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| Posted: Sat Aug 23rd, 2025 16:00 |
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Eric
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Bob wrote:Thanks - this digital stuff has so many options eg Chris's focus stacking.I will contact Jeff. Focus stacking is ok for static subjects. I couldn't find the original bull finch NEF file but this one is a full frame (uncropped) of another bird, from the same location/subject distance, same lens/camera on a different day. Its the Nikon D850 and 500pf lens with 1.4x converter so = 700mm. From memory about 50feet focus distance.  Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 25th, 2025 21:47 |
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Bob
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Eric wrote:Focus stacking is ok for static subjects. Aperture about f8 ?
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26th, 2025 05:29 |
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chrisbet
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f11 @ 1/250, ISO 2000 according to the exif data If you click on "Click here to comment on this image." under the photo, then click on the thumbnail in the top left corner of that page you will see aa button at the top labelled EXIF - that will tell you about the photo (if there is any embedded EXIF data)
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26th, 2025 11:50 |
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Eric
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I was fighting for light on that day in the shaded woodland….hence the slower than normal shutter speed for a bird albeit perched. I wanted to keep the ISO down to max 2000 but at the same time the depth of field of 700mm (500 + 1.4x) is very shallow….using f11 gave me a few more mms depth of focus.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26th, 2025 22:14 |
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Bob
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Were you using a tripod? By the way, I have taken the plunge and, and I am now the proud owner of a nikon 500mm f5,6 PF ED VR etc. I took a few shots from the hip as it were, mainly handheld, but a couple resting of the rail of the verandah railing.  Click here to comment on this image. I played around with the various buzzers and bells in NX Studio, but technically it's not a masterpiece. I included this because I was concentrating on the pigeon, trying to get the eye sharp, and I completely missed the finch  range about 35m maybe more. Click here to comment on this image. This one's closer, about 11m. Shame about the leaf.
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27th, 2025 14:01 |
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Eric
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Bob wrote:Were you using a tripod? What’s a tripod?  It was taken in a hide so just sort of rested on the hatch windowsill? There’s no point in having VR switched on if you are using a tripod….it works counterproductively.
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| Posted: Thu Aug 28th, 2025 21:50 |
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Bob
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Eric wrote:What’s a tripod? I don't know why I asked that question........No doubt you have read the leaflets which come with the lenses. I have read differing statements on different lens instructions re using VR on a tripod - it seems to be conditional depending on whether there is a ball socket like a Benbow trekker which can be free to rotate, or a rigid attachment. Anyway, by the time you've set up the tripod, the bird has flown...... Anyway,
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29th, 2025 09:01 |
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jk
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I have debated long and hard with myself over the value of VR. If you cannot or should not use on a tripod and it should not be useful if shutter speed is 1/250 or shorter e.g. 1/500, 1/1000, etc then it is only useful if you are hand holding the lens at shutter speeds of 1/30, 1/60, 1/125 so doesnt seem like a useful cost benefit item!
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29th, 2025 09:13 |
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chrisbet
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I manage to handhold my 500mm reflex - no VR, no aperture (fixed at f8), no AF - and still get good images. Only get out the tripod when panning with my heavy Sony FS5 video gear - with all the accessories on it must weigh over 3 kilos! Shoulder mount is OK for short periods.
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30th, 2025 10:50 |
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Iain
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I have never used a tripod for wildlife, the situation with wildlife is just too fluid. I have seen people set up with the camera/lens on a tripod and a Buzzard or something flys overhead and by the time they have released the camera from the tripod its gone.
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