Wildlife Photography - Fujifilm X-H2s and XF150-600mm after using Nikon Z8
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- Опубліковано 28 лис 2024
- Join us on an exhilarating journey into the heart of Glenorchy, New Zealand, a picturesque paradise renowned for its stunning landscapes and diverse birdlife. In this captivating UA-cam video, we delve into the world of wildlife photography, focusing on the awe-inspiring beauty of avian creatures that call this region home.
Armed with cutting-edge equipment, including the XH2s camera and XF150-600mm lens, I embark on a quest to capture the essence of Glenorchy's winged inhabitants.
I can't wait to see how the XH2S and XF150-600 fairs after using the Nikon Z8 and the Canon R5.
Kit:
Fujifilm X-H2S
XF 150-600mm
TTartisan 27mm
DJI Pocket 3
Keywords: Fujifilm X-T5, wildlife photography, camera setup, autofocus, image quality, compact design.
Would love to see the camera settings for these shots to get a better idea of high ISO output etc. Great content keep it up mate.
Great video and shots man! Love being able to relive my years in NZ again through your vids👌
Awesome! Thanks jack. Glad you hear you enjoy the videos :)
did you shoot the z8 with the latest firmware (2.0)? Also some photos and videos at the end look like the camera/lens didnt hit the eyes correctly. kind of blurry.
Unfortunately not, I passed the camera back to Courier to send to Nikon two hours before the release of the firmware haha. Ah well. Embarrassingly, I exported the wrong batch of images, not sure how but the image before or after the last 2 images were much sharper.....must have been up very late editing haha. Thanks for letting me know, and thanks for your comments :)
Great video Bernie, I’ve got the exact set up you have and I’m quite happy with it. Been shooting XH2s and 150-600 for 2 years now. I agree, once you dial in the AF custom settings it works well. Even my buddy with the Sony A1, and Sony zoom lens says Sony’s tracking system does not do all that great. For low light, I really like the Fuji 70-300 mm F4-5.6 lens. (FF reach is 450 mm). I swear it’s Fuji X’s reasonably priced low light wildlife lens. Especially fun since it makes you get in closer to wildlife, if possible.
Really informative. Exactly the info I was looking for. Thank you!
Have you tried the 100-400 on the Fuji, would be fair reach?
Sure have, I used to work for Fujifilm. I love the 100-400mm, it's a great lens. I prefer the flexibility of the 150-600. I find 100-400 is sharpest in 100-300 range and the 150-600 sharpest through 150-500mm range. So I feel I get better results from the 150-600. Hope this makes sense :)
You can have a 600 f5.6 at the long end of the Fujifilm 100-400.
Coming from Nikon to Fuji (weight and old age) I too find the f8 a pain, if the lights good then iso no probs but push that shutter speed up for twitchy birds or BIF and iso becomes a problem, I'm in a dilemma, back to Nikon faster but heavier lens, or go down the fringer road and Nikon glass, Fuji need to look at faster lens, the 200mm F2 is mental money for a pretty useless wildlife lens, the 500mm f5.6 is just not fast enough if they ever bring the X mount version out, Fuji just seem out of touch with wildlife glass needs.
I've successfully adapted Sigma's 500mm F4, Nikon's 600mm F4 and 800mm F5.6 lenses onto my X-T5, there's plenty of electronic adapters out there you can get for around $200-350 that will keep full functionality of the AF and all other lens functions and EXEIF data (Fringer is my brand of choice for them), so you totally could have a bright and fast long tele prime in your Fujifilm arsenal to compensate for early morning and late evening scenarios, or if you want maximum optical quality out of your sensor.
Bring one of those alongside the 150-600 from fuji for when its plenty bright and you'd be golden :)
Naturally, the price you pay is well... the weight. Hah.
Which adapter do you use? How are the results:)
And be carefull with the lens protection it can blur the image. likt Hoya
Well lets hope the 500 f5.6 rumors are true
why is the X-H2s and XF150-600mm in your Video so bad. In Videos before it was not bad. The Birdface in Video are most not sharp. Sharpness is most behind. What is wrong?
I am just before to bay X-H2s and XF150-600mm, coming from Canon R3 + RF 200-800mm. This was to heavy and big for me, walking around in the Wilderness. But now, I am not shure if the Fuji is save for good Picture and Videos.
Hard to see in the video but the photos and videos are super low light. What would the weight saving be on moving from the R3 and 200-800? Why not get an R5?
@@winfriedNaturvideoFuji is fine for most anything… People struggling with autofocus for birding, are generally bot aware of how to set the crucial (!) custom autofocus setting modes for their uses… for me, on x-h2s, setting it to “erratic highly sensitive”, and in the middle regarding “the duration to retain focusing on the same subject”, is set in the middle - this works fine for seagulls and birds behaving erratically like those - in-flight
@@Mortenthorpe-DK Nah, as someone who's had H2S for about a year now. Their af is just behind plain and simple. Settings really don't change that much.
@@MOTOJendays the fact that photographers DO shoot wildlife with the Fuji’s with success is enough to debunk your weak postulate. Apparently fuji introduced an autofocus bug of some consequence to photographers in x-h2s version 6.00, that they have yet to fix… I haven’t experienced this bug, rather found the new AF methods to demand other settings.