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Wildlife videos with Nikon D500 + Nikon 200-500/5.6

Started 7 months ago | Discussions thread
Krish6102 Regular Member • Posts: 100
Re: Wildlife videos with Nikon D500 + Nikon 200-500/5.6

RudyPohl wrote:

HI Krish,

I use the Atomos Shinobi 5". I tried a Feel-world Lut6 monitor first and was not happy with its very flimsy build quality and returned it. The Atomos Shinobi is very solid and very reliable and full-featured.... and a single Sony alternative NP-550 battery from Amazon last for hours.

I'm pushing 73 years old and have some significant vision issues and I can't really see the little rear LCD screen on the D500 very well, so the external monitor with focus peaking helps me confirm that I have critical focus. Also, I am able to point my camera at certain spots on a lake, river, or in a tree and just leave it and the monitor on and watch what's happening in real time... then, when something interesting looks like it's about to happen, I just press the record button.

One of the really rewarding benefits to this kind of photography/videography is that you can sit there for quite a while and just watch the interesting animal and bird behaviors that you normally don't see when you're just walk along a shoreline or forest or field and opportunistically shooting some things as you spot them. This way you get to spend lots of quality time with your subjects and learn about them.

Cheers and good luck,
Rudy

Thanks so much, Rudy, I'll check out the ATOMOS Shinobi

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