For the last month, I haven't had a chance to shoot much as the winter races are over and the summer season just began last week. During this time, I sold my 85/1.8 and my 180/2.8 in order to get the 70-200 VR. The last pictures I took with the 85 and 180 were a bit soft but the conditions were not easy and I was lusting big time for the 70-200 so I put average results on me.
Then, 2 weeks ago, I received the 70-200 and took a few shots and I wasn't impressed at all. But then again, I thought that with all these switches, I better read the manual and makes a few tests before I start worrying.
Last week, during an indoor event, I took a few pictures with it and the results were OK. But then again, I wondered if the sub par conditions "helped" me get those poor results. Today, I went to an outdoor event where the conditions were really good and again got poor results. I traded my Nikon 70-200 for a Sigma 70-200 HSM and also got below average results while my partner got excellent results with my 70-200 VR
Not, it seems my D2H needs to go to the doctor. :frown: Anybody had something similar to this happen to them ? If so, what was the doctor's diagnostic and how much did it end up costing you ?
Here is a sample from today's event.
The image was only resized. No sharpening.
100 % corp of original nef file. No sharpening
100% crop of original nef file. Sharpening applied in Camera Raw. This is salvageable but with this kind of equipment, I'd like to get shap images out of the camera...
Then, 2 weeks ago, I received the 70-200 and took a few shots and I wasn't impressed at all. But then again, I thought that with all these switches, I better read the manual and makes a few tests before I start worrying.
Last week, during an indoor event, I took a few pictures with it and the results were OK. But then again, I wondered if the sub par conditions "helped" me get those poor results. Today, I went to an outdoor event where the conditions were really good and again got poor results. I traded my Nikon 70-200 for a Sigma 70-200 HSM and also got below average results while my partner got excellent results with my 70-200 VR
Not, it seems my D2H needs to go to the doctor. :frown: Anybody had something similar to this happen to them ? If so, what was the doctor's diagnostic and how much did it end up costing you ?
Here is a sample from today's event.
The image was only resized. No sharpening.

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100 % corp of original nef file. No sharpening

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100% crop of original nef file. Sharpening applied in Camera Raw. This is salvageable but with this kind of equipment, I'd like to get shap images out of the camera...

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