BushHawk/Bigma/K10D- in the field Review

[the hotel]

BushHawk/Bigma/K10D- in the field Review

another WACKY roger Review

Why did I use the Pentax K10D and the Sigma 50 - 500??? Cuz that is what I own. I am sure any camera with a heavy lens would work the same as what I used.

These shots are all hand held I did not rest the set up on anything. For this test I found out moving around in the woods is much easier with the BushHawk than with out it. My hands were available and the shoulder strap made the whole thing comfortable. I did figure out for me the second handle in the front is well worth the money cuz you can use one hand to keep it firmly against your shoulder while your other hand adjusts the zoom. I also suggest you attach the rifle strap to the top of the BushHawk so the camera stays upright rather than up side down. I found it to be faster this way and you feel a lot more comfortable that is is secure with it up right rather than hanging down.

How the BushHawk looks being used. He is a link to some photos of the BushHawk

http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/view_topic.php?id=122342&forum_id=11

White tail deer, I was sitting down.



Ducks, this time on one knee



Osprey, this time I was standing up







I don't know what kind of bird these character's are but I noticed some thing move to the left of me so I turned and was right on them I was only able to get 4 shots in burst mode so they were only there for a very short time. The 1st photo was what I think are the mom and the dad then the other 3 in the burst had what I think is there young one who had joined them. In this case With out the BushHawk I do not think I would of gotten a photo much less a keeper. It is much faster getting on the subject.





Bottom Line: If you are going to be outdoors with a heavy camera & lens and you want a larger percentage of keepers then you should consider the BushHawk. After my in the field tests I think I am safe in saying my camera will be attached to the BushHawk probably 98% of the time.

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[Chris_T]

Excellent Shots Roger. I had my finger on the checkout button for a Bushhawk outfit, but decided to wait for a review from you on how well it worked. Great stuff keep them coming.
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[Drew Mitchell]

Wow - great shots! And I thought I only had to save for the Bigma - this could take me forever!

I'm thinking the birds in 6 and 7 are House Finches (red=male, brown=female).

Always amazing to see your photos - thanks

Drew

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[Slomojoe]

Gotta get me one of those!

Also, pardon the naivete, but what is that thing you've got mounted on the flash hot-shoe?

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[D W]

Seeing you last post got me to order one. Hopefully it will be here tomorrow.

Going to be at Latchworth state park for a few day in a cabin, the wildlifes are just getting out of hibrination and the birds are migrating back.

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Retired commercial photog - enjoying shooting for myself again.
Hoping to see/shoot as much as I can before the eyes and legs gives way

 

[the hotel]

Excellent Shots Roger. I had my finger on the checkout button for
a Bushhawk outfit, but decided to wait for a review from you on how
well it worked. Great stuff keep them coming.
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Cheers Chris

Hi Chris, I hope all is well with you and yours. As you can see from my review there is no question I would buy it again in a second. Thank you for looking and for commenting.

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[the hotel]

Wow - great shots! And I thought I only had to save for the Bigma

• this could take me forever!

I'm thinking the birds in 6 and 7 are House Finches (red=male,
brown=female).

Always amazing to see your photos - thanks

Drew

Hi to YA!!! Drew. thank you for the kind comment and for taking the time to look. I had no idea what those birds were but they sure didn't hang around very long.

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[the hotel]

Gotta get me one of those!

Also, pardon the naivete, but what is that thing you've got mounted
on the flash hot-shoe?

Slomojoe thanks for looking and for commenting. If you do get one I hope you like yours as much as I am liking mine.

That is a Red Dot Sight it is another way of getting your subject in the frame faster. I DID NOT use my RDS for these tests because I wanted to see how the BushHawk did as far as speed in getting the subject in the frame. It passed with a very high grade.

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[the hotel]

Seeing you last post got me to order one. Hopefully it will be here
tomorrow.

Going to be at Latchworth state park for a few day in a cabin, the
wildlifes are just getting out of hibrination and the birds are
migrating back.

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Retired commercial photog - enjoying shooting for myself again.
Hoping to see/shoot as much as I can before the eyes and legs gives
way

A suggestion if you are going to be out in the woods hook up a rifle sling you will be amazed at how much more comfortable it is to carry around. Thank you for looking and for taking the time to comment.

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[Slomojoe]

Did that a few years back with the kids. Great place. We had a woodchuck living right under our cabin, and a very mischievous field mouse coming in every night to eat our cookies, no matter where we hid them.
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[tocarver]

Thanks for the report Roger, the shooters I hanging with love it, but your modification on the strap is a real winner!! If you don't mind, I'd lie to post your set-up pic on the forum we share, if that's ok?? As soon as they showed me their's, I thought, gotta have one and then, Roger would love this LoL Will be ordering mine soon, just got another lens,teleconverter,focus screen and the RDS, so gotta chill abit LoL
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[the hotel]

Did that a few years back with the kids. Great place. We had a
woodchuck living right under our cabin, and a very mischievous
field mouse coming in every night to eat our cookies, no matter
where we hid them.

Sounds like a great place for some R&R and to get some photos.

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[the hotel]

Thanks for the report Roger, the shooters I hanging with love it,
but your modification on the strap is a real winner!! If you don't
mind, I'd lie to post your set-up pic on the forum we share, if
that's ok?? As soon as they showed me their's, I thought, gotta
have one and then, Roger would love this LoL Will be ordering mine
soon, just got another lens,teleconverter,focus screen and the RDS,
so gotta chill abit LoL
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Jerry

Sure Jerry you can do what ever you want with the photos. Thanks for commenting and for looking.

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[D W]

Yup - it is call the Grand Canyon of the East.

This year the east winter lasted longer so the hibrenation only ended during the last two weeks. They are active on the feeding frenzy and are less shy which "increase my odds".

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Retired commercial photog - enjoying shooting for myself again.
Hoping to see/shoot as much as I can before the eyes and legs gives way

 

[the hotel]

Yup - it is call the Grand Canyon of the East.

This year the east winter lasted longer so the hibrenation only
ended during the last two weeks. They are active on the feeding
frenzy and are less shy which "increase my odds".

Sounds like your timing is going to be real good. Please post some of you photos from the trip.

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[sdwsp]

as that way I can buy the BushHawk and roam undisturbed with K10D and Bigma while looking like I'm on army manuvers ) . Super photos, Roger. I think the BushHawk folks should give you some freebies at least for sending business their way! And if I see a BushHawk camera rig while out shooting, I'll be pretty sure it was due to my friend Roger.
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Best Wishes,
Steve
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[the hotel]

as that way I can buy the BushHawk and roam undisturbed with K10D
and Bigma while looking like I'm on army manuvers ) . Super
photos, Roger. I think the BushHawk folks should give you some
freebies at least for sending business their way! And if I see a
BushHawk camera rig while out shooting, I'll be pretty sure it was
due to my friend Roger.
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Best Wishes,
Steve

Thank you Steve for such a nice comment and for taking the time to look. Good idea you should move out in the country then nobody would even notice your BushHawk.

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[Taffy]

Hi Roger, just a thought, but how is the camera shutter fired when using the bushawk? What remote do you use with it?
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Regards Allan.

I have a photographic memory, but I keep forgetting to remove the lens cap.

 

[the hotel]

Hi Roger, just a thought, but how is the camera shutter fired when
using the bushawk? What remote do you use with it?
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Regards Allan.

I have a photographic memory, but I keep forgetting to remove the

Hi Allan, when I bought my set up I also included the cable for Pentax. It plugs into the unit and then inot my camera. It works as well as the shutter button on the camera. Thanks for looking and for commenting. There is a trigger button on the unit in the first handgrip.

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[David Oswald]

Good job. Those are the best Bigma shots I've seen; I was quite skeptical about that lens previously. It appears people simply haven't had the right equipment to get the most out of it.