After the 1st day of following these guys there were times I considered dumping Chubby because of the weight. Each day we trekked from 5 to 10 miles trying to keep close enough to the band of chimpanzees.
The rainforest was incredibly dark, I finally settled on the D3s w 200/2.0 over the D800e and 75% of my keeper shots were in that 6400 to 12800 ISO range. Sutter speeds had to be minimum of 1/100 as they sit still but are always grooming/moving when sitting. The terrain was up/down/wet and more wet. Since they travel in the tree tops they didn\'t need a trail. I couldn\'t focus and compose while hanging in the tree tops so I chose to stay on the ground.
In this example the D3s @1/250, F/2.2, ISO 12800. Could not make it back in 14, hope to be there this year using the D4s, D750, & Chubby. The 200/2.0 was too long sometimes but the fellas with me had to deal with even higher ISO\'s because they had slower zoom lens.
Gerard
Jan 29, 2015 at 10:05 AM
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