Amateur Photographer - UK (2020-03-21)

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Technique MONEY-SAVING SPECIAL

MARKborroweda NikonD750DSLR,

whichheusedwitha 35mmf/1.8Nikkor

lens.Youcanpickupa usedD750witha

warrantyforabout£600,soit’sa solid

second-handfull-framechoice(seeAudley

Jarvis’sbudgetfull-frameround-upon

page41).‘Itis stilla bloodygoodcamera,’

Markenthuses.Youonlynoticeits

shortcomingsbecausewehavegotusedto

theD850andthelatestNikonmirrorless

modelsintheZ series.Fora proor

enthusiast,theD750is idealasa back-up

asit’ssoreliableandstable. You know it

won’t let you down.’

Mark Seymour

Markis a highlysuccessful

weddingphotographer,andNikon

UK’sfirstambassadorin this

genre.Heis alsoa keenstreet

andtravelshooteraswellasa

workshopleaderdoingstreet

photographyworkshops.See

http://www.shootthestreet.co.uk.

Imagequality

‘Thatsensorsize,24MPfullframe,is

somethingofa sweetspot,’saysMark.‘The

camerageneratesa greatrawfile,withlots

ofdetail,butdoesn’tclogupallyour

storage,soit’sanidealsize.Tobehonest,

evenasa professionalphotographer,your

imagesaren’tprintedbiggerthanA4very

often.Landscapeandadvertising

photographersmightneed more resolution

butit worksforme.’

AutofocusandISO

‘Ididn’thaveanyproblemswiththeAF.It

is nowherenearasfastastheD850orthe

latestZ-seriesmirrorlessmodels,butis

certainlynoslouch.I usedback-button

focusingandthecameracopedwellwith

mostsituationsduringtheshoot.ISO

performanceis stillprettygood– afterall,

theD750is nota particularly“old”

camera,andcameoutin2014.I could

pushtheISOupto6400,shootingatf/5.

and1/60secondinsidetheTateModern

gallery,andstillgetdecentimages.’

Handlingandbatterylife

‘Thehandlingwasfine,andNikonmenus

areconsistentthroughtherangesoyou

don’tneedtowastetimefiguringthings

out.Thebuildqualityis sturdy;although

it’snotuptotheNikonD5orD6standard,

thecamerastillfeelslikea decentbitof

kit.Whatreallyimpressesmeaboutthe

D750,however,is thebatterylife.Whether

I amshootingweddingsorstreet,it just

seemstogoonforever,andit’sevenbetter

onthenewerDSLRsandmirrorless

models.ThebiggestdownsideoftheD

is liveviewbecausethisfunctionis notas

goodasthelatestmodelsintermsof

resolution and ease of focusing.’

ALL PICTURES ON THIS PAGE © MARK SEYMOUR

Street/documentary

Markwas

impressedbythe

ISOperformance.

Hepushedit toISO

6000 andstillgot

a very usable shot

MarkreckonstheD750’s24MPfull-framesensor

hits a ‘sweet spot’ for resolution and file size

A classicallycomposedimagefrominsidethe Tate

Modern, again making use of higher ISOs