Ray That's interesting about the cable stay ice problem.
The old green painted gothic structure it replaced was a nicer looking bridge and I lamented its replacement until I learned that the iron cables were rusting!
Certainly the old bridge had a lot more area to collect ice, but perhaps did not shed it as much due to flexing.
DeltaSigma wrote:
As George states - a monopod is the way to go.
I use a Manfrotto 290 with a mini tilt head. I screw the tilt head directly into the 200-500's foot plate. Quick release seemed like it was something that might go wrong and added more cost. I don't mind using the thumb wheel to attach/detach the monopod
Rotation is obviously easy and I have the resistance set on the tilt head so that I can forcibly over-ride it but not have it too loose so that things wobble around.
Colin
I don't like the way the thumb wheel loosens during use but it's what I can afford.
My Manfrotto 234 tilt head is permanently attached to the monopod. Cheap and simple. I have never had a problem with it coming loose from the 'pod or the mounting foot from the tilt head. Either way I always have a camera strap wrapped around my wrist or draped over my head as a secondary measure.
leighton w wrote:
Thanks for the likes and kind words everyone.
Colin, since you need an adapter to use with the Z6 anyway, you really ought to take a look at the X-T3. IMHO, it's a much better camera than the Z6.
Can not agree with your last sentence - the fuji might be a great camera, but I tried it out in a shop and for my hand it just doesn't fit at all! Handlingwise it was a step forward but still not the greatest experience.
And for me there is still the general problem of the sensor! The worm effect in leafs and foliage in general is still there if you use just Lightroom to develop it. I don't like that - the look of Nikon d800 is still much better for this in my opinion ( and the newer sensors like d810 or d850 even more so ).
Sorry for commenting on that - do not want to start a new camera equipment war at all.
The Z`s are really a great first step from Nikon in the FF mirrorless game and despite some negatives this will get really great in second generation I think !
nikonos6 wrote:
Can not agree with your last sentence - the fuji might be a great camera, but I tried it out in a shop and for my hand it just doesn't fit at all! Handlingwise it was a step forward but still not the greatest experience.
And for me there is still the general problem of the sensor! The worm effect in leafs and foliage in general is still there if you use just Lightroom to develop it. I don't like that - the look of Nikon d800 is still much better for this in my opinion ( and the newer sensors like d810 or d850 even more so ).
Sorry for commenting on that - do not want to start a new camera equipment war at all.
The Z`s are really a great first step from Nikon in the FF mirrorless game and despite some negatives this will get really great in second generation I think !...Show more →
Great shots Leighton and looks to me like the downtown Middlebrook traffic has gotten much heavier (I count 5 cars) than when I was in-town a few years ago!
HCE HCE wrote:
'The worm effect in leafs and foliage in general is still there if you use just Lightroom to develop it.'
Can someone tell me what the 'worm effect' is? Sounds interesting!
D850 24mm PC-E
Lightroom has a hard time with the Fuji X-Trans sensor when sharpening is applied. Too much of it can cause strange "worm like" artifacts when you pixel peep. I have never had much of a problem with it as I don't find I have to sharpen very much if any.
Supposedly, Capture One Pro handles the Fuji raw files better, but I've never grown to like the UI.
MontanaKid wrote:
Great shots Leighton and looks to me like the downtown Middlebrook traffic has gotten much heavier (I count 5 cars) than when I was in-town a few years ago!
The other Middlebrook
Thanks Jack. Yea, someone has to do something about all that traffic!
