In the last few months started shooting my D850 with a 200-500mm lens. In some cases where the subject is in cluttered surroundings, which could be in the woods or trees, I find it hard to find my subject. Sometimes I start with 200mm to find the subject then go to 500mm but on this lens it is a big twist of the lens. Sometimes I memorize the background then look through the lens and search, or aim over the lens barrel. I would love to learn about techniques others use. I attached a few examples at 500mm where the bears were a little difficult to find at 500mm. I cannot imagine how difficult it would be finding birds in trees.
All pics were taken at 500mm and only the last pic is cropped. Thanks!

Here is one with a QR attachment https://www.kirkphoto.com/straps-and-grips/super-grip-handle/super-grip-handle.html

Here is a video on using the Platypod out the car window. Very interesting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=252&v=lrPt8Klm7z0

I have the same problem with a large screen Lenovo so the problem is not brand specific. In Win 10 you can try - Settings, Ease of Access, "Make Everything Bigger". Also - Settings, Display, "Scale and Layout". These helped me.

Excellent. I love them all!

When I use bracketing I most always forget to turn it off. In one of my classes the instructor said to always do a "white button" check before the next shoot. In other words check all your settings you may have changed, e.g. ISO, compensation, mode... Bracketing is easy to forget and if you are in slow shutter release you may never know unless you chimp or finish the shoot.

I too have a D850 but only 8gb of ram and PS and LR run slow with those big files. (Windows 10 reloaded from scratch with i5 processor, 8gb ram, 1tb drive). I need an upgrade like you did.

I have a D850 and no XQD reader. An in camera option that I used is to copy all XQD files to the SD card, then read the SD card in my computer. Maybe that will work for you.

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Snapbridge works fine for me. I use it mostly to get GPS loc. and an occasional photo to share with others. I shoot RAW. When I want to download one or two pics I convert only those to jpg, then download only those best shots in 2 meg size to share. When done for the day, I take the SD card to my computer to get all the pics.

For my monopod I use the manfrotto 234 monopod tilt head and love it. I find it a great combination when traveling.

Me too with a D7500 or D5600.

Thanks for all the comments! It was great fun to take the pics and to understand which pics you liked the best.

This is the biggest Praying Mantis I ever saw. About 4 inches long and took me by surprise. A little PP never hurts.

Through a double pane of glass with my D600


Another through glass


Moved fast up high so I used my D7500 & Nikon 200-500


Cropped to see his face

This is my experience with Snapbridge, D7500 and iOS. Sometimes I use it with a D5600 but I am not sure the differences. After BT is connected, the camera chooses if it needs wifi and then the camera turns it on. You don't need to do anything.

- Nikon has a great video to help you connect the camera to the first time
- Once connected (paired) you should not need to do that again. So you will not need the camera function “connect to smart device” again.
- with the camera and Snapbridge both on and close to each other, they will connect by themselves. The connection is evidenced by the Bluetooth (BT) symbol on the iOS device and camera BT symbol on solid.
- when the camera display goes to sleep, so does the Bluetooth connection unless you enable the BT “send while off” function in the setup menu. When the camera wakes up so does the BT connection all by itself. You may want to set your Custom Setting C2 timer to 10seconds or longer.
- Snapbridge only works with .jpg files.
- if you only shoot .nef files, you can use the camera Retouch menu to convert selected files to .jpg. Then use Playback menu to select and send .jpg files to your iOS device. If Snapbridge “cloud” is setup to Auto upload, your files will be uploaded to Nikon Image Space.
- some Snapbridge camera “Auto link” functions are duplicated in your camera. So both need to be on to activate that function. Think auto download, synchronize location...
- Snapbridge download function only works with WiFi. BT must be connected first to connect with WiFi. The camera chooses wifi if it needs it. You select the .jpg files on your iOS device and click download. WiFi stays on in camera and Snapbridge until you turn it off in Snapbridge or turn the camera off.
- Remote photography works on WiFi and allows you to change P,M,A,S modes take pics and more. Focus by pressing the iOS screen display.