OwlsEyes wrote:
Four years later, the Nikon D500 continues to be one of my favorite cameras of all time. Having once shot Contax RTS/ST/S2 cameras, Hasselblad 500cf, Pentax 645 AFD, Canon 1DmkIII/5DmkIII, and Nikon F100/F4/D3s/D4/D810's, the D500 feels like the perfect balance between speed, af consistency, and rugged build.
I currently own three, and these may be the last DSLR's I will ever own as I slowly acquire Z bodies and glass when they become wildlife capable cameras.
I have to ask - photo one on an incline or did you tilt the camera or image in post? And I was not aware that bear eat grass! It's apparent I don't know much about bears. Wonderful photos.
Charles Loy wrote:
I have to ask - photo one on an incline or did you tilt the camera or image in post? And I was not aware that bear eat grass! It's apparent I don't know much about bears. Wonderful photos.
Hello Charles,
These photos where taken at the Khutzeymateen grizzly bear sanctuary in NW British Columbia. Access is extremely limited with only a few boats allowed to stay in and visit the National Park estuary each year. As I understand it, the park is essentially closed to humans except in the area that I visited. We lived on a sailboat for a 4 days/3 nights and use a zodiac to move through tributaries that feed the estuary. As a result, I am photographing the bears at eye level.
These bears feed on sedge marsh grasses in the spring, and the estuary is a place where mothers bring their cubs before they return to the mountain slopes.
As for the image in question, I purposefully applied an "Orton type" of effect in post process. This consists of a Gaussian blur and levels adjustment." I then selectively erased the blur on the bear producing the unusual effect... this technique was not used on the tighter square crop that I produced for my Instagram.
Purchased a used Sigma 100-400mm from ebay last week. I have a 300mm pf but wanted the versatility of the zomm plus extra reach, but didn't want to lug 2kg+ lens. Must say that I am impressed with the optical quality of this lens. Judge for yourselves. These taken at 400mm f8 on the D500.
lara_ckl wrote:
Did you set the camera to drain the grip's battery first? I am guessing that that might have something to do with it.
Nope, it is set on the D500 body. Funny thing, on CH the sound tells me it is only chugging along at about 5-6fps, but when I press “i” for information, it indicates it is shooting 10 fps. Something is not right.
It is definitely not 10fps. I shot the D850 along side the D500 and I can clearly differentiate the speed of the two. 9fps sounds like 9fps. So, in reality, the D500 *is* going much slower than the “i” button indicates (10 fps) it is going.
bs kite wrote:
Nope, it is set on the D500 body. Funny thing, on CH the sound tells me it is only chugging along at about 5-6fps, but when I press “i” for information, it indicates it is shooting 10 fps. Something is not right.
I meant "Battery Order" in the Setup Menu.
Also, what about AF-mode priority selection? Is it set to focus or release priority?
Here is a copy of parameters and limitations of CH from page 117 of the manual. Have a look to see if any of your shooting settings fall into these parameters.
Average frame rate with an EN-EL15 battery, continuous-servo AF, manual or shutter-priority auto exposure, a shutter speed of 1/250 s or faster, remaining settings (or in the case of CL, remaining settings other than Custom Setting d1) at default values, and memory remaining in memory buffer. The stated rates may not be available under some conditions. Frame rates may drop at high ISO sensitivities (Hi 0.3–Hi 5) or at extremely small apertures (high f-numbers) or slow shutter speeds, when vibration reduction (available with VR lenses) or auto ISO sensitivity control (0 125) is on, or if the battery is low, a non-CPU lens is attached, Aperture ring is selected for Custom Setting f4 (Customize command dials) > Aperture setting (0 302), or flicker is detected when flicker reduction is enabled in the photo shooting menu (0 234).
bs kite wrote:
Question: Have my D500 set on CH and am only getting about 6fps or so. Have not used it in so long I guess I forgot some setting.
Just noticed that the grip batteries are dead but the body battery still has 87%. Must both grip and body batteries be charged for the usual 10 fps?
Thanks
First guess is flicker reduction. I don't think I've ever had the D500 slow down "randomly" for any other reason. Low batteries have never been a problem for getting 10 fps.
