Just for fun - Sony Nex-5 for birding (its really just for fun, but it works!!)

[thomsonthet]

Wahhhh!!! Nice!!!. I think birds would b scared to dead just Kenna aimed by this thing.

 

[Ghostfit]

Stay away from Airports/Airbases though ! ...you'll look like someone with a shoulder fired AA missile ! :bsmilie:

 

[snowc]

The NEX-5 look like a rear lens cap on that monster :bsmilie:

 

[devilry]

Here's one bird picture taken from my bazooka setup!

I am really glad with the image quality, considering that this setup is lighter compared to using a full fledged DSLR.

#1 White Collared Kingfisher

The Exif data are all there.... 100% Taken with a Sony!

#2 The setup in the field

 

[devilry]

#3 White collared Kingfisher

#4 One more White collared Kingfisher

#5 Male Olive-backed Sunbird

 

[qystan]

#3 White collared Kingfisher

#4 One more White collared Kingfisher

#5 Male Olive-backed Sunbird

Beautiful!

 

[Kay Burn Lim]

#4 is at ISO800. Impressive. Was any software used in PP? If that's straight out of the camera, it's indeed completely usable! Wow.....

 

[JacePhoto]

looks fun! Thanks for sharing!

 

[devilry]

#4 is at ISO800. Impressive. Was any software used in PP? If that's straight out of the camera, it's indeed completely usable! Wow.....

not really, I didnt do anything to reduce the noise. I did sharpen it a *little bit* but that's abt it..... however, if u view it at 100%, there are still some details lost at iso800 as compared to when its iso200.... but if mai hiam, si bei pai la...

 

[devilry]

looks fun! Thanks for sharing!

Actually, its fun, especially since its lighter, and also because the nex-5 has the manual focus assist, whereby u can zoom in 14x to look at the subject such as the bird's eyeball, and then slowly manual focus till the eye is sharp before shooting...and the results are sharp as seen in the pics above...

However, i realised that when shooting birds such as the sunbirds, they are very fidgety, and hop and fly and jump around all the twigs, its a real nightmare to shoot with AF lens, and its a catastrophe to wanna shoot using MF! I got a lot of blur shorts for the sunbirds, and the one posted here is the most acceptable one already.... at certain points, i was there thinking, if only my camerea has AF!!

But still I got a lot of curious stares from ppl, who no doubt must be thinking, where's the camera??? hahahaha... their facial expression is priceless and makes MF shooting using nex-5 really worthwhile! hahaha.... anyway, this is afterall just for fun isn't it?

 

[rasdeep]

not really, I didnt do anything to reduce the noise. I did sharpen it a *little bit* but that's abt it..... however, if u view it at 100%, there are still some details lost at iso800 as compared to when its iso200.... but if mai hiam, si bei pai la...

time to upgrade to nex-5n? it will be noiseless at iso800.

btw, what is the FL on your bazooka?

 

[Laksaman]

Actually, its fun, especially since its lighter, and also because the nex-5 has the manual focus assist, whereby u can zoom in 14x to look at the subject such as the bird's eyeball, and then slowly manual focus till the eye is sharp before shooting...and the results are sharp as seen in the pics above...

However, i realised that when shooting birds such as the sunbirds, they are very fidgety, and hop and fly and jump around all the twigs, its a real nightmare to shoot with AF lens, and its a catastrophe to wanna shoot using MF! I got a lot of blur shorts for the sunbirds, and the one posted here is the most acceptable one already.... at certain points, i was there thinking, if only my camerea has AF!!

But still I got a lot of curious stares from ppl, who no doubt must be thinking, where's the camera??? hahahaha... their facial expression is priceless and makes MF shooting using nex-5 really worthwhile! hahaha.... anyway, this is afterall just for fun isn't it?

told u liaw...ppl sure curios where is the cam....or they thought u use ur lens digiscoping

 

[devilry]

time to upgrade to nex-5n? it will be noiseless at iso800.

btw, what is the FL on your bazooka?

in the original picture in my first post, its 1400mm, but when i when for my field shoot, i used 700mm.

 

[wonglp]

in the original picture in my first post, its 1400mm, but when i when for my field shoot, i used 700mm.

did u happened to be at chinese garden this morning? thot i saw a rig just like urs this morning, but the lens so big, i din catch the body used ;p

 

[devilry]

did u happened to be at chinese garden this morning? thot i saw a rig just like urs this morning, but the lens so big, i din catch the body used ;p

i was actually in chinese garden in saturday afternoon perhaps theres others using the bazooka already hahaha

 

[rasdeep]

haha.. i saw quite a few bazooka at bird park.. he gaffer taped the whole lens so dunno what lens it was but i can see a small olympus body.. my wife call him the moon lenser.. lol

 

[ektang]

From the setup, don't look like the original silver Nex-5 camera in your first post.

Here's one bird picture taken from my bazooka setup!

#2 The setup in the field

 

[rasdeep]

actually its more like grey than silver.. i was gonna get the silver but after looking at some pictures of the silver, i went with white instead..