Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great shots Jayanand! as always This one is my favorite <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/dolphin/Canada-20170729-3382.jpg.html <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/dolphin/Canada-20170729-3382.jpg.html>> Cheers Lluis > El 19 ag 2017, a les 4:48, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> va > escriure: > > Adam, > IMHO it is a barely acceptable kit as a substitute for a DSLR kit for fast > action sequences. Other than that it is very good, and gives great results. > However, when I am shooting wildlife, I am constantly on the lookout for > photographing creatures doing something, and less interested in static > studies, so this really does not suit me at all. > > Birds in the sky are easy, there is nothing that can interfere with the > focus, so you can put any system on automatic/wide tracking focus mode and > get away with it. It is when you want birds in flight to stand out against > a messy/forest background, with the lens wide open to further blur the > background, that the quality of focus acquisition/tracking come into play. > With the Nikon D500/300mm combo in Brazil last year, I was getting > sequences of 150 shots, around 90% in focus. I found this impossible with > the Fuji X-T2/100-400mm combo. Both bodies are APS-C format, so it is > really a like to like comparison! > > Hope that clarifies. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > > > On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 1:22 AM, Adam Bridge <abridge at mac.com> wrote: > >> Ah, I understand now Jayanand. I certainly didn?t mean to talk down to >> you. Since I have no investment in DSLR gear at this point I?m simply >> working to make the best of the mirrorless gear I have. >> >> I?m enjoying the challenge. >> >> I certainly cannot argue with the results you have achieved. >> >> Well done and inspiring. >> >> Adam >> >> >>> On 2017 Aug 17, at 10:18 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Adam, >>> I know the X system very well, having used it since the initial launch of >>> the X-Pro1, through X-E1, X-T1, X100s to the X-T2 at present. The way I >>> managed here is to take a barrage of photographs to fill up the extremely >>> limited buffer, hoping a few were OK, waiting for the buffer to empty, >> and >>> then letting go with another barrage. The X-T2 lets me take 25 RAW shots >>> before the buffer chokes, while a Nikon D500 lets me take 200 RAW shots, >>> with far, far superior focus acquisition and tracking. The X-T2 is not a >>> patch on the Nikon D500 for wildlife/birds, and I do not want to spend >> $$$$ >>> buying a slow telephoto zoom with limited use. IMHO, mirrorless has some >>> way to go yet to catch up with DSLRs for action photography, despite all >>> the hype and hoopla surrounding it at present. I am sticking with my >> Nikon >>> kit for the foreseeable future! >>> >>> Cheers >>> Jayanand >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 8:57 AM, Adam Bridge <abridge at mac.com> wrote: >>> >>>> There are a wealth of settings on the X-T2 that interact with the >>>> continuous focus. I found (somewhere) a recommended set that seemed to >> work >>>> quite well for me. Another friend took his X-T2 shooting birds and sea >>>> otters and got very good results - on the order of 80% of his images >> were >>>> in-focus - not bad for white birds against the sky. >>>> >>>> So it?s worth experimenting. >>>> >>>> Adam >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 2017 Aug 11, at 8:01 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at >>>>> gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Wildlife wise, the best encounter of our Canada trip was with a large >> pod >>>>> of playful feeding Pacific White-sided Dolphin at the waters around >>>>> Campbell River in British Columbia. They were great to see, and I >> spent a >>>>> lot of time taking a break from photography, just looking at them >>>>> frolicking. This trip I had decided to borrow Howard Cummer's Fuji >>>> 100-400, >>>>> and stick with a Fuji X-T2 for the whole trip, not taking my Nikon >>>>> equipment at all, so that I could evaluate the mirrorless kit for >> action >>>>> sequences. It was a decision I came to regret quite early on - I was >>>>> getting around 10% of focused images, on High Speed tracking mode, >>>> compared >>>>> to my normal hit rate of around 80% with the Nikon kit. In other >> words, a >>>>> no contest for action sequences, though as you would expect, it was >>>>> perfectly fine for static shots. Mirrorless still has some way to go, >> on >>>>> both focus acquisition and tracking in high speed mode, and I am not >>>> going >>>>> to repeat the experiment anytime soon! Here are some dolphin captures, >>>>> then, and they are all different ones! >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information