Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Luis Thanks for looking. Are you back home, fit as a fiddle, as yet? Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 3:48 PM, Lluis Ripoll < lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >