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Pure Dumb Luck

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aristotle2002 Forum Member • Posts: 82
Pure Dumb Luck
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Upgraded from some ancient Nikon gear for outdoors work with an R5 and RF100-500.

Went out to see if I could grab something interesting on the water and this was the very first thing that popped into my field of vision as I pulled the camera out for the very first time...

Canon EOS R5
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KENTGA Veteran Member • Posts: 8,727
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Good one!!

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BobKnDP Senior Member • Posts: 3,140
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To use a hideously overused word:

Amazing!  

nail33 Senior Member • Posts: 1,053
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Now you can put the camera away. Mission accomplished !!!

R2D2 Forum Pro • Posts: 26,536
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aristotle2002 wrote:

Upgraded from some ancient Nikon gear for outdoors work with an R5 and RF100-500.

Went out to see if I could grab something interesting on the water and this was the very first thing that popped into my field of vision as I pulled the camera out for the very first time...

Extremely lucky indeed! Blessed even!

The Baldies have been very scarce in this area the past couple of years. Wish I could be so lucky!

Big congrats too on your new kit. This combination is sure to provide you with a gazillion great photos and memories to come.

May I offer a couple of suggestions? You could get away with a slower shutter speed at this focal length (300mm). 1/3200 would be excellent for BIFs (at full zoom), and even 1/2500 would work at 300mm. This would increase your exposure substantially.

Turn IS off when shooting fast movers (if you haven't already). Add a nice  Arca Plate to the lens' foot for a great grip!

And look at adding DxO PL6 to process RAWs (to improve final IQ). Here's an example (if I may), to demonstrate the Deep Prime Noise Reduction...

DxO PL5. No Unsharp Mask added. 2160 px high. Click on "original size"

I can also post a cropped (but not resized) version if you'd like. Truly excellent editing software that can greatly extend a camera's native capabilities.

Thanks for posting! Enjoy your new camera, and I hope your good luck holds!

R2

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rp2waiter Regular Member • Posts: 128
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If the OP has next week lottery numbers, thats would be great if he can pass on, while he's very lucky at the moment

Rudy Pohl Veteran Member • Posts: 6,141
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Awesome photo!

If that's your first image with the new gear I'm dying to see what you'll produce with a bit of practice! 

BTW, I've got the same combo as you and also sold my Nikon gear.

Cheers,
Rudy

OP aristotle2002 Forum Member • Posts: 82
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R2D2 wrote:

Extremely lucky indeed! Blessed even!

The Baldies have been very scarce in this area the past couple of years. Wish I could be so lucky!

Big congrats too on your new kit. This combination is sure to provide you with a gazillion great photos and memories to come.

May I offer a couple of suggestions? You could get away with a slower shutter speed at this focal length (300mm). 1/3200 would be excellent for BIFs (at full zoom), and even 1/2500 would work at 300mm. This would increase your exposure substantially.

Turn IS off when shooting fast movers (if you haven't already). Add a nice Arca Plateto the lens' foot for a great grip!

And look at adding DxO PL6 to process RAWs (to improve final IQ). Here's an example (if I may), to demonstrate the Deep Prime Noise Reduction...

I can also post a cropped (but not resized) version if you'd like. Truly excellent editing software that can greatly extend a camera's native capabilities.

Thanks for posting! Enjoy your new camera, and I hope your good luck holds!

R2

Very cool, and thanks for the advise!

First, definitely agree on the shutter speed.  I literally pulled the camera out for the first time and hadn't even set it up yet.  I spotted the eagle in a tree a couple hundred yards away, and not knowing the camera much, I managed to set it to aperture priority at minimum aperture, and just based on the lighting and time of day, I set it to 800 ISO just to be on the safe side.  Let it land where it landed, but I'd have been better off with lower ISO....

The autofocus was set to whatever it is set to out of the box.  That was fighting me to no end, so I managed to set it to spot autofocus single shot just to keep things simple..

I managed to get a couple of shots off before it took off and managed to capture a couple more in flight.  Start to finish about 90 seconds.

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