Its a small and powerful tool, in the right hands. My recent favorite lens is kilfitt 600mm f5.6, simple 2 element design. It has tons of character.
@boxoweasels
2 жыл бұрын
My current faves for birds are a Tamron 500 SP mirror lens and a Nikon AIS 400/5.6 (sometimes with 1.4x TC) on my X-H1. My bargain rec would be the Tou Five Star 500mm F8, T mount preset lens which can be had dirt cheap and is very sharp. You will want macro-helicoid adapter though as the minimum focusing distance is way too long. Even the 4 meter minimum on the more modern lenses is sometimes too much for song birds. I used to have a birding setup with full AF back when I shot Canon, and there were 2 big drawbacks. First I got obsessed with getting pics and I found I wasn't actually taking time to really look at the birds, just chasing the next shot. Second, I would end up with so many shots I absolutely dreaded having to cull and process them. With the manual setup, sure, I miss some I would have got with AF, but when I do get them it feels more rewarding, more like I actually got the shot and not the camera. For a pro, sure the AF lens is worth it, but for hobby shooting I much prefer the manual experience. I think magnified focus (with or without focus peaking) is absolutely mandatory, which makes IBIS basically essential to helping you keep the lens steady enough to focus while magnified. It's also very helpful to tune your focus peaking, film sim, and sharpness settings to the specific lens you're using if you want peaking to be even vaguely helpful. I very much do NOT recommend mirror lenses to beginners. Contrary to their reputation they can be quite good, though never as sharp as a refractive lens, but they are the most difficult type of lens to use. They are very hard to focus and unbelievably vulnerable to any kind of shake, due to being extremely light and basically shaped like a bell. I believe their bad reputation is like 30% down to defective cheap copies and 70% down to being used by people with no experience with super-telephoto lenses often on a DSLR that was never designed for manual focus. (Live view is bad a joke.)
@roycruzphoto
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Will take a look at these lenses. Thanks for your input!
@paulwilliams1310
Жыл бұрын
So helpful thanks. I have a low budget and an x-e1 and a 200mm vivitar prime lens, wanting help on how to photograph birds. Your video answered all my questions.
@NasuMeji
Жыл бұрын
I just recently found you and you this is a really good channel! thank you!
@roycruzphoto
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@nh-ss5pw
2 жыл бұрын
Nice
@johannjcqs5270
2 жыл бұрын
Been a while, good to see you back !
@roycruzphoto
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Good to be back!
@cameraman655
2 жыл бұрын
Where you been hidin’...? Good to see ya back.
@roycruzphoto
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Been busy with client work, but it's good to be back.
@joevee5619
Жыл бұрын
Roy…early morning or late afternoon more for the low angle even lighting across the entire bird…You don’t have to worry about the shadows or blacks when exposing for the highlights especially egrets, because there are none.
@guillermoquinones4200
2 жыл бұрын
Another great video Roy. Beautiful photos. You have made me a fan of vintahe glass. Regards from the other side of the world, Puerto Rico.
@roycruzphoto
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@DylanGoldbyPhotographer
2 жыл бұрын
Welcome back, man! I'd like sit on that random couch with you next time I'm down!
@roycruzphoto
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, brother! For sure. Such a random spot, but nice and quiet. Beats the noisy roadside and bad trot music blaring near the bird area. Haha!
@peter1820
2 жыл бұрын
So beautiful and sharp photos with manual focus! My God who are you? 🥇
@roycruzphoto
2 жыл бұрын
Cheers, Peter. 🙏 Had to go through many blurry photos to get the sharp ones. :D
@peter1820
2 жыл бұрын
@@roycruzphoto I Will try 👍🏽😀
@thomas_didymus
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your expertise. When did you upgrade from your X-T1? I'm still thinking of getting one. Should I bother? Or should I go right to the X-T4, now that the T5 is out and perhaps there will be deals to had on the T4?
@roycruzphoto
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching! I upgraded my T1 a long time ago. At this point, I would get at least a T2 (or T3 for the speed if you have a lot of Fuji AF lenses). If you have the budget, maybe a T4. The newer NPW235 batteries performs so much better than the old NP126S ones and that alone is a worthwhile upgrade IMO.
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