P1000 is fantastic handheld at long range !

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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.

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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 !

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Very impressive detail even at almost full zoom.

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

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Sherm
Sherms flickr page

P900 album
 
great pic! now we are talking the great strengths of p1000 (mine is named "moose" cuz it is one)
 
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!
 
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.

6eb57dfa69ee483d98929735d6acb1d9.jpg

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 !

94434bacf3f24432b2429d1264fe6d31.jpg
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
 
..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

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

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NHRA video as shown on Fox Sports 1 yesterday :



Adjusted saturation to almost match the NHRA video:



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These shots are all stunningly good! Very impressed!
 
Here is a shot of the other rider he beat in the finals @ 2000mm eqiv.

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

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

..Cheers..
 
SWEEEET!!!!
 
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
 
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!!
 
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
 

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