p.75 #5 · Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
Getting interested with the upcoming release of a new RX10 model. Had it in 2017 for a few weeks but decided to return and instead purchase the FE 100-400. Haven't really looked at the evaluation results back then as that was the year I got laid off (eng'g job going to Asia/China). Anyway, fully retired now and getting older wanting to look into less bulky one system for travel with birding capability. Results not that bad with only one major issue - DOF. Some newly processed samples:
Even with back side look, face/eyes were still ok due to that small sensor DOF. Background was terrible but with some PS blurring steps (like below last image), it could be improved a bit.
p.75 #7 · Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
A7RM6 400-800
Lots of vertical room - these are downsampled to 4K vertical. Rolling shutter distortion appears to be a non-issue again, despite shooting in lossless compressed. Poor light and slow lens though - one really needs the 600 f/4 to make the most of this sensor I think.
Oops - not sure if it is possible to prevent images from being scaled up horizontally - so best shrink the page width when viewing.
p.75 #11 · Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
Geoff, great series. I referenced some you said a few years ago, but you didn't see it, I'm guessing. Do you still use half-press shutter button focus for BIF? I'm assuming you use pre-capture on BIF.
p.75 #12 · Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
BillinTexas wrote:
Geoff, great series. I referenced some you said a few years ago, but you didn't see it, I'm guessing. Do you still use half-press shutter button focus for BIF? I'm assuming you use pre-capture on BIF.
Thanks
Yes, I still use shutter button to activate AF. Although I have back buttons set to do different AF modes and I have those activate AF also when pressed even without the shutter pressed.
Most of the time I have precapture ON for BIF. Sometimes I turn it off. I have the C1 button set to toggle it on/off.
I’ve also been trying a slightly different method to control when precapture is active without having to toggle it on/off.
If you go into precapture settings and turn it to Shutter button Only then you can setup a back button(s) to activate AF and that won’t trigger precapture to start as long as you don’t also half-press the shutter. Then you can just fully press the shutter and it won’t have buffered any precapture frames. When you do want precapture you can half-press the shutter at the same time as pressing your back button. I have been using this for my bird on a perch button so it isn’t precapturing all the time for just simple perched shots.
p.75 #13 · Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
arbitrage wrote:
Thanks
Yes, I still use shutter button to activate AF. Although I have back buttons set to do different AF modes and I have those activate AF also when pressed even without the shutter pressed.
Most of the time I have precapture ON for BIF. Sometimes I turn it off. I have the C1 button set to toggle it on/off.
I’ve also been trying a slightly different method to control when precapture is active without having to toggle it on/off.
If you go into precapture settings and turn it to Shutter button Only then you can setup a back button(s) to activate AF and that won’t trigger precapture to start as long as you don’t also half-press the shutter. Then you can just fully press the shutter and it won’t have buffered any precapture frames. When you do want precapture you can half-press the shutter at the same time as pressing your back button. I have been using this for my bird on a perch button so it isn’t precapturing all the time for just simple perched shots....Show more →
Thank you. I appreciate the additional information about pre-capture, as I haven't attempted to use it yet. My buttons are the same with the back button for static shots.
p.75 #15 · Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
arbitrage wrote:
First Osprey dive from the kayak for 2026….only got one yesterday but will be going back today to see if he will give me another shot or two
p.75 #19 · Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
Trying out some backyard natural light bee photography. Shocked how sharp 70-200 II macro is, it isn't really any softer than the 100 GM that I have here from what I can see. Both using 1.4 tc. Also nice to not have to risk getting stung at 100mm.
ILCE-1M2FE 70-200mm F4 Macro G OSS II + 1.4X Teleconverter lens280mmf/8.01/1000s3200 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-1M2FE 70-200mm F4 Macro G OSS II + 1.4X Teleconverter lens280mmf/8.01/800s1250 ISO0.0 EV
