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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Sandpiper at 1200mm

went shooting for an hour before sunset, not much activity but a few shorebirds. picked up something a bit more challenging : sandpipers. I had never been able to come up with quality sandpiper in flight shots before, they are only 4" and fly very erratically , the A1 is the first camera to have both the resolution and the AF / speed to do this stuff not to mention the optics that can deliver tack sharp frames even with the 2X TC at 1200mm handheld on a 50 mega pixel sensor. came home with 1500 frames, 95% plus tack sharp. almost hard to believe you can even see a bit of mud on the bill.

A1 600GM + 2X (1200mm) ISO-2000 f/8 1/4000 sec handheld processed with C1P.

Apr 18, 2021 at 02:34 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Sandpiper at 1200mm

Amazing!! Beautiful shot.

TFS
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Apr 18, 2021 at 03:36 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Sandpiper at 1200mm

Stunning shot.

Gordon

Apr 18, 2021 at 05:38 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Sandpiper at 1200mm

Well done.

Cheers

George

Apr 18, 2021 at 07:27 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Sandpiper at 1200mm

Oh wow! What an amazing, beautiful shot! Did you use Bird EyeAF to acquire focus?

Apr 18, 2021 at 09:10 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Sandpiper at 1200mm

That is a tough shot. Well done, Ari.
Rex

Apr 18, 2021 at 09:35 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Sandpiper at 1200mm

Great looking image Ari

Morris

Apr 19, 2021 at 07:29 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Sandpiper at 1200mm

Lovely

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Apr 19, 2021 at 07:38 AM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Sandpiper at 1200mm

That really is a fine endorsement for the capabilities of the equipment and optics. I will give you all the credit for the amazing shot and fine presentation

Wow!
Karl

Apr 19, 2021 at 07:51 AM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Sandpiper at 1200mm

Excellent work!

Apr 19, 2021 at 09:38 AM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Sandpiper at 1200mm

In additional to the picture quality, I truly admire anyone's skill to even put such a small/fast bird in the viewfinder at 1200mm!

Apr 19, 2021 at 09:46 AM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Sandpiper at 1200mm

Awesome! I'm curious to know how much (if at all) this was cropped?

Apr 19, 2021 at 10:12 AM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Sandpiper at 1200mm

Amazing job acquiring and tracking the bird at 1200mm!
Yes, the A1+600/4+2XTC is an amazing combination.

Dave

Apr 19, 2021 at 10:19 AM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Sandpiper at 1200mm

Great shot and not easy with the 2x.
Was this a single sandpiper flying or this was a crop from a flock sandpipers?

Pius

Apr 19, 2021 at 11:07 AM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Sandpiper at 1200mm

Beautiful shot Arash.

Apr 19, 2021 at 11:10 AM

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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Sandpiper at 1200mm

dallvr wrote:
Oh wow! What an amazing, beautiful shot! Did you use Bird EyeAF to acquire focus?

thanks

In A1 bird eye AF is not a separate mode. It'ss a feature on top of the normal AF pattern that you use (zone was used here). If the camera is able to detect the eye it draws a frame around it and if not it will just go back to zone. These birds are very fast, I can't track them for more than 1-2 seconds so honestly I don't even remember if they camera was discerning the eye but I highly doubt it was able to in a split second that this shot was taken. One Thing I can tell though is that the 240Hz finder certainly makes a difference when shooting something like this where it can keep up with my swing.

Apr 20, 2021 at 01:00 AM

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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · Sandpiper at 1200mm

Pius Sullivan wrote:
Great shot and not easy with the 2x.
Was this a single sandpiper flying or this was a crop from a flock sandpipers?

Pius

Hey Pius, no these were individual birds flying, I have never been able to get anything useful from a flock

Apr 20, 2021 at 01:03 AM

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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Sandpiper at 1200mm

Thank you all

Apr 21, 2021 at 10:26 AM

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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · Sandpiper at 1200mm

Great detail... Beautiful.

Apr 21, 2021 at 01:04 PM

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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · Sandpiper at 1200mm

Thank you

Apr 21, 2021 at 06:06 PM


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