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<blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 800934" data-attributes="member: 50197">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 some of the subjects. It's fairly close, and I have an annual pass, so I would only be out gas and time. Wife is doing well enough now that I can leave her alone for a few hours without concern. They open at 9:00, too bad I can't get over there earlier in the morning.[ATTACH=full]386749[/ATTACH]These wood ducks are very skiddish. I also discovered that they swim too fast to use shutter speeds down around 1/125. These are not quite as sharp as I might like. I like to keep my ASA as low as possible, but I'd rather have a very sharp image at the expense of a little noise. Plus, the Z-5 will handle higher ASA settings without introducing too much noise compared to the crop sensor cameras. This one was shot at ASA 400 F8 and 1/125 sec. The stationary weeds where tack sharp. I should have bumped up to 1600 or higher. The steadiness of the gimbal gave me a sense of complacency about shutter speeds.[ATTACH=full]386750[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clovishound, post: 800934, member: 50197"] 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 some of the subjects. It's fairly close, and I have an annual pass, so I would only be out gas and time. Wife is doing well enough now that I can leave her alone for a few hours without concern. They open at 9:00, too bad I can't get over there earlier in the morning. [ATTACH type="full"]386749[/ATTACH] These wood ducks are very skiddish. I also discovered that they swim too fast to use shutter speeds down around 1/125. These are not quite as sharp as I might like. I like to keep my ASA as low as possible, but I'd rather have a very sharp image at the expense of a little noise. Plus, the Z-5 will handle higher ASA settings without introducing too much noise compared to the crop sensor cameras. This one was shot at ASA 400 F8 and 1/125 sec. The stationary weeds where tack sharp. I should have bumped up to 1600 or higher. The steadiness of the gimbal gave me a sense of complacency about shutter speeds. [ATTACH type="full"]386750[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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