how do you find that 120fps for GIFs creation (compared to measly 30 fps on A1 ) ?
Nice dynamics in those btw .
Thank you Jan, much appreciated feed back.
Well, it's at a different level, as they say a different ball game.
With 30 FPS you miss between 2 images 3 other ones you get at 120 FPS.
Even at 60 FPS you would miss every other 120 FPS image. It's not the same.
Anticipating an A1 II with only 60 FPS would not cut it for me.
That's why I decided to get the A9 III.
Of course I still hope the anticipated A1 II could get to 120 FPS with higher resolution and a much larger buffer.
That would be pretty much optimal for current level of technology.
I would get that one as well.
But the current A9 III is a unique resource that one shouldn't underestimate.
Anyway, I have a blast with this camera. No regrets whatsoever.
Oh, BTW, I have the computer resource to deal with the flood of images.
k-h.a.w wrote:
Thank you Jan, much appreciated feed back.
Well, it's at a different level, as they say a different ball game.
With 30 FPS you miss between 2 images 3 other ones you get at 120 FPS.
Even at 60 FPS you would miss every other 120 FPS image. It's not the same.
Anticipating an A1 II with only 60 FPS would not cut it for me.
That's why I decided to get the A9 III.
Of course I still hope the anticipated A1 II could get to 120 FPS with higher resolution and a much larger buffer.
That would be pretty much optimal for current level of technology.
I would get that one as well.
But the current A9 III is a unique resource that one shouldn't underestimate.
Anyway, I have a blast with this camera. No regrets whatsoever.
Oh, BTW, I have the computer resource to deal with the flood of images.
Agreed, I think there is nothing that comes even close to what A9III offers for extremely fast action shooting.
I'm tempted to try one myself every now and then but then I remind myself I don't really shoot much action .
Regarding, computer resources, I've seen some AI-based tools that choose the best photos from a burst, at least for people shots, maybe they work / will work some day on birds too .
I didn't have much luck in finding the Barred Owl chicks the other day but did spot and adult. Looked like the adult was bring food back to the chicks but I couldn't spot them anywhere in the near vicinity.
ILCE-9M3FE 600mm F4 GM OSS lens600mmf/4.01/2000s10000 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-9M3FE 600mm F4 GM OSS lens600mmf/4.01/500s6400 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-9M3FE 600mm F4 GM OSS lens600mmf/4.01/640s1000 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-9M3FE 600mm F4 GM OSS lens600mmf/4.01/500s6400 ISO0.0 EV
211 consecutive images in total.
On my imperfect stop watch the first GIF animation takes around 23 seconds to display.
But the Sony A9.3 took the images in about 2 seconds.
In Photoshop I chose "no delay" added after each frame.
So the real time action is an order of magnitude faster than can be displayed here.
Those hummingbirds can move really fast.
211 consecutive images in total.
On my imperfect stop watch the first GIF animation takes around 23 seconds to display.
But the Sony A9.3 took the images in about 2 seconds.
In Photoshop I chose "no delay" added after each frame.
So the real time action is an order of magnitude faster than can be displayed here.
Those hummingbirds can move really fast.
K-H.
Are you using tracking AF for the hummingbirds? I can't even get the A9III to recognize the ruby-throated hummingbirds in my backyard as birds and track them.
trippalhealick wrote:
Are you using tracking AF for the hummingbirds? I can't even get the A9III to recognize the ruby-throated hummingbirds in my backyard as birds and track them.
Please note towards the end of this GIF animation the deer seems to be speeding up as the camera slows down. This happens exactly at frame 193 of 203 as the A9.3 pre-capture buffer size is 192.
Please note the clip starts out very smoothly, intermittently the branches are pretty vigorously blown around, and the clip ends very smoothly again.
It turns out the at the beginning and ending of the clip images were shot at 120 FPS, while in between the images were shot at a rate of 6 FPS as the camera had filled up its buffer of 192 images.
My take on this behavior is simply that motions, either in the environment to shakiness of hand holding the camera of order 1/10 of a second are too long to be noticed at an order of magnitude shorter time scale that the A9.3 can operate on when it has not run out of buffer space.
However at a shooting speed of 6 FPS this time scale is comparable to human reaction times or slow motions in the environment.
There are 2 kinds of motion blur, namely subject or camera motion. In the last clip there is only subject motion as camera motion has already been eliminated through image alignment.
louie champan wrote:
I didn't have much luck in finding the Barred Owl chicks the other day but did spot and adult. Looked like the adult was bring food back to the chicks but I couldn't spot them anywhere in the near vicinity.
Louie
Fantastic image of the owls. Love the one with the worm and the owl.
Morrie
I had a pretty good morning with the eagles over the oyster beds this morning, before the heat distortion picked up. Not often I get to say too nice of a day. These were all fairly large crops.
So far the shots posted by all these great photographers are outstanding and great show case for the camera. Please also post something but birds. Thank you 😀
louie champan wrote:
I had a pretty good morning with the eagles over the oyster beds this morning, before the heat distortion picked up. Not often I get to say too nice of a day. These were all fairly large crops.
Thank you louie, truly stunning images. WOW!
I am curious how many images you typically get in a single sequence?
Also, what frame rate are you using? 30, 60, or 120 FPS?
Do you use Pre-Capture in the eagle shots?
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