D7000 users...fall in!!! Part 3

[Fudgecakes]

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Whrs the shop?

 

[spree86]

Whrs the shop?

Check out their website. They have price and location.

 

[Fudgecakes]

Check out their website. They have price and location.

Kayyyy

 

[UncleFai]

Apart from the gears, I actually saw an ang moh hired a "caddy" to carry his gigantic tripod and massive lens at Sungei Buloh. It's a 3 man team. One "caddy", one with binoculars and one just point here and there and walk around..

Not all is lost... with tons of perseverence, good light and good luck, can still do decently without spending all the retirement money...

Blue tailed bee eaters. Nikon V1 + FT1 + Nikkor 300mm f4 @ ISO 100, f4, 1/1000 sec. Manual focus.

Oriental honey buzzard. Nikon V1 + FT1 + Nikkor 300mm f4 @ ISO 100, f4, 1/1000 sec. Manual focus - sheer luck that I got it in some amount of focus (though could be better - I did some sharpening PP).

 

[Fudgecakes]

Not all is lost... with tons of perseverence, good light and good luck, can still do decently without spending all the retirement money...

Blue tailed bee eaters. Nikon V1 + FT1 + Nikkor 300mm f4 @ ISO 100, f4, 1/1000 sec. Manual focus.

Oriental honey buzzard. Nikon V1 + FT1 + Nikkor 300mm f4 @ ISO 100, f4, 1/1000 sec. Manual focus - sheer luck that I got it in some amount of focus (though could be better - I did some sharpening PP).

Wow nice. Haha. The bee eater is eating sth

 

[wolfton]

Not all is lost... with tons of perseverence, good light and good luck, can still do decently without spending all the retirement money...

Blue tailed bee eaters. Nikon V1 + FT1 + Nikkor 300mm f4 @ ISO 100, f4, 1/1000 sec. Manual focus.

Oriental honey buzzard. Nikon V1 + FT1 + Nikkor 300mm f4 @ ISO 100, f4, 1/1000 sec. Manual focus - sheer luck that I got it in some amount of focus (though could be better - I did some sharpening PP).

WA Unclefai, that's very nice!

Are u always able to maintain at ISO 100 especially for BIF? I always need to push It to above 400 to barely make enough shutter speed to capture them, and many times still turn out blur

 

[Fudgecakes]

WA Unclefai, that's very nice!

Are u always able to maintain at ISO 100 especially for BIF? I always need to push It to above 400 to barely make enough shutter speed to capture them, and many times still turn out blur

I shot in bright daylight I oso CNt achieve 1/1000 at iso 400. How did u do it?

 

[UncleFai]

I shot in bright daylight I oso CNt achieve 1/1000 at iso 400. How did u do it?

At f4, OK leh. Bright sunshine, mind you. Plus there was some post-processing.

 

[UncleFai]

At f4, OK leh. Bright sunshine, mind you. Plus there was some post-processing.

Forgot to mention... all done using full manual setting. I tried a couple of shots to see what will work. Coz the sky is so bright, it will dominate the exposure metering (even spot not good enough). So I took full control and manually set ISO, shutter speed, and aperture.

 

[UncleFai]

birding = expensive

For this kind of quality:

D4, tc2eiii, 600VR: Nikon D4 - D1 / D800 Forum: Digital Photography Review

(guestimate)
D4 - $9500
TC2EIII - $900
600mm f4 - $15,000
Solid tripod - $1,000 (min)
Good gimbal - $1,000
-------------------------
Total investment: $27,400.

 

[chillicutter]

For this kind of quality:

D4, tc2eiii, 600VR: Nikon D4 - D1 / D800 Forum: Digital Photography Review

(guestimate)
D4 - $9500
TC2EIII - $900
600mm f4 - $15,000
Solid tripod - $1,000 (min)
Good gimbal - $1,000
-------------------------
Total investment: $27,400.

Caddy - $12 per hour (exclude meal and transport claims) :bsmilie:

 

[pbear1973]

For this kind of quality:

D4, tc2eiii, 600VR: Nikon D4 - D1 / D800 Forum: Digital Photography Review

(guestimate)
D4 - $9500
TC2EIII - $900
600mm f4 - $15,000
Solid tripod - $1,000 (min)
Good gimbal - $1,000
-------------------------
Total investment: $27,400.

It's one thing for a Nat Geo photographer to spend money like this.. But crazy for a hobbyist. Then again if one gets paid $100k a month why not?

 

[Konspire]

For this kind of quality:

D4, tc2eiii, 600VR: Nikon D4 - D1 / D800 Forum: Digital Photography Review

(guestimate)
D4 - $9500
TC2EIII - $900
600mm f4 - $15,000
Solid tripod - $1,000 (min)
Good gimbal - $1,000
-------------------------
Total investment: $27,400.

Uncle, with this kind of investment, what kind of work does the photographer work as to breakeven or shorten the ROI?

 

[seezhijie]

Uncle, with this kind of investment, what kind of work does the photographer work as to breakeven or shorten the ROI?

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[Konspire]

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So natgeo really pays a lot for the pictures ah?

 

[Fudgecakes]

Uncle, with this kind of investment, what kind of work does the photographer work as to breakeven or shorten the ROI?

You're putting your life on the line. Why not?

 

[Fudgecakes]

So natgeo really pays a lot for the pictures ah?

Oops quoted wrong post haha

 

[pbear1973]

You're putting your life on the line. Why not?

Yea.. And even if not for one shot, anyone good enough for Nat Geo will have a fair bit of work, so it will pay off quite quickly.

Conflict zone photographers too. Crazy risks = good pay.

 

[Fudgecakes]

Yea.. And even if not for one shot, anyone good enough for Nat Geo will have a fair bit of work, so it will pay off quite quickly.

Conflict zone photographers too. Crazy risks = good pay.

Imagine having to contend with diseases, flying bullets, muggings, kidnappings, animal attacks etc and gettin paid only $1000 per month. Would u do it?

 

[pbear1973]

Imagine having to contend with diseases, flying bullets, muggings, kidnappings, animal attacks etc and gettin paid only $1000 per month. Would u do it?

Yea exactly. That's why the big pay. not to forget drug crazed irregular soldiers and rotting mutilated corpses.