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Exif shows D7100 because of RAW2NEF conversion

D7200 is a fantastic camera for macro. First of all the 1.5 crop factor makes my beloved 105 AF-S a 157.5mm F2.8
Secondly it has a big advantage compared to my D810 and D750 because the AF coverage is much bigger, which enables to focus directly on a much wider part in the viewfinder.
I hope Nikon will respond to the Sony 7RII who has a much bigger AF coverage than any other FF DSLR...

Weather was excellent for dragonfly hunt today: Humid, warm and sunny. I made about 400 pictures.

Dragonfly eyes:

Click on the picture to open the full size image.


And one more...



And a crop resized to 1000px widest side:



And a 100% crop of the focus area:



Thanks for looking and kindest regards,
Stany

What causes the 6 angular reflection in the eyes? Is it the 6 blades of the aperture?

Leen Koper wrote:What causes the 6 angular reflection in the eyes? Is it the 6 blades of the aperture?

Hi Leen,
The reflexion is from the sun or flash.
The shape of the reflexion is hexagonal like each facet individually.

Dragonflies in flight taken from above when they are hanging in the air is relative easy, but when they are hunting it's nearly impossible, and is of course what I tried...
The result is quite poor, but it was big fun!
D7200 AF did an excellent job though...

The scene


And a 100% crop

StanyB wrote:

Leen Koper wrote:What causes the 6 angular reflection in the eyes? Is it the 6 blades of the aperture?

Hi Leen,
The reflexion is from the sun or flash.
The shape of the reflexion is hexagonal like each facet individually.

Interessant. Mooie foto's