Nikon Z50 Sandhill Cranes 180-600 Lens! Birds In Flight Photography!
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- Опубликовано: 8 дек 2023
- I took thew Nikon Z50 and the new 180-600 Telephoto zoom lens to the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge and made photos of the Sandhill Cranes there. I was able to capture photos on the ground and in flight!
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Great job Phil. The Z50 did a good job. More proof you don’t have to have the best camera to get out and do Bird photography.
Thank you! One of the things I pride myself in is the ability to make a decent photo even with expensive gear.
Great photos!
Thank you!
Great job! I am really enjoying my 180-600! Fantastic lens
Thank you! me too! They did a really great job with it.
Just beautiful!
Thank you!
Phil you inspired me to come take a look for myself. I drove up from Atlanta on 01-29-2004 it was not the best day to try. I could see and hear the wonderful sounds but just too much ice on the ground to get there. I’ll be back!!!!
I was going to go back yesterday but I heard the roads were bad so I didn't go.
Cool captures of the birds in flight 😊 Sandhill Cranes are so amazing to watch in flight.
Thank you! This was my first time photographing them this year. I've already gone back two more times.
Yes , we have them here in South Carolina Love watching them and photographing them in flight @@PhilThach
Well done. Some great shots.
Thank you, Dan!
A Nikon day is a good day. Great photos, too.
(what happened to your Cannon 200-800 video? It's gone.)
Thank you! The 200-800 video will be back in a few days.
Fabulous lens, AND bird shots. The Z50 takes some nice images, holds its own despite some shortcomings. Entertaining video, good job.
Thank you! I really love this 180-600 lens.
nice photographs
Thank you!
Thanks so much for sharing another wonderful video like always Phil 👍🤗
Thank you, Miguel!
Excellent Phil! Love the Sandhill cranes. 👏😍
Thank you!
Gonna have to plan a trip there next year. Hopefully Nikon will have a more capable crop sensor camera by then.
It's worth visiting. It's is starting to get crowded there now but I made this a month ago before most people started going there.
Nikon 180-600mm isna great lens with super clarity. Did some bird photography this morning with Z50 too.
I agree, thank you!
I wish I had taken the photo at minute 3:10 and had it in my personal collection of birds. Congratulations on the epic capture. Greetings from Chile.
Thank you very much!
I cannot find the 180-600mm anywhere (Backordered or New Item coming soon), so I bought the Nikon 2.0x Teleconverter and it made my 100-400mm a 200-800mm. f/9 was the lowest Aperture I could get but the image was fantastic. A tripod is a must but when trying to find a subject while panning I had to remove my head a couple of times away from the viewfinder to get it exactly on the subject. Hard to do and I got frustrated so I just used the LCD screen and when I pointed to the subject with my finger it took the shot. Cheers! I now own all of the Nikon Z Mirrorless Cameras plus all of the lenses cheaper than the 85mm f/1.2 have not invested in the trinity 14-24, 24-70 & 70-200 but do own the 17-28, 28-75, 70-180 f/2.8 and of course the illusive 180-600 I am now rethinking on purchasing this lens because of the weight, so with just the teleconverter on the 100-400mm is working for me. Cheers!
Sounds like a great combination and someday you’ll find the 180-600 in stock and can use your tele converter with that one too!
Did Canon/RUclips erase your Canon 200-800mm lens videos? :D
No, I took it down. Apparently I was accidentally shipped the lens before I should have been and I don’t want to get anyone in trouble who made an honest mistake. I’ll have it back up next week.
More Awesome photos of Sandhill Cranes! Shots turned out great. I really want that lens but it is hard to turn loose of the $.
Thank you, Stephen! I think it’s worth it if you’re switched to Z. It is certainly a better lens than the 200-500 especially if you have to adapt it.
Awesome video and images. As you know I too use the Z50 and it does ok. Like you, waiting for Nikon to get off their butts and get a replacement for the D500. It should have the kewl tracking as the Z8 & Z9. Don't really want to go FX lol.
Need to make a trip down there soon myself. Keep up the great work sir.
Thank you! I don’t know how long you have to travel to get to the Hiawassee wildlife refuge but it’s definitely worth the 45 minute drive for me.
@@PhilThach been there a few times. It's about 1-1/2 hours for me. Met Rick McCulley there one morning for some photography. Was a good time. Maybe see you there. May try this coming Saturday.
@@johnray424 I work Saturday's so I won't be there then. It's starting to get crowded there now so if I do go, it will be on a weekday. I've never met Rick. He's a great photographer!
Muito boas imagens obrigado por compartilhar ,Espero que na nova versão da z50 tenha um sistema de foco mais rápido e consistente. Abraço!
¡Gracias y gracias por ver mi video!
@@PhilThach sou fã do seu canal lembranças do Brasil!
Nice work on the shots Phil. Fingers crossed Nikon update the Z50 or at least we get a pro line APSC in 2024? 🤞
Thank you, Adrian! I hope so!
Phil great photos. As an owner of the Z50, I have been really reluctant to buy the Nikon 180-600mm, because of the AF on the Z50. But your photos may change my mind. Still waiting for Nikon to introduce a new APSC camera. Question are you using auto ISO when taking these photos?
Thank you! Yes, I use auto ISO almost all of the time.
Great in-flight shots Phil. Do you often drag your hands as you take the shot or keep the camera steady on the tripod and anticipate the location of the bird? I assume dragging with this size of lense is not very easy. Also any post processing steps you have found to be effective? Keep up the great work.
Thank you! I pan the camera and follow the burden flight while making. Sometimes I do this handheld but this location there’s not much moving around so I use a tripod. For this shoot, I used the ball head but since then I have gotten a gimbal head that works even better. As far as post processing, I edit in Lightroom and then I use Topaz Denoise for sharpening and removing noise.
Thank you Phil for doing this. I also have a Z50 that I want to try out with BIF at our 5:13 local wetlands. I have the Tamron 150-500mm though, so this will be interesting to try. Stay safe.
Thank you!
Hey, do you will test Z50 with tamron 150-500? Thansk for your all videos😊
Thank you! I would love to test out that combination but I don’t have that lens and I don’t plan on purchasing it. Maybe someone who owns one and lives near me will let me borrow it for a couple of days at some point.
@@PhilThach I'll be waiting for the video if someone borrow this lens to you.
Hi Phil. So far I think this lens outperforms the new Canon 200-800 even with a cheaper (Z50) camera body… Your thoughts…please. 😊
It’s too early to tell for sure. I had better photography light the day I used the Nikon lens. Haven’t really been able to do any head to head testing. The Z50 has a fantastic sensor in terms of image quality. The auto focus system is not the very best and the battery leaves a lot to be desired but you’ll never hear me complain about image quality from the Z 50. I think it’s possible that of all my telephoto zoom lenses of 500 mm or more I might rank this 180 -600 2nd behind the Canon RF 100-500.
Is this lens also compatible to Nikon Z30 Sir?
Yes, you can use it on any Nikon Z series camera.
Good review on the equipment they're Phil , But ditch the bright Yellow Jacket A Camouflage jacket will be a lot better .
You can wear whatever you want at this location. There are many people there every day this time of year. The birds completely ignore you regardless of attire.
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Camera, Lens, Focal Length, ISO, Aperture, and exposure time are listed at the bottom of each image in this video. If you watch from your phone and zoom in it can cut off the settings and mess up the compositions I worked hard to get right. Watch the video without zooming for the best results.
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