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Recent content by enzodiac
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Fujifilm X-T2 for bird photography
I just switched to fuji x-t2 for birding. So far I haven't had the time to test birds in flight that much, and I am still waiting for the booster grip. But so far for still subjects it is excellent. Probably the best I have ever used. focus is fast and dead accurate, evf is awesome and doubles... -
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MFT lens 100-400mm, Leica DG, announced
So here is an update on my current situation. I sent back the gx8 and pl100-400. I couldn't trust it and I am certain something was weird with my copy. It's easy to explain my poor performance with technique etc, but the fact is I have no issues with my new setup. I decided to go with Fuji... -
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MFT lens 100-400mm, Leica DG, announced
Copying this from the mu43 forum. Alright guys! I appreciate all the comments and engagement in this matter. I did a proper test this morning with a long distance subject in the form of a building. The air was really cool early this morning so not much of heat haze going on. Sturdy tripod... -
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MFT lens 100-400mm, Leica DG, announced
Well all my images in that series look like that and I used the smallest focus box covering only the geese, no grass. The results are the same in all my images in other circumstances as well. It looks like the camera is a dud, will have to try some more tomorrow with good light. I mean it... -
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MFT lens 100-400mm, Leica DG, announced
Right I forgot :) Will try more on tripod with manual focus etc. -
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MFT lens 100-400mm, Leica DG, announced
I just did the most unscientific test ever, but the results are kind of telling. Something is up with the GX8. I shot several shots with both mechanical and e-shutter on the GX8. I couldn't tell a difference between them. I did the same with the GX80. Same settings and everything. Here is the... -
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MFT lens 100-400mm, Leica DG, announced
I did, but i cant remember which were e-shutter and which were mechanical lol. I do have the gx85 as well so I will try some with that to compare. -
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MFT lens 100-400mm, Leica DG, announced
I have years of experience shooting birds, both in flight and sitting on perches. In the case of the geese I was sitting on the ground with a shutter speed of 1/640, iso200, 400mm f5.6. The focus point was the smallest using S-AF. I took perhaps 40-50 photos making sure to be very still and I... -
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MFT lens 100-400mm, Leica DG, announced
I decided to go all in on panasonic so I bought the gx8 on a great discount and the 100-400 since I have read really good things about it. I haven't shot too much with it yet but BIF is practically impossible. I haven't got 1 sharp bird yet. It seems like the 100-400 is really really soft at... -
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New Nikon 300mm f/4 VR
I got the d500 a couple of weeks back and i've had issues with the 200-500 and bifs. I just couldn't seem to get a sharp picture at distances. I got tired of lugging it around also. So I switched to 300pf and tc-14iii. I now have a super lightweight package with equal or better sharpness... -
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Nikon D5 and D500
Just got my D500 today. I can see myself using this at 12800 all day long. Yes there is grain, but the colors are beautiful even at that high iso. Cleans up easily in post! My limit with the d7200 was 3200. 6400 sometimes but it was hard to clean up. All in all the D500 feels awesome. First... -
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D7200 to D500?
Nice to hear capdegat! I forgot about the lit buttons as well, great feature! -
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D7200 to D500?
I am doing this switch now. Last year I bought the D7200 thinking the D400(500) would never happen. But the features standing out to me are these. - 10fps - Tilt screen - Bigger body with deeper grip. The d750 is the best handling nikon camera according to me and the d500 is the same size and... -
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AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f5.6E ED VR
Nice! I hope you are happy with your decision. I am very happy with the d7200 and 200-500 combo still! Although I haven't got to use it as much as I would like due to the lack of birds in autumn. -
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AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f5.6E ED VR
I haven't experienced anything like what he describes. I shoot D7200 and the 200-500 is better than both the tamron and sigma sport for me. I use af-c all the time with back button focusing. I take BIF and stationary shots and leave the stabilizer on normal mode. I don't even bother limiting...