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Brute

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1245 on: July 08, 2022, 06:11:59 »
Ken very nice birds!
Finally I joined the club of the 500pf owners :)
Not a big change from my 200-500 but I  have better distance shots, a little higher contrast, excellent image from f 5.6 and 0,8 kg lighter ;)
Here are some Kestrel shots with significant crop, z50
Thanks.
Nice shots of B I F.
Congratulations on the new lens. You are going to enjoy it  :)


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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1246 on: July 08, 2022, 16:04:35 »
Thanks.
Nice shots of B I F.
Congratulations on the new lens. You are going to enjoy it  :)
Thank you, I guess you already have the lens :)

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1247 on: July 08, 2022, 17:35:55 »
Cinnamon Teal June 2022

Lovely preening shot Brute

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1248 on: July 08, 2022, 18:28:02 »
Many complain about the AF of the Z7II for BIF. However, I find that when you have a clean background (e.g. blue sky) the "Wide area L" works really well. Here exemplified with a picture of a Lesser Kestrel:
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1249 on: July 09, 2022, 04:26:02 »

Thank you, I guess you already have the lens :)

Yes a couple years now.

Lovely preening shot Brute

Thank You.

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1250 on: July 09, 2022, 10:00:26 »
Nice Kestrel Kim :)
I don’t know if you ever used Z7, is Z7II much better for BIF,  is there eye AF?

Regarding BIF I am not satisfied with the tracking my z50 and z6 have even in a blue sky as a background :(
I don’t use wide area L I find it very small to track a bird, I use afc with all Af area
With the use of 500pf it’s a little better but not good
It’s some time now I am thinking D500 but I don’t want to go DSLR again,
Canon released R7 with lots of specs -let’s wait to see it in real - but I don’t like picture quality it’s harsh and need to switch all my gear >:(
Been with Nikon since the beginning I think I have to wait 8)

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1251 on: July 10, 2022, 22:21:18 »
Not my favorite bird but looks kool under the morning light 8)
Z50 500pf

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1252 on: July 10, 2022, 22:32:30 »
New to me Karpondacus Mexicanus female landed on a branch 3-4 m from my camera ;D
First is full frame second is crop, late afternoon light
Z6 500pf 700mm

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1253 on: July 10, 2022, 22:58:29 »
Such beautiful portraits. The light and iq....

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1254 on: July 12, 2022, 07:22:42 »
Such beautiful portraits. The light and iq....
Thank you Paco :)

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1255 on: July 16, 2022, 18:38:51 »
That lens is a marvel :)
500pf,  Nycticorax nycticorax
Second shot no crop

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1256 on: July 16, 2022, 22:30:45 »
That lens is a marvel :)
500pf,  Nycticorax nycticorax
Second shot no crop

Lovely, I can feel the swoop of its flight in these shots
The 500PF is growing on you Nasos

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1257 on: July 16, 2022, 23:01:28 »
Lovely, I can feel the swoop of its flight in these shots
The 500PF is growing on you Nasos
Thank you Colin :)
Lucky to find this bird flying several times in the local park :)
Here are some other BIF with z50 500pf :)

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1258 on: July 18, 2022, 18:38:34 »
Thank you for sharing these
I'm curious Nasos:

Would you say in images 1 & 3 that the body & trailing feet were sharper than the head?
I see detail in the feathers where the legs dissappear into the body that are sharper than on the head.

Of course this can happen for a variety of reasons, inc direction of flight, AF mode used etc etc.

I've had similar results (admittedly only with the 300mm PF + TC14 on the D500)

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1259 on: July 19, 2022, 21:01:27 »

Would you say in images 1 & 3 that the body & trailing feet were sharper than the head?
I see detail in the feathers where the legs dissappear into the body that are sharper than on the head.

Of course this can happen for a variety of reasons, inc direction of flight, AF mode used etc etc.

I've had similar results (admittedly only with the 300mm PF + TC14 on the D500)
I checked with row files and I see no difference on these areas

But I do see on some shots a little blurry some times even on 1/4000 maybe the AF system is slower than the bird >:(
Anyway there is a long time until a mini z9 8)