Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S images thread
p.17 #1Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S images thread
JadedWriter wrote:
Everybody in this thread probably has more common sense than I do. I shot out there yesterday.
You went outside and lived!! Good job, Mike, that's nice light.What? Hell no, I aint going out in this cold weather. It's colder than a witches tit out there. It's past noon and only 21f.
This was taken from my armchair in the warmth.
I’m being adventurous tomorrow. I’m heading down South over the Mason-Dixon Line into Maryland to check out the Eagles at the Conowingo Dam. I’ll be sure to give the 100-400 a workout.
Everybody in this thread probably has more common sense than I do. I shot out there yesterday.
MikeInPa wrote
RoamingScott wrote
MikeInPa wrote
here's one I prepared earlier.This was taken from my armchair in the warmth.
I’m being adventurous tomorrow. I’m heading down South over the Mason-Dixon Line into Maryland to check out the Eagles at the Conowingo Dam. I’ll be sure to give the 100-400 a workout.
Jan 12, 2022 at 06:48 PM
p.17 #2Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S images thread
Sounds like fun.
MikeInPa wrote:
You went outside and lived!! Good job, Mike, that's nice light.What? Hell no, I aint going out in this cold weather. It's colder than a witches tit out there. It's past noon and only 21f.
This was taken from my armchair in the warmth.I’m being adventurous tomorrow. I’m heading down South over the Mason-Dixon Line into Maryland to check out the Eagles at the Conowingo Dam. I’ll be sure to give the 100-400 a workout.
MikeInPa wrote:
JadedWriter wrote
Everybody in this thread probably has more common sense than I do. I shot out there yesterday.MikeInPa wrote
RoamingScott wrote
MikeInPa wrote
here's one I prepared earlier.This was taken from my armchair in the warmth.
Jan 12, 2022 at 06:49 PM
p.17 #3Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S images thread
JadedWriter wrote:
Sounds like fun.
No fun at all at Conowingo. Probably the worst I've ever been. No Eagle action at all while I was there. I decided to try for the Snowy Owl near Intercourse PA (yes folks there really is town called Intercourse in Pennsylvania, it's not far from Bird-in-Hand
) No sign of the Snowy. OK then I'll head home via Middle Creek and walk out to Willow Point. The trail was close due to a Goose Hunt. So I came home and took these.
Northern Cardinal
Blue Jay
Sounds like fun.
MikeInPa wrote
I’m being adventurous tomorrow. I’m heading down South over the Mason-Dixon Line into Maryland to check out the Eagles at the Conowingo Dam. I’ll be sure to give the 100-400 a workout.No fun at all at Conowingo. Probably the worst I've ever been. No Eagle action at all while I was there. I decided to try for the Snowy Owl near Intercourse PA (yes folks there really is town called Intercourse in Pennsylvania, it's not far from Bird-in-Hand
) No sign of the Snowy. OK then I'll head home via Middle Creek and walk out to Willow Point. The trail was close due to a Goose Hunt. So I came home and took these.Northern Cardinal
Blue Jay
Jan 13, 2022 at 12:50 PM
p.17 #4Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S images thread
At least you got something.
MikeInPa wrote:
No fun at all at Conowingo. Probably the worst I've ever been. No Eagle action at all while I was there. I decided to try for the Snowy Owl near Intercourse PA (yes folks there really is town called Intercourse in Pennsylvania, it's not far from Bird-in-Hand) No sign of the Snowy. OK then I'll head home via Middle Creek and walk out to Willow Point. The trail was close due to a Goose Hunt. So I came home and took these.
MikeInPa wrote:
JadedWriter wrote
Sounds like fun.MikeInPa wrote
I’m being adventurous tomorrow. I’m heading down South over the Mason-Dixon Line into Maryland to check out the Eagles at the Conowingo Dam. I’ll be sure to give the 100-400 a workout.) No sign of the Snowy. OK then I'll head home via Middle Creek and walk out to Willow Point. The trail was close due to a Goose Hunt. So I came home and took these.Jan 13, 2022 at 12:53 PM
p.17 #5Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S images thread
That stump was good to you at least! 
I'm heading down to a local state park this weekend to try and catch some eagle action myself. I've read they're most active in the morning, but never actually tried to see them feed before. I'm bracing for a bust myself.
I'm heading down to a local state park this weekend to try and catch some eagle action myself. I've read they're most active in the morning, but never actually tried to see them feed before. I'm bracing for a bust myself.
Jan 13, 2022 at 12:57 PM
p.17 #6Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S images thread
RoamingScott wrote:
That stump was good to you at least!
I'm heading down to a local state park this weekend to try and catch some eagle action myself. I've read they're most active in the morning, but never actually tried to see them feed before. I'm bracing for a bust myself.
Good luck at the weekend. They’re starting nest building and making repairs to existing nests up here. Photographers come from as far afield as California to photograph at Conowingo Dam. In good years there’s 200+ Eagles wintering there and when they start generating which stuns the fish, that’s the Eagles dinner bell. It’s a bit late in the year for me this trip. Here’s a 2016 visit.
Conowingo Dam Eagles.
That stump was good to you at least!
I'm heading down to a local state park this weekend to try and catch some eagle action myself. I've read they're most active in the morning, but never actually tried to see them feed before. I'm bracing for a bust myself.
Good luck at the weekend. They’re starting nest building and making repairs to existing nests up here. Photographers come from as far afield as California to photograph at Conowingo Dam. In good years there’s 200+ Eagles wintering there and when they start generating which stuns the fish, that’s the Eagles dinner bell. It’s a bit late in the year for me this trip. Here’s a 2016 visit.
Conowingo Dam Eagles.
Jan 13, 2022 at 01:33 PM
p.17 #7Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S images thread
MikeInPa wrote:
No fun at all at Conowingo. Probably the worst I've ever been. No Eagle action at all while I was there. I decided to try for the Snowy Owl near Intercourse PA (yes folks there really is town called Intercourse in Pennsylvania, it's not far from Bird-in-Hand) No sign of the Snowy. OK then I'll head home via Middle Creek and walk out to Willow Point. The trail was close due to a Goose Hunt. So I came home and took these.
Back in November I was at Conowingo and eagles were fewer than I remember a couple or so years ago. I did get a couple eagles in flight and a heron/eagle interaction at that island in the middle, and that was about it.
JadedWriter wrote
Sounds like fun.MikeInPa wrote
I’m being adventurous tomorrow. I’m heading down South over the Mason-Dixon Line into Maryland to check out the Eagles at the Conowingo Dam. I’ll be sure to give the 100-400 a workout.) No sign of the Snowy. OK then I'll head home via Middle Creek and walk out to Willow Point. The trail was close due to a Goose Hunt. So I came home and took these.Back in November I was at Conowingo and eagles were fewer than I remember a couple or so years ago. I did get a couple eagles in flight and a heron/eagle interaction at that island in the middle, and that was about it.
Jan 13, 2022 at 04:29 PM
p.17 #8Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S images thread
Throwaway image, but testing pseudo-macro, a big reason I like 100-400 lenses. Even at f9 the DOF plane is paper thin.
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Jan 14, 2022 at 01:57 PM
p.17 #9Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S images thread
As expected, eagle spotting was a bust. Decent Red Shouldered and Killdeer, though. The ducks and egrets refused to play ball today.
Also the first time using the 100-400 on my Peak Capture on my backpack strap...much more comfortable than the Sony 100-400!
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Also the first time using the 100-400 on my Peak Capture on my backpack strap...much more comfortable than the Sony 100-400!
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Jan 16, 2022 at 01:35 PM
p.17 #10Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S images thread
Just now with poor overcast light ahead of the snow and ice storm expected in an hour or two.
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p.17 #11Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S images thread
A few snaps from the weekend using the 100-400 with 1.4tc fitted on Z fc body.
#1 There were plenty of rabbits around early morning
#2 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
#3 Eastern Spinebill
#4 Common Bronzewing
#5 Welcome Swallow
#6 New Holland Honeyeater
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Jan 16, 2022 at 05:28 PM
p.17 #12Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S images thread
Nice series, but even better, if we could see basic EXIF parameters, like FL, F, ISO and SS, please.
Jan 16, 2022 at 05:34 PM
p.17 #13Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S images thread
RoamingScott wrote:
As expected, eagle spotting was a bust. Decent Red Shouldered and Killdeer, though. The ducks and egrets refused to play ball today.
Also the first time using the 100-400 on my Peak Capture on my backpack strap...much more comfortable than the Sony 100-400!
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51824561951_2238172ce3_5k.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51824670243_53f8bb62ff_4k.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51824671243_f1732cc3c9_5k.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51824923054_f89a7e38d7_5k.jpg
Nice shots, loving the out of focus transition on this lens.
As expected, eagle spotting was a bust. Decent Red Shouldered and Killdeer, though. The ducks and egrets refused to play ball today.
Also the first time using the 100-400 on my Peak Capture on my backpack strap...much more comfortable than the Sony 100-400!
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51824561951_2238172ce3_5k.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51824670243_53f8bb62ff_4k.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51824671243_f1732cc3c9_5k.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51824923054_f89a7e38d7_5k.jpg
Nice shots, loving the out of focus transition on this lens.
Jan 16, 2022 at 07:31 PM
p.17 #14Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S images thread
Not sure who you were directing the exif comment at, but if anyone wants that info for my shots, it's available on my Flickr (link in my profile). Too much work to copy/paste here since I'm merely linking and not uploading.
Hopefully everyone can agree my 2nd copy of this lens is considerably sharper than the first
Hopefully everyone can agree my 2nd copy of this lens is considerably sharper than the first
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Jan 16, 2022 at 07:32 PM
p.17 #15Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S images thread
I meant generally..
I don't know how you're posting from Flickr, but I can reach to those only through Flickr account.
There is a way to post images with the link below image here on FM, which leads you straight to that image on Flickr, that's what I'm using, BBCode, Large 1024x684.
I don't know how you're posting from Flickr, but I can reach to those only through Flickr account.
There is a way to post images with the link below image here on FM, which leads you straight to that image on Flickr, that's what I'm using, BBCode, Large 1024x684.
Jan 16, 2022 at 07:44 PM
p.17 #16Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S images thread
Substantial crops, details held up though. About the same as if I'd used a 1.4 TC on Cardinal and 2X on Titmouse.
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Jan 16, 2022 at 08:49 PM
p.17 #17Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S images thread
I had a lot of fun today with 100-400 and Z9 and some seagulls. All shot wide open at 400mm with no cropping.
Jan 17, 2022 at 07:55 AM
p.17 #18Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S images thread
suteetat wrote:
I had a lot of fun today with 100-400 and Z9 and some seagulls. All shot wide open at 400mm with no cropping.
https://morboi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/NZ9_8604.jpg
https://morboi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/NZ9_9032-Copy.jpg
https://morboi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/NZ9_9017-Copy.jpg
https://morboi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/NZ9_9167.jpg
Great light on these. Golden glo on the last shot is magical.
Luka
I had a lot of fun today with 100-400 and Z9 and some seagulls. All shot wide open at 400mm with no cropping.
https://morboi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/NZ9_8604.jpg
https://morboi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/NZ9_9032-Copy.jpg
https://morboi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/NZ9_9017-Copy.jpg
https://morboi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/NZ9_9167.jpg
Great light on these. Golden glo on the last shot is magical.
Luka
Jan 17, 2022 at 08:39 PM
p.17 #19Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S images thread
akul wrote:
https://morboi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/NZ9_8604.jpg
https://morboi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/NZ9_9032-Copy.jpg
https://morboi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/NZ9_9017-Copy.jpg
https://morboi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/NZ9_9167.jpgGreat light on these. Golden glo on the last shot is magical.
Luka
Thanks Luka, I really had a lot of fun and was grateful that the weather cooperated and the sky was clear enough for pretty nice lighting.
suteetat wrote
I had a lot of fun today with 100-400 and Z9 and some seagulls. All shot wide open at 400mm with no cropping.https://morboi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/NZ9_8604.jpg
https://morboi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/NZ9_9032-Copy.jpg
https://morboi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/NZ9_9017-Copy.jpg
https://morboi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/NZ9_9167.jpg
Luka
Thanks Luka, I really had a lot of fun and was grateful that the weather cooperated and the sky was clear enough for pretty nice lighting.
Jan 18, 2022 at 06:32 AM
p.17 #20Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S images thread
I went to Taronga Zoo to try out the Z9 + Z 100-400 f4.5-5.6 VR S.
Capybara
Z9 + Z 100-400 f4.5-5.6 VR S, 1/320s f/5.3 at 270.0mm iso80.
Masked Lapwing
Z9 + Z 100-400 f4.5-5.6 VR S, 1/100s f/5.0 at 200.0mm iso110.
Little Lorikeet
Z9 + Z 100-400 f4.5-5.6 VR S, 1/100s f/5.6 at 400.0mm iso220.
The *very rare* Regent Honey-eater. On the critically endangered list with only about 300 left in the wild. A breeding program has been going on at Taronga Zoo (where these photos were taken) and at the Hunter Valley where they released about 60 birds back into the wild. The breeding program also planted trees that these birds feed on to help with their regeneration.
Z9 + Z 100-400 f4.5-5.6 VR S, 1/100s f/5.3 at 320.0mm iso640.
Bronzewing Dove.
Z9 + Z 100-400 f4.5-5.6 VR S, 1/100s f/5.0 at 240.0mm iso800.
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Z9 + Z 100-400 f4.5-5.6 VR S, 1/100s f/5.3 at 340.0mm iso360.
Zebra Finch
Z9 + Z 100-400 f4.5-5.6 VR S, 1/100s f/5.6 at 400.0mm iso125.
Cassowary
Z9 + Z 100-400 f4.5-5.6 VR S, 1/125s f/5.6 at 400.0mm iso2800.
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Capybara
Z9 + Z 100-400 f4.5-5.6 VR S, 1/320s f/5.3 at 270.0mm iso80.
Masked Lapwing
Z9 + Z 100-400 f4.5-5.6 VR S, 1/100s f/5.0 at 200.0mm iso110.
Little Lorikeet
Z9 + Z 100-400 f4.5-5.6 VR S, 1/100s f/5.6 at 400.0mm iso220.
The *very rare* Regent Honey-eater. On the critically endangered list with only about 300 left in the wild. A breeding program has been going on at Taronga Zoo (where these photos were taken) and at the Hunter Valley where they released about 60 birds back into the wild. The breeding program also planted trees that these birds feed on to help with their regeneration.
Z9 + Z 100-400 f4.5-5.6 VR S, 1/100s f/5.3 at 320.0mm iso640.
Bronzewing Dove.
Z9 + Z 100-400 f4.5-5.6 VR S, 1/100s f/5.0 at 240.0mm iso800.
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Z9 + Z 100-400 f4.5-5.6 VR S, 1/100s f/5.3 at 340.0mm iso360.
Zebra Finch
Z9 + Z 100-400 f4.5-5.6 VR S, 1/100s f/5.6 at 400.0mm iso125.
Cassowary
Z9 + Z 100-400 f4.5-5.6 VR S, 1/125s f/5.6 at 400.0mm iso2800.
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Jan 20, 2022 at 04:35 AM