P1000 is fantastic handheld at long range !

P10004K · Sep 17, 2018

NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle winner and National Record Holder at 201 mph Hector Arana Jr with the P1000 today @ 2400mm yesterday at the NHRA Dodge Nationals in PA.

https://www.nhra.com/nhra

Here is a handheld shot @ 2800mm from the grandstands of Kalitta Motorsports Team owner Connie Kalitta that was the Funny Car winner yesterday . BTW he also owns Kalitta Air with a fleet of 747s !

nmhusa · Sep 17, 2018

Agreed. Not so great at 3000mm handheld but very nice at anything up to that level of zoom. Great examples. Thanks for sharing.

sherman_levine · Sep 17, 2018

Very impressive detail even at almost full zoom.

Do you use active VR? Normal? one of the others?

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Sherm
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P900 album

P10004K · Sep 17, 2018

sherman_levine said:
Very impressive detail even at almost full zoom.

Do you use active VR? Normal? one of the others?

I used normal VR.

fred from nashville · Sep 17, 2018

great pic! now we are talking the great strengths of p1000 (mine is named "moose" cuz it is one)

Pic60 · Sep 17, 2018

Great shots!
I find that anything over 2600m is a litle soft with our without a tripod , under 2600m the IQ is more than acceptable for such a tiny sensor

Best regards!

Kam1966 · Sep 17, 2018

P10004K said:
NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle winner and National Record Holder at 201 mph Hector Arana Jr with the P1000 today @ 2400mm yesterday at the NHRA Dodge Nationals in PA.

https://www.nhra.com/nhra

Here is a handheld shot @ 2800mm from the grandstands of Kalitta Motorsports Team owner Connie Kalitta that was the Funny Car winner yesterday . BTW he also owns Kalitta Air with a fleet of 747s !

Nice!! I wish I could have kept mine but too bulky and heavy for me.. maybe I should have waited a few more days before returning it.. but a few more days may not have made a difference in my case. I hope it brings you lots of enjoyment.

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Kathy

jshen808 · Sep 17, 2018

..Super fantastic high zoom captures, thanks for sharing! :-D

..Cheers..

jshen808 · Sep 17, 2018

jshen808 said:
..Super fantastic high zoom captures, thanks for sharing! :-D

..Cheers..

..Man, just look at the details at both these 2400mm & 2800mm captures..

..I like to see if the D850 with 200-500mm lens can do the same.. nahhh! :-D

..screen capture for closer look..

..screen capture for closer look..

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..Cheers..

Fastmikefree · Sep 17, 2018

for sure, cropping will not suffice this time...

sherman_levine · Sep 17, 2018

P10004K said:
sherman_levine said:

Very impressive detail even at almost full zoom.

Do you use active VR? Normal? one of the others?

Click to expand...

I used normal VR.

You're a better holder than I am!

I bet you could show that picture to a bunch of large-sensor photographers and they'd never guess how it was taken.

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Sherm
Sherms flickr page

P900 album

jshen808 · Sep 17, 2018

..if you use Photoshop, may want to try PixelGenius (plugin), it's now a freeware (was paid previously)..

..it doesn't work in all cases, but when it does the results are stunning..

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..Cheers..

P10004K · Sep 17, 2018

Here is a shot of the other rider he beat in the finals @ 2000mm eqiv.

NHRA video as shown on Fox Sports 1 yesterday :

Adjusted saturation to almost match the NHRA video:

CMCM · Sep 17, 2018

These shots are all stunningly good! Very impressed!

jshen808 · Sep 17, 2018

P10004K said:
Here is a shot of the other rider he beat in the finals @ 2000mm eqiv.

NHRA video as shown on Fox Sports 1 yesterday :
Adjusted saturation to almost match the NHRA video:

..Super fantastic results, now this is what I'm talking about!! :-D

..Cheers..

Microshooter · Sep 17, 2018

SWEEEET!!!!

jshen808 · Sep 17, 2018

..Totally awesome!! :-D

..screen capture for closer look..

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..Cheers..

bbauld · Sep 17, 2018

Do you have any tips on technique? Sun is a huge factor in results, but beyond that, do you have any special approaches to minimizing movement of the camera? Elbows in, hold breath, lean on something, hold the barrel underneath seem the obvious points, but beyond that?

Brian

Microshooter · Sep 18, 2018

Good question Brian. I’m sure there is a proven way to minimize movements when taking pictures handheld or shooting a rifle. I’ve read some but seem to adapted my own that work best for me.

On very long shots:

I always click the shutter on a slow exhale.

I lean my upper body of my shooting arm against a tree or stable building to minimize body movement from my legs.

I use a hand grip that lets me actually cradle my camera on the heel of hand and make the camera a tight extension of my forearm .... and my shoulder is pressed against the tree. My body is stablized by the tree, my arm is tight with my body and my camera is sitting on the heel of my hand... straight line to the ground and takes the weight off of my wrist. I started this with my Nikon D800 and long lenses which are about the weight of the P1000.

All that said, it still requires concentration on that support structure to control a 12000mm shot

. A nice heavy tripod would be the second best and a sandbag support the best solution in my opinion. But bitds and wildlife rarely sit still long enough to set it up. Plus I’m not about to carry a heavy tripod in the field...I’m 70 and do this for fun LOL.

PS: up to about 2500 mm I’m not too worried about having a tree around.... but it helps.

Good luck!!

sherman_levine · Sep 18, 2018

Microshooter said:
Good question Brian. I’m sure there is a proven way to minimize movements when taking pictures handheld or shooting a rifle. I’ve read some but seem to adapted my own that work best for me.

On very long shots:

I always click the shutter on a slow exhale.

I lean my upper body of my shooting arm against a tree or stable building to minimize body movement from my legs.

I use a hand grip that lets me actually cradle my camera on the heel of hand and make the camera a tight extension of my forearm .... and my shoulder is pressed against the tree. My body is stablized by the tree, my arm is tight with my body and my camera is sitting on the heel of my hand... straight line to the ground and takes the weight off of my wrist. I started this with my Nikon D800 and long lenses which are about the weight of the P1000.

All that said, it still requires concentration on that support structure to control a 12000mm shot . A nice heavy tripod would be the second best and a sandbag support the best solution in my opinion. But bitds and wildlife rarely sit still long enough to set it up. Plus I’m not about to carry a heavy tripod in the field...I’m 70 and do this for fun LOL.

PS: up to about 2500 mm I’m not too worried about having a tree around.... but it helps.

Good luck!!

Dan,

Aren't you just making your life more difficult by using digital zoom, and even more so by trying to handhold the shots?

Take the image at full optical focal length and crop at home as needed. You 'll get a better result and you'll have far less of a problem with the camera moving off-target

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Sherm
Sherms flickr page

P900 album

P1000 is fantastic handheld at long range !

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