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Post by kentyeti on Jul 22, 2020 10:56:35 GMT
Having read the specification, and having moved onto a full-size sensor DSLR some years back (Nikon D750), I pre-ordered this camera, and collected it (Park Cameras Burgess Hill, Sussex), an hour after they became available.
The key element for me is its low light capability. Along with having two SD card slots. I'm not bothered about speed of taking photos; whilst I do sometimes take photos in quick succession, they are all individual clicks on the shutter button for me. I've never gone for the machine-gun approach.
With the Nikon 200mm - 500mm f5.6 lens, this camera is outstanding in very low light. And, if there is a slight background glow from the lights of fairly distant industry, I can photograph (silhouette), flying owls at night. Using ISO 51,200, or, if I frame the photo so it doesn’t need subsequent cropping, and it’s a clear moonlit night, I can just about get away with the extra 2 stops and go to ISO 204,800. Focus is the really big issue at night, and, before lockdown, I was testing techniques to handle that.
Daylight photos are very good too!
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Post by Psamathe on Jul 22, 2020 11:19:14 GMT
One particular aspect of interest to me at the moment is your choice of DSLR vs mirrorless.
Years ago I went "Canon" with the bulk of my investment in lenses (in particular a 100-400 L). My body is old, low-end and not great (same applies to camera!) and I've been thinking about upgrading/updating but had been keen on mirrorless ...
Canon seemed a bit behind the game on mirrorless but new models imminent until they were released the other day and I was decidedly unimpressed with the new models (still somewhat behind Sony's older models but Canon's ones are £££££££££££££).
So now wondering if it's time to give-up on Canon and switch. I was a bit interested in Olympus (as I loved my OM1/OM4s) but it seems like Olympus are giving up now (they've put their imaging division up for sale and no buyers).
With mirrorless I like the idea of the silent shutter. Also, for travelling I've been using a compact camera and love the EVF features. What kicked of thinking about upgrade is really for travel where a little Sony RX100 is great (18-200mm equiv zoom, 20MP) but some places I really miss the 100-400 (e.g. condors flying overhead and I miss the "reach") so thought time to stop worrying so much about weight/theft and carry better gear. But I'm going round in circles; don't like Canon's body offerings, don't want to spend the megs-£££££ to get 100-400 equivalent from another system (and apparently EF lens to <whoever> adapters are not great). So I'm wondering if I should maybe just stick with DSLR (where Canon have a better range of offerings).
Thanks Ian
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Post by kentyeti on Jul 22, 2020 12:58:48 GMT
For now, I'm happy with my Nikon cameras, D750 and D780, along with Nikon 50mm f1.8, 24-120mm f4, 300mm f4 (one generation back, so no vibration reduction), and the 200-500mm f5.6 lenses.
I don't want to start replacing that lot with mirrorless, especially as I always take two camera bodies on a Short-eared Owl field trip. And as my next step is likely to be into thermal imaging still photography.
The 200-500mm lens, by the way, which is superb optically, has long been taped up to be just a 500mm f5.6 lens. It's aimed at the consumer market, and couldn't cope with the very heavy use it gets in the chaos the inside of my car sees when Shortie studying. And the 500mm f4 is way too heavy, as I never use a tripod.
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