I am way behind on the [NR] Guest Posts – here is a new guest post on shooting the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships with the Nikon Z9 camera and Nikkor Z 400mm f/4.5 lens by Eddie Clark (website | Instagram): Just over a week ago I received my Nikkor Z 400mm f4.5VR S lens with my priority request from NPS, and was able to put it through the paces photographing the Dual Slalom and Downhill National Championship races at Trestle Bike Park in Winter Park, Colorado this past week. A little background about myself; I’m a professional photographer of 15 years out of Boulder, Colorado, and I’ve been exclusively shooting Nikon DSLR bodies and lenses for the past 16 years starting with the D100. I’m also an NPS member of many years, and was one of the lucky ones who received their Z9 on December 24th, 2021. Much of my photography work revolves around bikes and bike racing, and the national championships seemed like the perfect place to put this new lens through the paces. There’s nothing like a trial by fire to learn new gear when you have clients counting on your photos! All of the photos here were shot in High Efficiency RAW with Picture Control set to Standard. Most of these photos are full-frame and uncropped, and a few were taken in DX crop mode (I have the video record button programmed for switching between FX and DX modes, and use it frequently). VR...
Published By: Nikonrumors - Thursday, 18 August, 2022