Tord S Eriksson
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Yesterday, we went down to the river before the European Soccer Championship games for the day started on TV, me bringing the Sigma 150-600 Sport, the V1, and the D3300 (the latter as backup).
We had brought with us a couple of slices of bread, hoping to lure some birds closer, but in essence none took any notice to begin with.
Common gulls, and jackdaws, were in the area, on and off circulating the area, plus a couple of grey-hooded crows, and some heftier gulls out on the river.
Eventually, after an hour os so, a common gull started feeding on the bread crumbs, and a jackdaw soon joined, and a crow, and a herring gull. It ended with a feeding galore, involving a number of jackdaws.
Here is some shots — most shots taken with the V1 had to be scrapped, as the V1 used with the Sigma 150-600 Sport doesn't well work with anti-shake on, when mounted on a monopod (even worse on a tripod!).
With the D3300 the monopod worked like a dream, anti-shake on!
Here some sample shots:
A brasher male common gull claiming the bread as his. The jackdaw seems sceptical.
Mine, mine, mine ...
A hooded crow taking his/her share of the loot.
As I wrote, the jackdaw looked less than impressed by the common gull's shrieking!
Then came the biggest bird of the day, a herring gull! Pretty massive close up!
A young jackdaw with a tiny piece of the loot!
A young, bit shy, common gull, sitting on a lane marker in the middle of the river.
The crow kept an eye on the loot, long before it snatched a piece of its own. Odd OOF effects!
Today we've been 'calibrating' the various Nikons we have, and found that the V1 should be set at -1 EV, anti-shake off, when used with the Sigma 150-600 Sport, the J5 +0.33 EV (or even +0-67), the V2 to 0 EV, and the D3300 to + 0.33 EV, while the D600 to -0.33, or -0.7, EV.
When used with the 70-200/4.0G the D600 was spot on, while the D3300 and V2 were better at +0.33- -0.67 EV, and the V1 0 EV, as well.
When trying other F Mount lenses, like the 40 macro, they behaved very much in the same way.
The 70-300CX ended up somewhere in between, the V1 at -0.33 EV, the V2 at 0 EV, and the J5 at + 0.33 EV.
Generally the V1 and the D600 behaves very much like they were twins, needing 0 - -0.33 EV, and the J5 and the D3300 behaved very much alike as well, needing a slightly positive EV compensation, say +0.33 - +0.67 EV, all the time.
The Tamron 70-300 VC, behaves very much like the F Mount lenses I have, thus no nasty surprises.
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Tord_2 (at) photographer (dot) net
Mostly Nikon V1, V2, J5, & D600, user
We had brought with us a couple of slices of bread, hoping to lure some birds closer, but in essence none took any notice to begin with.
Common gulls, and jackdaws, were in the area, on and off circulating the area, plus a couple of grey-hooded crows, and some heftier gulls out on the river.
Eventually, after an hour os so, a common gull started feeding on the bread crumbs, and a jackdaw soon joined, and a crow, and a herring gull. It ended with a feeding galore, involving a number of jackdaws.
Here is some shots — most shots taken with the V1 had to be scrapped, as the V1 used with the Sigma 150-600 Sport doesn't well work with anti-shake on, when mounted on a monopod (even worse on a tripod!).
With the D3300 the monopod worked like a dream, anti-shake on!
Here some sample shots:
A brasher male common gull claiming the bread as his. The jackdaw seems sceptical.
Mine, mine, mine ...
A hooded crow taking his/her share of the loot.
As I wrote, the jackdaw looked less than impressed by the common gull's shrieking!
Then came the biggest bird of the day, a herring gull! Pretty massive close up!
A young jackdaw with a tiny piece of the loot!
A young, bit shy, common gull, sitting on a lane marker in the middle of the river.
The crow kept an eye on the loot, long before it snatched a piece of its own. Odd OOF effects!
Today we've been 'calibrating' the various Nikons we have, and found that the V1 should be set at -1 EV, anti-shake off, when used with the Sigma 150-600 Sport, the J5 +0.33 EV (or even +0-67), the V2 to 0 EV, and the D3300 to + 0.33 EV, while the D600 to -0.33, or -0.7, EV.
When used with the 70-200/4.0G the D600 was spot on, while the D3300 and V2 were better at +0.33- -0.67 EV, and the V1 0 EV, as well.
When trying other F Mount lenses, like the 40 macro, they behaved very much in the same way.
The 70-300CX ended up somewhere in between, the V1 at -0.33 EV, the V2 at 0 EV, and the J5 at + 0.33 EV.
Generally the V1 and the D600 behaves very much like they were twins, needing 0 - -0.33 EV, and the J5 and the D3300 behaved very much alike as well, needing a slightly positive EV compensation, say +0.33 - +0.67 EV, all the time.
The Tamron 70-300 VC, behaves very much like the F Mount lenses I have, thus no nasty surprises.
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Tord_2 (at) photographer (dot) net
Mostly Nikon V1, V2, J5, & D600, user
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