.org/ scores the sensor on the Nikon D5300 higher than the Canon 5D II.

Shutter count is the number of pictures taken with the camera since new. Starts at zero. You need software that reads the EXIF data from an image to see the shutter count - on Nikon. 50,000 is not a huge amount but could be considered well used. Nikon camera shutters are guaranteed for 150,000 or 20...

I have used Nikon since I went digital in 2009. I started with a D5000, got a D5100 about 2 years later when it was released. Both are good cameras and the D5300 is a step up from those. It has the same sensor and focusing system as the D7200 which is an excellent crop-frame camera. The kit lenses a...

Richprins wrote:What are seagulls doing there, BullTuner?

They are Gulls, not seagulls! There are at least two species that come inland, the Greyheaded and Blackheaded varieties, I've seen both at Marievale.

Richprins wrote:Great pics, BTW!

Thank you.

And this one is an Elegant Dropwing Dragonfly (Trithemis werneri) which is apparently quite rare and much sought after by Dragonfly aficionados. Thanks to the members of the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Southern Africa Facebook page fo identifying this and the SLate Sprite Damselfly above. http://...

Remember this one? I've just had the ID confirmed as a Slate Sprite (Pseudagrion salisburyense)

BluTuna wrote:
or this one which very blue.

Thanks everyone!

Yes, Nan, all taken with my new kit!

I usually leave Marievale and head home in the late morning but this time I was persuaded, by another photographer, to stay for the afternoon. It was a bit blustery but the light was sublime and the wind was blowing in from the west which meant the birds that were well illuminated were also flying a...

Thanks Flutts, and Lis and Nan!