Photo captured by D3, 600VR on Lexar UDMA digital film
There is no doubt that we are incredibly fortunate! We have been witness to some of nature’s most incredible wonders in our 30yrs, but none like this past week. As far as we are concerned, we did find heaven. Sharon, Jake & I are just out for the day reoutfitting after camping amongst the grizzlies for a week. That’s right, in tents, no electric or other fence, camping amongst 40 grizzlies. And what a week it was!
And the photography, oh my! In just four days, the three of us had over 36,000 images of grizzlies. These are just a couple quick outtakes here, by no means the cream of the crop, just ones I could quickly post.
We had over 40 grizzlies with us, a couple right next to our tents at night and literally beside us during the day. We’re heading back out to a new site tonight so won’t be blogging again for about a week.
I’m limping along having a great time shooting with our son Jake and the griz! We also became friends with some really neat people who also added to the adventure. Thanks Dan, Rachel, Tom & Larry! And for the whole story, you’ll probably have to wait for the book.
I can guarantee you, it won’t be a sleeper.
Photos captured by D3, 200-400VR / 600VR on Lexar UDMA digital flim (including the extra loaner cards we were supplied!)
It’s the middle of the summer, most of the sping action has come and gone, best birds have started to move south, the big game are up in the hills staying cool and us wildlife photographers are stuck holding the bag. What’s worse is the light, it’s just hurts most of the day, most of the time.
It’s time to head to the locale duck pond to just see what might come floating by that you can work. There’s nothing better than baby anything, like these goslings. When done right (which they are not here), they are money in the bank. Really, big time sellers these little fuzz balls are. So though the light sucks, not the most visual of exciting of subjects, you work your craft and try to make something happen.
You just never know what might happen in front of your lens that brings a giggle to the heart. And when that happens, you’re a better person for it!
Photos captured by D3, 600VR on Lexar UDMA digital flim
The WRP Staff, Sharon Jake & myself wish you all the best this 4th, wishing you all the freedoms this vast land has to offer your lens!
Nikon has just made available firmware updates for the D3 and D300. The D300 is one little thing, the D3, well, it’s quite a list.
Modifications enabled with upgrade of A and B firmware to v.2.00
- Images captured with “Rotate tall”, in the playback menu, set to “On”, are not automatically rotated for display immediately after capture (image review).
- The following changes and additions have been made to “f4: Assign FUNC.Button > FUNC. Button + dials” ; “f5: Assign preview button > Preview + command dials”, and “f6: Assign AE-L / AF-L button > AE-L / AF-L + command dials” menus in Custom Settings:
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- The “Choose image area” option has been separated into two options, “Choose image area (FX / DX / 5:4)” and “Choose image area (FX / DX)”
- A new “Shooting menu bank” option has been added.
- When “Choose image area (FX / DX / 5:4)” or “Choose image area (FX/DX)” is selected and the function button (Fn) is pressed, the image area setting is displayed in the top control panel, in the shooting information display, and at the bottom of the viewfinder.
- A “Copyright information” item has been added to the setup menu. When “Copyright information” is enabled, the copyright symbol ( © ) is shown in the shooting info display.
- “Recent settings” can now be displayed in place of “My Menu”.
- The virtual horizon can now be displayed with shooting in LiveView mode.
- The “Vignette control” setting can now be confimed in shooting information.
- The “Vignette control” item in the shooting menu now supports all types of G- and D-type lenses, except DX and PC lenses.
- The “Vignette control” compensation value has been optimized for shooting with “Active D-Lighting” the shooting menu.
- Electronic analog exposure displays are now shown in the control panel and shooting info display while the exposure compensation setting is being applied.
- The degree of the “High ISO NR” setting can now be confirmed in the shooting info display while the “High ISO NR” setting item, in the shooting menu, is being applied.
- Design of the FX-format icon in the “Choose image area” setting has been modified.
- Ankara, Riyadh, Kuwait, and Manamah have been added to the “Time zone” options for the “World Time” item in the setup menu.
- When a GPS device is used and no heading information is available, –.–° is now displayed for the “Position > Heading” option in the “GPS” item in the setup menu.
- When shooting in LiveView mode using Camera Control Pro 2 (ver. 2.2.0) or later with a PC-E lens, the aperture setting can now be adjusted from the computer.
- Autofocus performance has been improved.
- Auto White Balance performance has been improved.
- An issue that, in some rare circumstances, caused the battery indicator to blink, regardless of actual battery charge, has been resolved.
- Errors in the German help displays have been corrected.
For further information regarding the new firmware, download the supplemental document for the new firmware, D3_FirmUp200_Jp.pdf.
The supplemental document for A firmware version v.1.1.0, and B firmware v.1.11, D3_FirmUp110_111_En.pdf, is also available.
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If you use the WT-4a, DO NOT update at this time.
Opps, forgot to provide the links (feeling a little off) Windows and Mac
