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| Posted: Mon Sep 12th, 2016 16:46 |
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Robert
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On our Skye trip Christopher switched the D3300 off except when he was actually taking photo's, I explained to him that the cameras have a little computer inside and every time you start the camera you use a chunk of battery booting the computer up again. When we went to Eric's and Cadwell Park he left the camera switched on while he was using the camera and didn't switch it off until he had finished taking photo's. He used two batteries on Skye to make about 700 exposures, when we went to Eric's and Cadwell Park he took about 600 exposures and was still on the first battery when the rain came and I put the camera away. Not very scientific but I'm sure with the Nikon DSLR's it's better to leave the camera switched on for the duration of the session. Except if you are changing lenses, especially VR lenses.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12th, 2016 16:47 |
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jk
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Eric wrote: It's 35 deg here and ALL the wildlife is under cover...so nothing to report except... I HATE Fuji battery life. Lunch with wine, siesta, pool and night time G&Ts with cooling winds or fans or A/C. Which part of France are you in?
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13th, 2016 02:59 |
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Eric
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jk wrote:Eric wrote:It's 35 deg here and ALL the wildlife is under cover...so nothing to report except... I HATE Fuji battery life. Dordogne at moment but moving across to Cevenne and Ardeche for a couple of weeks.
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13th, 2016 04:26 |
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Eric
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Ok just a quick update. The XT1 is quite useless for wildlife or any erratically moving objects...at least in single shot mode. The Fuji optics are excellent, the speed of focus is not that bad. The problem is the EVF. While the file is be written to card, albeit a small period, the EVF freezes on the captured image. In that space of time, the subject can have moved out of frame, requiring you to 'find it' again and refocus. With an OVF you are better able to follow or predict the next resting spot. Of course the camera can be set to continuous focus and firing, but this machine gun approach is wasteful of the limited battery power. As an example, I was photographing small birds in a hedgerow today. A Blackcap moved to one spot and despite moving about on its perch stayed in the frame. A Wren however came to the same place and kept flitting about, side to side, back to front in significant leaps that took it out of the frame each time. I am pretty certain with my DSLR I would have been able to keep track of it and still file single shots. Anyone got an Xpro they don't want? 
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13th, 2016 09:13 |
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Eric
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It's amazing what you learn, or perhaps remember what you forgot. At these temperatures, the raptors are too high, the beavers are too low, the wolves are hidden in the shade and the smaller creatures are waiting till at least iso 6400 is required. Only humans are out and about and their half naked bodies are not what I want to hold in memory, let alone photograph! I shall sit here in the shade with another beer for another afternoon and read the camera manual. It's amazing what you discover in the menus and buttons. I locked out all function changes for half an hour, then just before I threw the XT in the swimming pool I found the answer on page 3. Who the hell puts important info before the index?...Fuji do! I have however taken a photo of a bug...it's a slightly squashed bug, on account of the fact it bit me on the arm and I was sufficiently incensed to hit it with the XT manual. I hope it's last drink of my blood was worth it. Off to the pool unto it's below 30.
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13th, 2016 16:27 |
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jk
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Eric, yes I have an XPro. I am sure that we can do a deal. I need to come to UK in October. PM me your thoughts on what you want. I think depending on my XT2 assessment that I may want to change some of my Nikon and Fuji gear. We may be able to help each other out.
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