Some lovely images there carl. The Bearded Tit was one of my bogey birds for years. Finally manged to get them about 3 years ago and have seen them on a few occasions since, they never disappoint.
Hi Carl I've just subscribed to your channel. I've just bought this lens and can't wait to get out using it. I've just sold my Nikon D500 and 200-500mm lens as I wanted to go 100% Fuji (owning the XT2 and XT3) How do you find the AF when tracking birds in flight? Also do you use any NR software on your images because they look so clean but you used high ISO. I will check out your other videos now ☺
Thanks for the support, Paul! The Fuji lens is a great lens, nice and sharp, and lightweight. I have struggled a bit with birds in flight on the Fuji cameras as the autofocus grid isn't fine enough to make sure that you always have the bird in focus. For still birds though it's great! For noise reduction I use Topaz Denoise AI. I think it was around £60 but it's well worth the price as it does a fantastic job and works as a plugin directly from Lightroom or Photoshop.
@@carl_hall I'm looking at getting rid of my XT2 and getting either the XT5, XH2 or XH2s but I've read about AF issues on all those when tracking 🤔 Great Bearded Tit photo's by the way. I've never had views like that never mind photo's
Oh really? I considered getting the X-H2 for the animal eye tracking! I’ve been using my X-T4 with an adapted Canon 500mm recently but I was still struggling with the af on birds in flight. I ended up buying a Canon R7 at the weekend and it’s night and day difference in terms of autofocus on animals. I plan to use the Canon for still shots and then hopefully the X-T4 for filming as I really love the Fuji for videos. Thank you! We were very lucky. I’ve seen them a few times from a distance but never as close as this. It’s worth visiting Radipole Lake for them if you’re local, although I’ve been told the paths are so flooded at the moment that you can’t even get around in wellies!
wow, i love the images. especially the first two of the male bearded tit. such great colours. I'm using the xt4 for wildlife photography as well, i've just bought the tamron 150-500. there are not that many fuji wildlife photographers on youtube, so i'm looking forward to more of your videos. i was sceptic about the fuji 150-600 because of its maximum aperture, but the images youve taken a great! how do you feel about its perfomance when the conditions are not that favourable? cheers from germany!
Hi Kristian, sorry for the late reply, it's been a crazy couple of weeks! Thanks a lot for the kind words. The Fuji 150-600 is a great lens; it's nice and sharp, fairly light weight, and focuses quietly and quickly. As you say, the main (and big!) problem with it is that it's an f8. I have used it in poor light and it works well enough, but I end up shooting at max ISO more than I would like! I will admit that I ended up buying a Canon 500mm f/4 to use and I am not entirely sure if I will keep the Fuji 150-600. It's a great lens, but I'd like to photograph foxes, badgers, and owls this year, and they will most likely be in low light so having the extra two stops between f/8 and f/4 is huge. Thanks again!
Cracking Vlog guys, hope you don’t mind me asking how your finding the Fuji 150-600, it’s just I’m on the edge of taking the leap, but worried that I will be disappointed having to let my 100-400 go to get it. This is my only hang up at the moment
Thank you Alun! It’s a great lens, nice and sharp, good IS, and quite compact for a 600. My only issue is that it’s an f8 lens, but I guess Fuji are limited with what they can do without making it much heavier and more expensive. I would recommend the lens if you are not going to be using it for very low light shots, such as wildlife late in the evening.
Some lovely images there carl. The Bearded Tit was one of my bogey birds for years. Finally manged to get them about 3 years ago and have seen them on a few occasions since, they never disappoint.
Thank you Stewart! Yes they are wonderful birds to watch, especially when you’re lucky enough to get nice and close to them
Hi Carl I've just subscribed to your channel. I've just bought this lens and can't wait to get out using it. I've just sold my Nikon D500 and 200-500mm lens as I wanted to go 100% Fuji (owning the XT2 and XT3) How do you find the AF when tracking birds in flight? Also do you use any NR software on your images because they look so clean but you used high ISO. I will check out your other videos now ☺
Thanks for the support, Paul! The Fuji lens is a great lens, nice and sharp, and lightweight. I have struggled a bit with birds in flight on the Fuji cameras as the autofocus grid isn't fine enough to make sure that you always have the bird in focus. For still birds though it's great! For noise reduction I use Topaz Denoise AI. I think it was around £60 but it's well worth the price as it does a fantastic job and works as a plugin directly from Lightroom or Photoshop.
@@carl_hall I'm looking at getting rid of my XT2 and getting either the XT5, XH2 or XH2s but I've read about AF issues on all those when tracking 🤔 Great Bearded Tit photo's by the way. I've never had views like that never mind photo's
Oh really? I considered getting the X-H2 for the animal eye tracking! I’ve been using my X-T4 with an adapted Canon 500mm recently but I was still struggling with the af on birds in flight. I ended up buying a Canon R7 at the weekend and it’s night and day difference in terms of autofocus on animals. I plan to use the Canon for still shots and then hopefully the X-T4 for filming as I really love the Fuji for videos. Thank you! We were very lucky. I’ve seen them a few times from a distance but never as close as this. It’s worth visiting Radipole Lake for them if you’re local, although I’ve been told the paths are so flooded at the moment that you can’t even get around in wellies!
@@carl_hall I'm actually in Dorset in May for nearly a week so will definitely visit
wow, i love the images. especially the first two of the male bearded tit. such great colours. I'm using the xt4 for wildlife photography as well, i've just bought the tamron 150-500. there are not that many fuji wildlife photographers on youtube, so i'm looking forward to more of your videos. i was sceptic about the fuji 150-600 because of its maximum aperture, but the images youve taken a great! how do you feel about its perfomance when the conditions are not that favourable? cheers from germany!
Hi Kristian, sorry for the late reply, it's been a crazy couple of weeks! Thanks a lot for the kind words. The Fuji 150-600 is a great lens; it's nice and sharp, fairly light weight, and focuses quietly and quickly. As you say, the main (and big!) problem with it is that it's an f8. I have used it in poor light and it works well enough, but I end up shooting at max ISO more than I would like! I will admit that I ended up buying a Canon 500mm f/4 to use and I am not entirely sure if I will keep the Fuji 150-600. It's a great lens, but I'd like to photograph foxes, badgers, and owls this year, and they will most likely be in low light so having the extra two stops between f/8 and f/4 is huge. Thanks again!
Cracking Vlog guys, hope you don’t mind me asking how your finding the Fuji 150-600, it’s just I’m on the edge of taking the leap, but worried that I will be disappointed having to let my 100-400 go to get it. This is my only hang up at the moment
Thank you Alun! It’s a great lens, nice and sharp, good IS, and quite compact for a 600. My only issue is that it’s an f8 lens, but I guess Fuji are limited with what they can do without making it much heavier and more expensive. I would recommend the lens if you are not going to be using it for very low light shots, such as wildlife late in the evening.
A bird definitely on my bucket list and this looks to be the place to go for it 👍
Yes I reckon it’s a great place for dippers as the rocky rivers are perfect for them to jump around in 😃