[Leica] Shooting Eagles with the D4 and 80 - 400 VR zoom

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

The first two for me. Building on what Gene has said, I would buy
Op-tech or Blackrapid straps depending on how you want you camera to
hang off your body. I have been using Op-Tech for years and years and
years now:

http://optechusa.com/

http://www.blackrapid.com/

Another company who make great straps, Peak Design, and whose wrist
straps I use for my Fujis are having a Kickstarter campaign, and it
might be worth looking at - I have put in for a couple of the clutch
straps, which should be perfect for wandering around the streets of
Chennai:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peak-design/slide-and-clutch-versatile-camera-sling-and-hand-s?ref=email

Cheers
Jayanand


On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 1:29 AM, H&E Cummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote:
> Hi Luggers,
> Yesterday I went to Otter Bay with the D4 and the 80 400 VR zoom but the 
> eagles did not appear.
>
> Today I had more luck - they were there - and I arrived as the Stand owner 
> was about to feed them.
>
> I cranked up the D4 - with AFC and 10 fps and fired away - using various 
> focus patterns to try and
> catch the birds. I was not as successful as I hoped and have asked Luggers 
> with D4's off list
> for their tips on what focus setting is optimal to capture in focus flying 
> birds. Who know who you are!! :-)
>
> Here are the best of today starting with:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Eagles2014/7334.jpg.html>
>
> Eagle landing on dead tree.
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Eagles2014/7337.jpg.html>
>
> Eagle taking off from the ferry dock
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Eagles2014/7339.jpg.html>
>
> Close up of the flight
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Eagles2014/7340.jpg.html>
>
> Flying at me
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Eagles2014/7394.jpg.html>
>
> Wing tip over water - I really like this reflection kind of shot
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Eagles2014/7544.jpg.html>
>
> Flying against a blue water background back to the nest.
>
> Please look large. C&C always welcome.
>
> Howard
>
> PS : I would add that processing 16Mp images is much faster on my old I 
> Mac computer than 36Mp images from the D800E
> but I do miss the vast acreage available for cropping from the 800.
>
>
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