Hi, thanks for all the suggestions-I put the camera 100 feet from the house, RF remote, set at 500mm, APf8, iso 200-let's see what happens-hope some Eagles show up!
GDRoth
Loc: Southeast Michigan USA
Mirror lock up is key also
Bankshot wrote:
Hi, It's on gimbal, and locked, and I am using a remote release. Can you tell from looking at the images if there is some camera movement? Maybe from mirror flop. It seems there might be even though I am using a remote. I can try adding weight to the tripod.
Bill
You could also try adding a weight training wrist strap around the lens on either side of the tripod mounting point to help stabilize ......
The pictures obviously suffer from camera shake or something that makes your pics very blurry, maybe some other problems are in effect also. It might be you have forgot to switch off the stabilizer on the lens or the tripod is not sturdy enough. If you have the tripod on a wooden floor with wooden construction the floor may be moving from your own weight. But the high shutter speed should count for all of this more or less so maybe you are just focusing way off when you are manually focusing.
It may also be mirror slapping as others have mentioned and if you have put some filter on the lens it might be the reason for this. Remove the filter and try again.
And if you are bringing the camera out from your warm house and put it out in the cold it may be condense on the lens making it foggy and blurry.
I have an idea that you're shooting at 1/3000th because you're hand holding. You don't have to shoot that high. That would also allow you to lower your ISO. If you don't have a tripod, do everything that you can to keep the camera and lens still....keep your elbows against your body, your hand under the lens, don't breath, and press the shutter button easily, don't bang it down.
How is your vision? Are you hand holding or on a Tripod?
Bankshot wrote:
I looked for another post dealing with this but I am looking for help with a specific lens (Tamron 150-600mm), but any help would be appreciated. I have an opportunity to shoot a deer carcass near my home that is being visited by various scavengers (Coyotes, several different Bald Eagles, and some crows). The problem is that it is about 100-150 yards away. The wary Eagles and Coyotes won't let me get closer than my house without running off. I am not getting images as sharp as I had expected or hoped for using this lens at this distance. I get extremely sharp images at closer ranges (10-50 yards). All shot with Nikon D7000, manual careful focus, as sharp as I could get it. I tried my Nikon 18-200mm and got similar results. Shooting through an open patio door, but maybe there is just too much heat shimmer with the heat coming out the door I am shooting from. I have tried using a hoodman loupe on my live view screen for focusing. Am I reaching for something I can not grasp?
Bill
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Do the best you can with exposure, then Post Process with Topaz programs... deNoise, Detail, Clarity... or deNoise, Detail, and B&W2
Oh yes, forgot.. crop to give excellent composition and if needed increase the image size at the end and clean up (noise detail, contrast adjust) again before printing.
Bankshot wrote:
I looked for another post dealing with this but I am looking for help with a specific lens (Tamron 150-600mm), but any help would be appreciated. I have an opportunity to shoot a deer carcass near my home that is being visited by various scavengers (Coyotes, several different Bald Eagles, and some crows). The problem is that it is about 100-150 yards away. The wary Eagles and Coyotes won't let me get closer than my house without running off. I am not getting images as sharp as I had expected or hoped for using this lens at this distance. I get extremely sharp images at closer ranges (10-50 yards). All shot with Nikon D7000, manual careful focus, as sharp as I could get it. I tried my Nikon 18-200mm and got similar results. Shooting through an open patio door, but maybe there is just too much heat shimmer with the heat coming out the door I am shooting from. I have tried using a hoodman loupe on my live view screen for focusing. Am I reaching for something I can not grasp?
Bill
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Use a tripod, if possible with spot metering and AF-C. You have difficult lighting challenges which impact focus. However, you should be able to achieve good results at that distance. However, closer is almost always better.
For those who missed it: he's using a gimbal.
;-)
joer
Loc: Colorado/Illinois
imagemeister wrote:
...........Maybe !
A few suggestions some have already been mentioned:
1. Get the camera closer; use a RF trigger
2. Adjust the exposure by 1.5-2 stops
3. Lower the ISO and shutter speed
4. Don't shoot wide open
5. Wait for better light
6. Shoot raw
7. Avoid 600mm; its the weak point of the lens
Try to do as much of this as possible.
Best of luck.
LoneRangeFinder wrote:
For those who missed it: he's using a gimbal.
;-)
You are being too polite in your comment. It always amazes me that so many people who reply to posts in this forum don't take the time to read the replies and comments that others have already made. In this case, repetitive comments about gray snow, mirror slap (ridiculous in the first place at 1/3000 shutter), tripods, stabilization and such are a waste of readers' time. I suggest that having the courtesy to read earlier replies before imparting your wisdom might greatly improve this forum.
GDRoth
Loc: Southeast Michigan USA
Rick from NY wrote:
You are being too polite in your comment. It always amazes me that so many people who reply to posts in this forum don't take the time to read the replies and comments that others have already made. In this case, repetitive comments about gray snow, mirror slap (ridiculous in the first place at 1/3000 shutter), tripods, stabilization and such are a waste of readers' time. I suggest that having the courtesy to read earlier replies before imparting your wisdom might greatly improve this forum.
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I guess the OP should have just waited for your wisdom and called it a day...
GDRoth wrote:
I guess the OP should have just waited for your wisdom and called it a day...
pretty sure you missed my point entirely. It has nothing to do with the OP. It was a criticism of the replies to his question by those too lazy to actually read the thread.
MadMikeOne
Loc: So. NJ Shore - a bit west of Atlantic City
Bankshot wrote:
Hi, It's on gimbal, and locked, and I am using a remote release. Can you tell from looking at the images if there is some camera movement? Maybe from mirror flop. It seems there might be even though I am using a remote. I can try adding weight to the tripod.
Bill
You are using a tripod. Do you have the IS or VR (terminology depends on camera brand - IS for Canon & VR for Nikon) turned off on the lens? It should be off when using a tripod.
Edit: Also lower your SS and your ISO.
they say to turn off the image stabilization if using a tripod . . .
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