Alaska Wildlife photography video & still

My Nikon with a 30% crop on an APS-C sensor will give me almost 600mm. The Sony 70-400 and the Oly 75-300 both get us 600mm. They are all pretty decent for stills; just have to try them out for video.

Denali NP will need the longest  lens one can carry. My understanding is Anan Creek is a different story. Bears could be only 50-100 ft away. Lighting is the issue there as it is a rain forest, pretty dark even if it is not raining. I don't have fast and long lenses on any of the above 3 systems. Only Nikon 50/f1.8, 35/f1.8, or Oly 45/f1.8 and 25/f1.8 which I used mostly for taking pictures of my little granddaughter!

khoss wrote:

We used 4 GH2s, though, so video wasn't a problem. I don't know about the EM1 except that it will do better for stills. I now have an EM5 II which does pretty good video. The 70-300 on even an APS-C sensor is a little too short for Denali where it would be good to have a 600mm equivalent. I am not familiar with the Sony A57 but if it's a cropped sensor you should be good with 80-400. I have been shooting some hawks with a bunch of photographers in Central Park the last week and the guys with the full frame sensors aren't getting anything worthwhile except for one who has a 400 f4. Unfortunately he's crippled by a 4 year old sensor in bad light. I really think you should have a 600mm equivalent, purchased or rented.

Good luck and have fun. Denali is open 24/7 so get there before all the tourists at say 7am. The moose and caribou will be feeding. I hope to get back there this year or the next.

I never got around to putting up more recent shots but here are some done a few years earlier:

http://www.pbase.com/khoss/alaska

Regards,

Kurt