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For those that didn't see the post I made in Blackstar's thread, I made my first outing with the gimbal head this morning. I was very happy with it's performance, and managed to get a few OK pictures. I will likely try going back to this park and work on my technique and learn the patterns of...

Well, got back a bit ago from my first outing with the gimbal. In two words, I love it! As to carrying, I did as planned and carried it with the gimbal locked, tripod legs extended, over my shoulder. Tried it without locking and didn't have any issues, but felt more confident with it locked...

I look forward to seeing the info from this thread. I just got a gimbal mount for Christmas. Haven't done much more than shoot a few birds in the backyard with it. I really liked the feel of it from this limited experience. The Pup and I were going to go to the Birds of Prey Center yesterday to...

Nice. Being able to catch eagles in the wild going about their normal activity, and be close enough to photograph them is no easy task. To actually get good photos of it is even harder.

On most forums, the saying is, "no pictures, didn't happen". Somehow that seems inappropriate here. I suppose I'm saying, hey we'd like to see some pictures from this. I know I would be interested in seeing them.

Well, I went ahead and pulled the pan assembly apart. That was some nasty grease they put in there. Thick and sticky. I had trouble getting it off my hands. I used some axle grease, the only thing I had on hand. It moves more freely now. The Pup and I are planning on a trip to the Birds of Prey...

I've had the 200-500 for a good bit of the year. As I have said before, it never ceases to impress me. This is one of my favorite lenses ever.

2022 has been a mixed bag for photography for me. My interest in the last year or so has re-blossomed after several decades of pursuing other interests. I've learned a lot about the digital end of photography and post processing. I've also learned a new way of looking at things to photograph...

I have no experience with the Sigma. The only thing I can offer is I have had the Nikon 200-500 F5.6 since earlier this year. It never ceases to impress me. Normal price is a bit steeper at around $1400, but they have put it on sale for $1050 several times this year. I just checked and it's on...

I made the switch from film photography (many, many years ago) to digital last year. I have really enjoyed what you can do with a modern digital camera. This site is a great resource for information and help. It's also a great way to show off, I mean share, your photos.

The colorize filter is very iffy. What looks like a solid dark blue or black dress in B&W will end up various shades of dark blue to maroon. There are sections of a scene that end up gray versus the color assigned to other sections of the same object without any perceptible delineation. I am...

No, I didn't. Interesting. Thanks for pointing that out. I'm sure that since the algorithms must try and differentiate between particulars of the original image, and defects from age, damage and poor photography when the picture was taken, there certainly are times when substantive, and...

I've played around with a few more old photos. Some do much better than others. Here's one of my mother. Before: It's in pretty good shape, but very soft and lacking in resolution. Here it is after running through the old photo restoration. And just for fun, I ran it through colorize...

Yes, I had read a couple of reviews complaining of them being stiff. I also read a few that disassembled and regreased them. I'm fairly handy, so I figured I could fix that if it were a problem. Right now I find the tilt to be very smooth and easy. The pan is very smooth, but seems a tad...

It's the Neweer "Professional" model. Amazon Yes, it's not one of the high end gimbals. I mounted it on my old Bogen 3021, and put the 200-500 F5.6 Nikkor lens on it with my Z5 and adapter. I had to play around just a little with the placement of the arca swiss style mounting plate. Got...

There is nothing wrong with using the scene modes. I would say that it's a good idea to keep an eye on what the camera is doing and make inputs as necessary. I find that it is easier to monitor and change when in aperture, shutter or manual mode. YMMV Just like driving a manual transmission, it...

My understanding of the scene modes is they affect exposure only. They will choose what the camera decides is an appropriate combo of aperture and shutter speed, weighted toward the type of scene selected. You can adjust exposure post processing, although there are limits. I normally consider I...

I'm with Fred on this. I have Lightroom/PS. They are great programs. I don't use the cloud, I just export them to my hard drive organized by location and date in different folders, with a couple kitchen drawer folders for times I just take a couple shots instead of an outing with lots of pics...