Get Over It!!!
Quick shoot with one of my son's friend.
Z9 works great with Canon adapted glass.
Canon EF 200mm f2 with Fringer Pro Adapter.
I use EF lenses as they will also work on my GFX system.
Alistair1 wrote:
Very nice. Of course one swallow doesn't a summer make. 🙂
Literally the most boring subject I've ever tried to shoot. If these are what get you motivated to get out of the house, great, but they ain't for me!
If some landscape shooting dummy can figure out how to reliably shoot them on the Z8/Z9, I don't want to hear one thing from the people who actually enjoy it.
I haven't been so fortunate to run across actual flying birds. All I've shot so far has been pelicans hanging out in the water which of course isn't much of a challenge. I am looking very forward to running into the flying variety and getting my chance. The 24-120 is a real sweetheart lens for landscapes that's for sure. I'm waiting for my 1.4x teleconverter so I can slap it onto my 100-400 and put a button for DX mode and get a 840mm equivalent reach. I'd been using the Sony 200-600 on my A7RV and punching the APS-C mode got me the equivalent of 900mm reach, which has really done the job.
RoamingScott wrote:
If some landscape shooting dummy can figure out how to reliably shoot them on the Z8/Z9, I don't want to hear one thing from the people who actually enjoy it.
In recognition of those who are actual skilled bird photographers, I will point out that your getting a shot of a Swallow and declaring some sort of competence is like someone who has taken an image of a mountain and some trees claiming some sort of landscaping credentials. The practitioners of the art are way past getting a Swallow in marginal focus. They are getting the birds in focus, with interesting gesture, a reasonable size in frame, and a moment, or environment, worthy of notice. They are likely deleting images without all of these special attributes after each outing.
It’s a joke, Steve. One I’m making because a few exhausting posters won’t shut up about it. Being preachy in an image thread for 2 cameras you don’t and will never own is a look.
I led a monthly Photowalk around Brookgreen Gardens in South Carolina this morning. We had 27 people show up and come along. Here is a small selection of what we saw. I used my Z8 and Z100-400S lens which is perfect for this!
Snake in one of the ponds
NIKON Z 8NIKKOR Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S lens400mmf/5.61/2500s900 ISO0.0 EV
Water Lily
NIKON Z 8NIKKOR Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S lens400mmf/5.61/2500s450 ISO-0.7 EV
Small frog on back of Water Lily bud
NIKON Z 8NIKKOR Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S lens400mmf/5.61/2500s500 ISO-0.3 EV
Dragonfly
NIKON Z 8NIKKOR Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S lens400mmf/5.61/2500s9000 ISO-0.3 EV
Another Water Lily
NIKON Z 8NIKKOR Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S lens260mmf/5.01/2500s200 ISO-0.7 EV
George DeCamp wrote:
I led a monthly Photowalk around Brookgreen Gardens in South Carolina this morning. We had 27 people show up and come along. Here is a small selection of what we saw. I used my Z8 and Z100-400S lens which is perfect for this!
