Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/08/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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