I really messed up the settings in my D500, for some unknown reason the ISO was et to 800 max, and I touched something by mistake and set to JPEG only. Anyways, here are some shots from yesterday with the Sigma 150-600 S. Thanks for looking,
Did some Sea Eagle photography yesterday and the AF of the D500 is just amazing as are the fps! Here is a sequence of 7 shots, (there was actually 8 shots but I missed the top of the birds feathers on one shot in the middle and omitted it from this sequence) in about .8 of a second. It's amazing how far a Sea Eagle flies in that .8 of a second when it is catching a fish. Not only that, but the 80-400 f4.5-5.5G VR kept up!
D500 + 80-400 4.5-5.6G VR, 1/2500s f/8.0 at 135.0mm iso500
D500 + 80-400 4.5-5.6G VR, 1/2500s f/8.0 at 135.0mm iso320
D500 + 80-400 4.5-5.6G VR, 1/2500s f/8.0 at 135.0mm iso250
D500 + 80-400 4.5-5.6G VR, 1/2500s f/8.0 at 135.0mm iso220
D500 + 80-400 4.5-5.6G VR,1/2500s f/8.0 at 135.0mm iso220
D500 + 80-400 4.5-5.6G VR, 1/2500s f/8.0 at 135.0mm iso220
D500 + 80-400 4.5-5.6G VR, 1/2500s f/8.0 at 135.0mm iso220
Hi Lance, I found with my sea eagle photography I had most success with the Thang method of AF, with the delay set to 5, think I used group or 25 point most of the time. My only regret was not trying to reduce the blackout time by cutting the fps down to perhaps 8fps rather than 10, if I had done so I think I would have felt more in control.
TimMunsey wrote:
Hi Lance, I found with my sea eagle photography I had most success with the Thang method of AF, with the delay set to 5, think I used group or 25 point most of the time. My only regret was not trying to reduce the blackout time by cutting the fps down to perhaps 8fps rather than 10, if I had done so I think I would have felt more in control.
Tim
Thank you for your info, Tim. I used 25 point and the delay is at 2 and full 10fps. I use group sometimes, but with the Sea Eagles I went with 25 point as it seemed to work better. I find that group works better against a sky.
47 years ago yesterday. After staying a total of 21.5 hours on the lunar surface, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin blasted off our moon and began the return to planet earth. They left a United States Flag and brought back 47.5 pounds of moon rocks.
Moon this morning from my backyard-
