First bird images with Nikon P1000
Sep 17, 2018 20:54:15 #
I was approximately 50-75 feet away. Closer than I normally can get (I guess because he was too busy trying to cool off to care!).
The close-up headshot was at 1600mm (just half of the camera's native optical zoom) 1/500sec f/6.3 iso100
The FULL shot was at 500mm 1/800sec f/5 iso100
I normally shoot birds in flight (including eagles...of which we have hundreds living around our lakes in Central Florida) with a DSLR...currently a Nikon D850 with either the Nikon 80-400 or Tamron 150-600G2.
I can see it's going to take some technique adjustment to be able to capture moving subjects at long focal lengths with this camera. As much as I like the potential 2000mm...shooting with an EVF (even though this is the best one I've
seen aside from the SONY RX10iv). I don't know that I'' EVER be able to do it a full focal length.
The two Heron shots were hand-held. But, I'd recoomend, if you're going to be shooting eagles perched or on the nest at a full 2000mm, USE A TRIPOD. The actual field of view at that focal length is SO SMALL it becomes really difficult to keep your target on-screen.
The close-up headshot was at 1600mm (just half of the camera's native optical zoom) 1/500sec f/6.3 iso100
The FULL shot was at 500mm 1/800sec f/5 iso100
I normally shoot birds in flight (including eagles...of which we have hundreds living around our lakes in Central Florida) with a DSLR...currently a Nikon D850 with either the Nikon 80-400 or Tamron 150-600G2.
I can see it's going to take some technique adjustment to be able to capture moving subjects at long focal lengths with this camera. As much as I like the potential 2000mm...shooting with an EVF (even though this is the best one I've
seen aside from the SONY RX10iv). I don't know that I'' EVER be able to do it a full focal length.
The two Heron shots were hand-held. But, I'd recoomend, if you're going to be shooting eagles perched or on the nest at a full 2000mm, USE A TRIPOD. The actual field of view at that focal length is SO SMALL it becomes really difficult to keep your target on-screen.
Sep 17, 2018 21:01:14 #
bluezzzzz wrote:
We have enough Great Blue Herons around here in lo... (show quote)
Thank you for your explanation. It's so obvious once I read it, it feels stupid of me not to have figured that out! :)
But it IS interesting that I've been watching and photographing these birds for years (and we have so many of them here in Central Florida) and that is the FIRST time I've seen that!
Sep 17, 2018 21:15:53 #
Sep 17, 2018 21:47:56 #
Fantastic images in download. I have a feeling the Nikon P-1000 sales will increase after viewing these.
Sep 17, 2018 21:54:57 #
I’ve been so jammed with work the past few days, I haven’t had time to really give the camera a good workout! Hopefully things will settle down and I can become familiarized enough to see just what it’s capable of.
Sep 17, 2018 21:57:30 #
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Sep 18, 2018 07:31:24 #
Wonderful pictures of the GBH. My wife and I live just 15 minutes away from 2 of the best wetland sanctuaries in SE Florida (Green Cay and Wakodahatchee). Unfortuately I can only afford to use hand-me-down cameras...... On the plus side, my wife is not nearly as "cheap" as I am and her P1000 (3000mm) just arrived yesterday ... which means I get to keep her old P900 (2000mm) camera!!! Can't wait to get out this weekend!
Sep 18, 2018 11:28:25 #
The pay-off for the convenience of a superzoom is - a small sensor.
You would need a dolly for a 2000mm zoom FF camera. And need to sell a house or two.
You would need a dolly for a 2000mm zoom FF camera. And need to sell a house or two.
Sep 18, 2018 11:38:50 #
Good shots mharvey!
The pay-off for the convenience of a superzoom is a small sensor.
BTW just imagine a 2000mm zoom for the FF camera. The size, weight and the cost?
Also, question is the usefullness of a fully extended superzoom: The mist, warm air movements and reflections.
The pay-off for the convenience of a superzoom is a small sensor.
BTW just imagine a 2000mm zoom for the FF camera. The size, weight and the cost?
Also, question is the usefullness of a fully extended superzoom: The mist, warm air movements and reflections.
Sep 18, 2018 13:59:06 #
Paul J. Svetlik wrote:
The pay-off for the convenience of a superzoom is - a small sensor.
You would need a dolly for a 2000mm zoom FF camera. And need to sell a house or two.
You would need a dolly for a 2000mm zoom FF camera. And need to sell a house or two.
Hi Paul...yes, I know! But since I'm only "wishing"....why not go all the way! :)
Sep 18, 2018 14:10:57 #
Paul J. Svetlik wrote:
Good shots mharvey!
The pay-off for the convenience of a superzoom is a small sensor.
BTW just imagine a 2000mm zoom for the FF camera. The size, weight and the cost?
Also, question is the usefullness of a fully extended superzoom: The mist, warm air movements and reflections.
The pay-off for the convenience of a superzoom is a small sensor.
BTW just imagine a 2000mm zoom for the FF camera. The size, weight and the cost?
Also, question is the usefullness of a fully extended superzoom: The mist, warm air movements and reflections.
And, I also am only too-familiar with focal lengths and atmoshperic turbulence. I've been an amaateur astronomer for over 40 years and have a 'scope with a 28" sensor (it's mirror diameter!).
I have had it highly modified for "compactness" (everything is relative), yet it still requires a 4' high platform ladder to reach the eyepiece and weighs some 350 lbs.
As clear aperture and image magnification increases, so do the effects of atmospheric turbulence (we call it "seing conditions") and there are frequently times when "poor seeing"
Some nights, it's not worth even trying to observe!
Oct 8, 2018 09:24:33 #
My wife just got these yesterday morning with her new Nikon P1000 ... we love the camera for nature shots (PS I inherited her P900
Oct 8, 2018 12:15:10 #
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