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Alaska Wildlife photography video & still

Started Jun 10, 2015 | Discussions thread
Eric Nepean
Eric Nepean Veteran Member • Posts: 6,209
Re: Alaska Wildlife photography video & still

Lawrence W wrote:

Good morning,

My wife and I will be going to Alaska in 2 weeks time. Itinerary is Fairbanks/Denali N.P./Anchorage/Whittier day cruise/Wrangell (Anan Bear Observatory and Stikine River)/Ketchikan (fishing).

Denali N.P. and Anan will be the highlight of this trip as we both love shooting wildlife.

My primary wildlife gear will be Nikon D7100 + Tamron 70-300, and my wife will use her Sony A57 + Sony 80-400. Monopod will be used.

For scenery and general shooting, our go to camera is Olympus EM1 +12-40/f2.8, instead of changing lenses for our Nikon & Sony.

For still photography, I believe I am all set.

Video is a different story. While Sony can handle video well, my D7100 using live view to capture video of wildlife is a huge challenge. I am more inclined to use my M43 for video. Then I will need to change the lens to 70-300. Or is the new Panasonic 14-140 be more appropriate. Still another option is bring a small Sony video cam. But then, it is the fourth gear, be it small.

Would appreciate very much input from experienced photographers who have been to Denali and Anan to shoot wildlife.

Many thanks

Adding a fourth camera would drive me nuts trying to keep all the menu systems straight.

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