We hit Gröna Lund yesterday to have some fun before the summer definitely ended.
I’d borrowed a Nikkor AF 70-210mm f/4-5.6 from David. The AF doesn’t work with the D40. I liked having more reach than with my 18-55, but the short end at 70mm is pretty long.
I tried taking some action shots with it, but manually focusing is hard in a fairground.
Here’s a portrait of Viking’s oldest cousin. Shot at 70mm, the focus is good, probably because I used 1/250 as a shutter speed.
Here’s a portrait of his youngest. This time I was down to 1/80 which contributes to the blurry pic.
Here’s Viking on a ride. Nice soles!
The 70-210 is too heavy to confortably handle on the D40. Focusing was surprisingly easy though. Apparently the ground glass of modern DSLRs are optimised for slower lenses, which helps when focusing manually.
If I’d get a telezoom I’d probably go for the cheap-n-nasty 55-200 AF-S VR.