Early morning in Dorum at Obereversand. Fantastic weather shown in this short video from there. Either I need to get another gimbal which allows balancing horizontal or some software that allows to do that. Just a little bit of wind and the copter tries to steer against which then results in tilted video. Having some problems […]
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Month: February 2015
Seafowl in Cappel-Neufeld
Another shooting of the Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) at Cappel-Neufeld. All shots taken with Berlebach UNI-16 tripod and Wimberley WH200. Used D2x and D3 on Sigma 150-600 S with TC-1401 and the Tamron 150-600. The Tamron was used without tripod.
Birds in the backyard
Some shots from my testing using the TC-1401 converter on the Sigma 150-600. Very impressive performance…
Using crop camera or FX with telezoom and converter?
After I saw some impressive pictures of the Sigma 150-600 using a 2x teleconverter, I wanted to see whether using a crop camera with a telezoom should be used for long range or whether a FX with teleconverter does the trick. I bought the Sigma TC-1401 which was introduced last year and where the 2x version […]
Seafowl in Cappel-Neufeld
Some shots of Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) at Cappel-Neufeld. All shots taken without tripod using Nikon D3 and Sigma 150-600S.
Cappel-Neufeld
Some shots taken when trying out the DJI drone in Cappel-Neufeld. Nice location for bird shots as well (see other entry). All pictures using Nikon D3 with Sigma 150-600 S.
DJI Phantom 2 Vision
DJI Phantom 2 Vision
After 2 tries with the Walkera my distributor exchanged the faulty models to a DJI Phantom 2 Vision. Today I had the chance to try that one out. Although not long tested, I can say that this one should have been my first choice. The built-in camera is a relief compared to the crappy iLook […]
Nikkor 200-400, Sigma 150-600 and Tamron 150-600 (Part 5: D8...
Introduction Fourth test series is with the D800 but this time using 400mm focal length. This test allowed me to include the Nikkor 200-400 without a TC. The full pictures The camera was set to 200 ISO, it’s native ISO setting. All pictures taken with an aperture of f6.3 for the Nikkor, Sigma and Tamron, the Nikkor with […]
Nikkor 200-400, Sigma 150-600 and Tamron 150-600 (Part 4: D8...
Introduction Third test series is with the D800. The Pixelmonster. Allows easily to crop to the D2x resolution from a 400mm picture. However, the camera is slow in picture rate and not as well handled as the D3. I mainly use it for landscapes and general photography. However, bird shots are quite nice as it allows […]