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Inspired by someone wanting to buy a D3100, I thought it would be good to showcase the work of people using other Nikon cameras for print on demand. (So as not to mislead, the photo on the left was taken with a Fuji Finepix!) My own is a D5000 with a kit 18-55 lens, a 70-300 VR zoom, and an old, purchased from ebay, Tamron manual SP 90mm macro lens.
So for starters, the 18-55 lens.
This is a 300 pixel square crop taken from the top left corner of the following poster. There's a little bit of noise, but contrary to microstock sites requirements, I don't think noise is necessarily a bad thing (and I do have Neat Image, so I could remove it if necessary).

PhotobucketGipsy Gold print
Gipsy Gold by ruralfrance

This lens is not designed to distinguish between cameras and lenses, dSLR's or point-and-shoot, but rather how people are using them and the results. Every camera has it's plus and minus points - that's what reviews are for. For instance, my D5000 has a flip down LCD screen - invaluable to me as I like to get down low and personal with plants and insects, but for many it would be an unnecessary addition. Also, I'm going to leave out my macro lens as I don't have any photos that really represent it. It's an old lens but still very capable, it won't focus to infinity but I only use it for macro, it won't use auto focus, auto exposure or built-in flash so there's a lot of guesswork, but it's well worth considering if you need a great macro lens and your budget is tight.

VR lenses

For someone who has hands that are just a little bit shaky when holding a camera, the VR (Vibration Reduction) lenses really come into their own, especially with the longer focal lengths. Of course you can use a tripod, but that's not always convenient. This first photo is using the AF-S VR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF ED (a mouthful, but all those letters are necessary to distinguish exactly which lens you're buying), purchased from Amazon. As most of the reviews say, it does get softer the higher up the focal length you get. This one was at 240mm f5.6 1/1000 second ISO200 - still acceptably sharp. I love this lens, but then, having read the reviews, I wasn't expecting the performance to be great at 300mm. If you have enough light to stop down it's probably better, and even so it's not at all bad. I have to admit I haven't experimented enough to say for sure.

Breton draft horse mare print print
Breton draft horse mare print by ruralfrance



This photo from Zazzler nationalpark_t_shirt was taken with a D300, a 28-300 VR lens at f10, 1/100 sec, and also with polarizing and 81A filters

Fall Reflections in Grand Teton National Park print
Fall Reflections in Grand Teton National Park by nationalpark_t_shirt

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nationalpark_t_shirt

The first photo here, Key West Sunset is a scan from a transparency
"shot in 2001 so I don't remember the exact exposure but I generally shoot sunsets about F13-16 and bracket my shots going down 1/3 stop at a time. I think the camera on this shot was the Nikon N65. If memory serves me right this photo was taken with a sigma lens - the 28-300 mm."
The second, Cliffs of Mohor, Ireland "was taken with the Nikon D200 - shot at F9 1.3 seconds. A polarizer and 81 a were also used with this photo. This one was shot with the Nikon 18-200 VR Lens." See nationalpark_t_shirt's store or click on one of the images for more detail.

Key West Sunset printCliffs Of Mohor Ireland print

animotaxis

animotaxis says "Presently I use a nikon P5000 it gives me enough resolution for a point and shoot camera which I mainly use for stock photography. Here are a few of my photos." See animotaxis store or click on the images from the 'Enchanted Forest' series below to see enlarged views.

Enchanted Forest 5 printEnchanted Forest 13 print
Enchanted Forest 21 print

soyrwoo

The first photo was "taken with a Nikon Coolpix L10, which was quite a lovely little point-and-shoot. Unfortunately, it was dying when I got this shot and could not focus at all within a few weeks." In the second, a calendar, all of these were taken with a Nikon Coolpix P90, one of the "super-zoom" point-and-shoots, on P mode. See soyrwoo's store or click on the images to see more.

Memory printCritters 2011: Animal Photography calendar

BlayzeInk

From BlayzeInk's store, two photos taken with a Coolpix S8000 - a fuschia flower and cosmos flowers with a bee. For more detail, click on the images below

Cracked Fuschia mousepadTrio of Cosmos - Busy Bee mousepad

ObservationCreations

Using the D40x, these are three photos from ObservationCreations's store
Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly - F 5.28 at 1/400, focal length 160mm
Argiope spider - F 5.66 at 1/250, focal length 55mm and
Fading Away - F 4 at 1/125, focal length 55mm. You can click on each image for a higher resolution view.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail speckcaseArgiope Spider tote bag bagFading Away mousepad mousepad

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Reader Feedback

  • OzGirl Jan 19, 2012 @ 9:39 pm | delete
    This is another beautiful lens! I've added my Zazzle photo store above. :) Thanks for the opportunity. The photos you have showcased are positively gorgeous.
  • Ingrid_A Jan 14, 2012 @ 10:01 am | delete
    I'm always amazed at the talented people that we pass everyday. Thank you for bringing some of them to my attention!
  • cptextileart Sep 29, 2011 @ 11:22 am | delete
    Great lens!
  • inspirationz Sep 9, 2011 @ 10:38 pm | delete
    lovely lens :)
  • littlewingdesign Aug 26, 2011 @ 10:29 pm | delete
    I'm a Nikon fan thanks to my husband who introduced me to photography in the digital age. I inherited his D70s when he bought his D90 (which I comandeer from time to time) Great lens!
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