Marcus1970

Thanks all for the replies everyone, I have bought a 3-legged thing tripod with the gimbal will take me to the height I need.

Cheers for the reply Krusty, I need to be able to also get very close to the ground, as close as possible so a centre columns as well as being another element to introduce vibration would hinder ...

Hello, I am looking for a wildlife tripod around the 2 metre mark. I have about a £500 budget, so Gitzo et al are a bit out of the question. I would also like one without a centre column (increased ...

Thanks, I bought it used from MPB

Thank you, I am using OEM. Is there any actual benefit to the OS with the update though? Or purely for the A-mount functionality? M

Hello, my recently purchased, used A6600 came with FW 1.0 Is there any reason to update it at all? Because as far as I can see it only provides support for A-Mount Thanks in advance Marcus

Thanks Justin, that's very comprehensive, I'll certainly be trying out some of these tips, much appreciated Marcus

Love all of these, and very encouraging as I've just bought the exact same set up for birding in the UK. Any tips on hand holding, do you use it hand held for extended periods? I was trying to ...

Very good to know, and endorses my thoughts from a lot of the images I have seen from this combination. Thanks for the settings, I will be shooting lots of smaller birds, finches, goldcrest ...

Definitely on the list, thank you!

Cheers, there's obviously a lot of stuff on YouTube, but some initial settings to get me going would be great. Marcus

Hello all, I have bought the above for birding, and it should all be with me tomorrow. I will shoot small perched birds mainly. Any tips on settings would be very helpful, or any help in general. I ...

Thanks, good to know!

Thanks jndutta, This is actually the plan, I think as I will be mainly shooting perched birds with occasional BIF, so the plan is as you say to buy the glass first (500PF Likely with a D500) and ...

Hi, I am looking into buying a new system for birding, it's between Nikon & Sony currently. I will likely either get a Nikon D500/D850 with a 500PF or a Sony A9/A7RIV (hinging on this issue) with ...

Thanks John, it still has quite a short minimum focusing distance compared to others, I will look into that though!

Thanks, i know what you refer to now, makes perfect sense That is great news all round :), and reading into it further looks like a very sound way for me to go for the future, thanks for such a ...

Thanks lokatz, more or less ruled out the smaller primes The zoom would be a more cost effective option for me at the moment, and still very much not out of the equation. I have seen some very nice ...

Thanks, I am still not ruling out an A9 with the Sony 200-600mm as this pairing appears to have no issues from reading around. The only thing that is putting me off other bodies are the stories of ...

Cheers Rich, that's also my experience with WEX when I have sold kit to them, very pro active and no hassle at all, good to know about the Nikon customer support as well! K