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Recent content by seaspirit

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    Flash for OM-1

    On youtube you will find all kind of instructional videos specifically for you flash model. This one and other similar ones may be a good start There are some on using flash in bird photography, not brand specific but once you figured out how yours work it applies across all brands. In...
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    Ground Pod Mk1

    I've been collecting paper towel rolls for that, but I am planing on stepping it up a notch and will go for a tripod.... Hmm, cellulose is carbon based, so it would be a carbon tripod. ;)
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    Ground Pod Mk1

    I recycled an old aluminum frying pan for the same purpose. The handle was at times useful to push the rig around......
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    Considering a Partial Camera Upgrade - D500 w/ 200-500mm lens

    As already pointed out, shooting with high ISO requires to nail the exposure as brightening underexposed images dramatically increases noise. Filling the frame with the subject as much as possible is the other key point as cropping will make noise and lack of details more obvious. I may have...
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    Suggestions for remote-triggered bird photography?

    Some current cameras come with WIFI built (e.g. in the Nikon world D850, D750, D500, D5600, D7500, D7200 ....) and can connect to devices running suitable apps. Canon should also have some WIFI compatible dSLRs in their line-up. Not sure what 2nd hand or new prices for the Dxxxx models are, as...
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    Suggestions for remote-triggered bird photography?

    The simple version would be a wireless shutter release. Can be had for around $30 on A......., just make sure you get one that uses radio signals, not Infrared. This is just an example...
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    Back button focus

    It will try, and its one of the major reasons to use BBF! If you shoot a burst of frames on a moving subjects it is pretty much a must do to keep the the BBF button down, unless the is a reason to let go -panning and an object in the foreground passes through the frame! Depending on the frame...
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    Photo Critique

    Given the frequent, almost weekly updates for Photo AI I think we are still involved in beta testing it. I do not use the "Auto Pilot" in P-AI, and in manual mode the sharpening is very "sensitive" and I usually stay way left with both sliders.
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    D500 view finder

    You can get diopter lenses (Nikon Type DK17C) that screw into the viewfinder and shift and extend the diopter adjustment range in the required direction. I wear my prescription glasses when using my camera, and never had to adjust the setting from the center. Our brain can do a lot of...
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    Photo Critique

    Impressive what the AI can pull from png files. Using Photo AI for a few weeks and the Denoise and Sharpening Modules before I started now to dig into some old stuff to see what can now be salvaged using the now tools. I was going to suggest some denoising and sharpening as well, but a lot of...
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    Self-Constructed, DIY, Homemade. Camo Hides?

    Chair blind is the term used in the West. Ameristep and a few other brands offer those for ~$100. Local hunting / hardware stores may also carry them (e.g., cabelas). Problem, as already pointed out, is getting in and out without getting the birds suspcious. With a deck in place I would...
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    Question for the future!

    DSLRs like the D500/D850 and mirrorless cameras of the Z-series are fundamentally different in terms of optical design, thus lenses built and intended to be used on DSLRs will only fit with an adapter to Z-bodies. Nikon claims that AF speed and image quality are not affected and the adapter is...
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    Flash photography with birds

    The use of a flash in TTL mode fires a pre-flash to assess the required output for the exposure. This brief pre-flash may trigger a response in subjects, that than can show in the real frame. The popping sound of a flash firing, just like the aperture closing down and shutter opening and...
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    upgrade ????

    Some of your photos show that your current equipment is not the performance bottleneck, or has issues like front/backfocus or misalignments. The ones that are in focus are taken with good, appropriate settings, the ones with insufficient settings are blurred (surrondings that are in the same...
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    Creating photo backups during trips

    There used to be external drives (aka image tanks) with built in card readers, but those seem hard to come by now since laptops, netbook, tablets do the same trick in combination with external drives. My approach would be a small (inexpensive, maybe 2nd hand) laptop with an additional external...
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