How you get SMOOTH & STEADY wildlife footage
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Filming wildlife with a big zoom lens can be tricky - from handshakes, focus issues, and wind, to unwanted movements that can ruin your footage. If you're struggling with these common challenges in wildlife filmmaking, this video is for you! 📸🌿
In this video, I'll share some practical techniques, camera settings, and equipment that can help you overcome these obstacles and achieve stable, sharp, and professional wildlife footage. Whether you're dealing with shaky shots or difficult lighting conditions, these tips will make a noticeable difference in your videography.
From tripods and monopods to stabilization gear and focus techniques, I’ll walk you through everything you need to know to improve your wildlife filming and get those perfect, smooth shots every time.
📸 Highlights:
🦅 Tips for stabilizing your shots with a zoom lens
🎥 How to avoid handshakes and focus issues
🌬️ Techniques for filming in windy conditions
📷 Camera settings and equipment recommendations for wildlife videographers
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GEAR LIST:
Cameras:
Sony FX3
Sony A7iii
GoPro11
Iphone 15 pro
Lenses:
Sony FE 200-600mm f/5,6-6,3 G OSS
Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
Sony FE 2.0X Teleconverter Sony E-mount
Sony FE 90mm f/2.8G OSS Macro
Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM
Tamron 35-150mm F/2-2.8 Di III VXD
Tamron 17-28mm 2.8 Di III RXD for Sony E
Tamron 28-75mm F/2.8 Di III RXD for Sony FE
Tamron 70-180mm F2.8 Di III VXD for Sony E
Drone:
DJI Mini 3 Pro
Tripod
SIRUI CT-3204
SIRUI PH-10 gimbal head
Manfrotto 502 Fluid Video Head
Camera Bag:
Shimoda Action X40 v2 Black
Editing software:
Final Cut Pro
Adobe Lightroom
Music
Epidemic Sound
Artlist
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Anything else, please let me know :) 
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Super fun tutorial Anders👍 Spot-on😊
Tak Ole 😊🙏
Der skulle selvfølgelig have stået "super fine" @@andersaastrup . Ikke "super fun"...
@@ekelundphoto hehe tænkte jeg også nok 😅🙏 men tak for det anyway
Awesome info
Thank you!!
Very informative video. It's direct and to-the-point. Kudos....
Good help 👍🏻
Thank you SO MUCH for this video. It helps me with so many of my questions. I’m a stills photographer trying to learn video for a photo safari. You don’t get to do this every day, so I want to be in t he ball park to begin with. Again thank you.
So nice to hear that! 🙏 thank you! I wish you all the best and good luck on your safari 😊
Shutter angle with the FX3 coming soon 🎉
Wuhuuu 🥳😊 Didn’t know that!
Thanks for video😊
Thanks for sharing this fantastic tutorial, regards
Thank you 😊🙏
Some very useful tips ❤
I wish theres more videos on these topics for people that simply cant go buy a camera thats 3 grand.
It's not really the camera that does it, when making smooth and steady footage. Of course some inbuilt stabilization helps a tiny bit, but it comes down to the techniques really :)
3grand is cheap compared to what’s out there in the professional category
Excellent !
Many thanks!
Endnu en god brugbar video 👌
Ved ikke om du foretrækker dansk eller engelsk, så nu blir det på dansk :)
Hvis du har en ørn i luften, bruger du så tracking ? I f.eks "wide eller zone" ? Eller bruger du bare wide eller zone, men uden tracking ?
Tit når jeg trykker knappen halvt ned, så rammer den ikke fuglen, men låser fast på hvor "sigtekornet var" da jeg trykkede shutter halvt ned....
Hvis det gir mening.......
Så bruger jeg faktisk bare wide eller zone og retter måske lige til med fokuseringen - så det er en kombo imellem AF og MF med fokus peaking selvfølgelig 😊 fungerer bedst for mig 😅
.. og det er selvfølgelig helt fint du skriver på dansk 😅👌
nice video, very helpful
Thank you 😊
I don´t agree with two points. 1) In body stabilization should be avoided when shooting on a tripod. I can result in weird glitches. 2) Don´t shoot everything in slow motion, except you have a lot of storage. Slow motion should be used where it really is showing the viewer something special, that would otherwise not be possible. Otherwise it loses its WOW-effect and becomes cheesy. Also one does tend to rely on slow motion to much.
Otherwise, nice video.
Thank you for your feedback and opinion - i would like to challenge you though ;)
1) When you shoot on a tripod on for example 1200mm, no matter what you do when you move the camera, you'll have small jitters - In body stabilization, will help with those and I don't really get weird glitches on my fx3 to be honest. So I would still always recommend this - if your camera is good at it.
2) Slow motion does of course need way more storage. I have a server with 80TB, so for me it's not a problem, but something to keep in mind. I was shooting an osprey sitting on a branch for an hour yesterday, not doing much - and of course slow motion here is obviously not needed - but suddenly it took flight to hunt, and there's no time to switch to 100fps - so im glad I kept it in slow motion, to be able to slow that down.
Slowmotion also helps to see those small details, like the eyes blinking and stuff like that - and you don't have to slow things down, but it's nice to have the option to do so - still loks great when played at 25fps speed.
If you find it hard in general to keep your camera steady, slow motion will help slow the movements down (though it can look cheesy sometimes as you mention - but it's still a way to help you keep steady and that is what this video is about ;))
Once again - thank you for watching! :)
So you shoot 100/120 fps in standard playback, so in camera its not slowed down. You do the slow motion in post when you want to do speed ramps?
Yeah exactly. I find that most convenient 😊
@@andersaastrup interesting, cool
when you use in body stablization. it zooms in. so does it mean its still 4k? i tried using this then added more stabiliztion in post and looked like the video lost detail.
Some cameras crop in as you mention and some don’t, but they still shoot in 4k 👌😊
Wildlife videography lifehack: stop breathing 😂
Hahaha 😂
Do you experience lag in your external monitor, and if so, is it too much for wildlife/action videography since you are often dealing with fast-moving objects?
I haven’t experienced any kind of lag even when shooting 4k 100fps ☺️
Do you use ND filters for wildlife?
Not really 😊 don’t find it necessary in most cases
@@andersaastrup thanks, great video by the way 👍
Do you use base ISO with slog, or just rec709 and adjust ISO to your needs
@@JoK-ql4ow yeah base iso at 800 & 12800 in slog 3 😊 I would never shoot rec709
@@andersaastrup thanks a lot 🤟🏽