Recent content by Clovishound

Feel free to come here and ask questions as they come up. There is a wealth of information and experience here, and a willingness to share. Wildlife photography is tech intense. You'll be hard pressed to just put you camera on auto and run out and take great pictures without paying attention...

And the mud was full of razor sharp oyster shells.......

As BF said, this lens is likely to be a frustrating experience and agree something in the 150mm-600mm range by a quality manufacturer would be a wise move. If you are going to be using this lens in the meantime, I have a few recommendations. My assumption is that this is a fixed aperture lens...

Discovered a new place to go shoot that's very close to the house. It's a walking trail with numerous retention ponds along the way. It's landscaped with a variety of plants and a number of trees. Wrong time of year, but there was enough to keep me there for well over an hour. I'm thinking in...

I've been stuck in the pluff mud around here. It's no fun. Glad you saved the camera. You have to have your priorities straight. I remember twisting my ankle while walking with my new Z8 on a tripod slung over my shoulder earlier this year. All I could think about when falling was to twist to...

What's a half a stop among friends? I've never used, or even held the Tamron. I got the 200-500 because, at the time, there was no affordable long tele for the Z bodies. The 200-500 was considered to be an excellent performer for the money, and was reputed to work well using an FTZ. I've been...

You should have everything pretty much covered with what you have. If you need extra reach, you could put the 200-500 on the Z50ii and have 750mm 35mm equivalent. It's a bit heavy, but will do the job. If I'm going to be having to hold the 200-500 for long periods of time, I bring a tripod.

Now that I have my Z8, I'm looking towards my next upgrade. I've been very happy with my 200-500 F5.6 paired up with an FTZ. I keep thinking that a more up to date, native mount lens, would serve me better, especially with AF operation. I've been looking and it seems to come down to either the Z...

Most of the members here are from the USA, and likely have never been to this park, and won't know things specific to it. Having said that, 600mm is generally a good focal length for most bird photography. An 800mm is helpful when either you cannot get close enough to the birds, or they are...

The only time it's made a palpable difference for me was when I looked up the time info on some sunrise beach photos. It had been a while since I'd been to this beach, and you needed to plan for sunrise at a specific segment of outgoing tide height, so I was trying to correlate a previous trip...

YOU'RE OUT!

The Pup and I went back over to Magnolia today. Things are slowing down, but still a few things to photograph.

I doubt she will use many of the features the Expeed 7 gives, but so far, she believes this was a decent upgrade from her D5600. I was willing to get her whatever she wanted up to a Z8, but she wanted small, light and easier to use. On a positive note, she has gotten fairly comfortable with...

This is a quick report on my daughter's camera. I got it for her earlier this year, but she hasn't really used it that much due to the weather. We sat down this morning and looked at a bunch of shots she has taken since the weather has cooled down. I must admit that I am impressed with the...

Here's one of my daughter's images. I really liked this one. She is very creative. BTW, that's a little umbrella that fits onto the hot shoe to protect the camera from rain.