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@@Ali-bf8ec Thanks for watching and congratulations on the new lens hope you get great shots with it!

So glad it was useful!

Thank you. Was great to meet you as well, hope you got some good shots!!

I think you made the right choice. That fluid head is by all accounts excellent.

Thanks for watching all the way from Ireland!

Glad it was useful

So glad they have been helpful! Hope you are enjoying your gear

Glad it was helpful

Thank you for watching!

I guess not all photographers are always interested in recording nature. You can see that quite clearly in many photographers attitudes to switching between photo and video - many never do despite both being visual. I think that if you make videos it’s very different. Then sound is vital and I record sound all the time and keep a large sound library. It’s also quite a bit of extra work and will depend on ones goals. I don’t have a parabolic mic but try to use ambient recordings most of the time.

Thank you for the tip, I am having a look at them :)

Haha a gift from my wife. Nice to know we are watch buddies :)

Hi Bruce, great to hear that you are planning a trip. I am not an East African fundi, but I know a lot of people self drive or more often hire a vehicle and driver/guide to go with it. Some of the vehicles looked pretty ancient when I was visiting the Masai Mara but it seems fun. I think the main risk is how everyone else drives and cattle on the road. I wouldn’t be too worried in the southern part of Kenya. I do have a friend who lives there who would be better placed to give advice although he’s not a photographer but travels all over in his landy. Wildlife is very easy to see in the Mara, I imagine equally easy in the Serengeti, particularly if you find the prey species. You can also see vehicles from quite a distance. Amboseli should also be on the list. If you want to plan a more organised trip I have a travel contact that may be able to help in both Tanzania and Kenya - she runs paragliding safaris off Kilimanjaro so is used to more off the beaten track trips. Alternatively, my day job is at Wilderness - we own Governors camps in the Mara and Wayo camps in Tanzania - I can put you in touch if you want a more formal safari. Obviously, I spend 99% of my time in Southern Africa and if you want advice for that, I am much better placed.

There’s only two cheaper third party lenses, the Tamron or the Sigma. You also have the 600 F11 and 800 F11 as options on the R7. I haven’t used those two F11 so I can’t answer on those. A lot depends on what you shoot, in Africa, with elephants one minute and a bird the next a zoom is very useful but less so if it’s birds that is the main subject.

@@WillGoodlet I like the ability to zoom in and out, so the 600 and 800 i wont buy. I usually photograph birds, but also other wildlife.

Really happy that it was useful and enjoyable. Thanks so much for the sub!

Hi, make sure the lens is at 300mm and open it up to f5.6. Make sure the target is less than 2 metres away. You don’t need to get the target to blur just adjust so that the target is sharpest at the point of focus. Also - what camera? This is only for dslr.

@@WillGoodlet I have a Canon EOS 5D Mark 3. I will make sure the target is less than 2 meters away!

Happy it was useful, thank you!

So glad it was helpful Walter. Sounds like you’re in a wonderful location to use it too!

Thanks!

Correction: I call it pulsing, but I'm on a DSLR. I would need a photography buff to explain to me what I mean. On autofocus, handheld, OS1 or 2 activated, once I've locked onto the subject, there is a second or 2 before I can actually take the shot, because the lens is still shaking around into position. If I halfpress the shutter button, it does this constantly, and you can see the frame moving in the viewfinder. Make sense? :D

Hi Wayne, thanks for the message and continued support. I’ve got to finish some work on the old house we bought and then hope to be back.

@@WillGoodlet Thanks Goodness. I was wondering what happened that we did not see you for the last few months. I enjoy the format and content so much that I miss them. Please think about the private tours that I asked about in an email a few months ago!

Wow thanks Mike! Welcome. Very kind of Kasey :)

It depends what you shoot. Be careful of recommendations for “wildlife” cameras and lenses. There is a predominance of info based around bird and bird in flight photography. This is NOT the same as wildlife photography. Wildlife is not as fast nor generally as demanding on gear and autofocus. So yes your M50 plus a decent long lens will be perfectly adequate for wildlife. For most perched and slowly moving birds too. It will struggle, compared to other more appropriate cameras, for bird in flight.

@@WillGoodlet Ah yes, that is an important distinction. I should have specified I primarily focus on small birds

@wildlifesammy8593 if the lens is in budget then its a nice addition and the reach on the M50 will help a lot. You can always bump your camera up later. The 600mm will make a huge difference for small birds and the limitations of your camera will just Make you more inventive as a photographer! This gear just wasn’t even conceived of when i started with 300mm and film cameras. So you can still get good shots with it. The lens is the most important part of the equation. Get the best one you are comfortable spending on.

So glad it was helpful!

Great to hear from you, must have been interesting! And you are in a beautiful location now. Either the tamron or this lens are good value options. If you want to spend more then the nikon 200-500 is also very nice and obviously you can go up from there. For value for money, there’s nothing really like the sigma. The gains on the other lenses will mainly be AF performance

Thanks! Grass always looks greener on the other side! Nothing like the real wildlife as found in south africa, from the insect species right up through reptiles we have it all back there here we have italien wolves france killed out their own wolve species and you barely find any snakes or insects here so yes beautiful lanscape but it just slightly lacks the bush feeling . I use to work as engineer on the super yachts and currently working on the yachtd but shorebased and shorebased doesn't pay as well as being onboard so am limited to around €1k for a wildlife lens between 150 and 600( +-) wolves and buck here dont like people so figure with camo and patience and a 600mm i might just get that one shot... Im thinking 2nd hand people here buy and sell lenses out the box they use it once or twice they not prepared to walk or carry the weight so can get great 2nd lenses barely used here. Thing is i do like misty and rainy conditions and camping in my 1man tent over long treks so guess sigma is that better option, though again can i protect a tamrom well with a lens protector cover and be careful for that slightly better AF? Pffff its a hard call for me or that nikon sounds great but then AF and weather sealing i am out there a lot in the weather . Lol.

@henrys9244 I just had a quick look at All three on Wex and they all seem to be roughly the same price in the UK. The Sigma 150-600 is not weather sealed. It has some sealing but not As much as the Sigma 150-600 sport (the more expensive version). The Tamron 150-600 G2 does have some weather sealing. Morten Hilmer uses it (have you seen his videos, its was his favourite lens at one point) a lot in very tough conditions. With Euro 1k you should be able to pick up any of these three

Sorry! I’ve just moved into the new house, connected the drives tonight. But lots of jobs to do on the property and also for work. So have to start back slowly Hope you are doing well?

@@WillGoodlet oh. I'm sorry, I didn't know that you have moved. Congratulations with your new place. When things are sorted out I hope you will pick up creating more of your content. I'm doing well considering the situation. I've been stuck in a chair for 6 weeks due to an accident when training giant slalom. Got 4 fractures in my pelvis. BTW. That's not recommended. It truly sucks.. So, during this weeks I've spent a lot of time here on RUclips watching your videos and many others.. That said, I've been on my first trip out in the woods. On crutches. But sadly without cameras. Hope you do well?

Glad it was helpful! Yes, I am interested in the XH2 S but I’m wary because it’s hard to sell on Fuji gear here later on. Much easier to sell Canon. Same for OM, Z-Cam and Black Magic I’d love to try them all :) The Power of the Atlantic video looks awesome on the X-T4!

@@WillGoodlet Wow!!! Thank you so much for checking out my channel!! Really appreciate it 👍. Yeah the X-T4 is such a fun camera and very underrated for action. As long as you don't spray and pray and choose the right autofocus mode along with using single point or zone, it's excellent for sports and wildlife. Plus, the retro design just makes you want to go out and shoot almost on a daily basis. Ah fair enough, but Fuji cameras seem to be getting more and more popular cause I've seen many photographers use them since living in Morocco, so maybe that might change. Can't wait to finally do an African safari hopefully sometime next year. Do you think the Tamron 17-70 and the Fuji 70-300 w/ the Teleconverter will be enough for hybrid shooting on a tour?

Nice to hear from you Axel! How’s things?

@@WillGoodlet Very good thanks - visited my mum at 93 in Cape Town and brother and sister. It was like I never left! Took about 6100+ images with the Z8 and 180-600 lens . Planning my next trip! Keep well Will!

Thank you!

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Thanks for watching! By ‘surging’ do you mean focus hunting? Does it occur in good light or only poor light? Congratulations on the 5Div its a lovely camera

@@WillGoodlet I can't nail down when it occurs. It seems to be making micro adjustments. It did it once during video and 2 other times while photographing. The video was whitetail deer in evening light, and the photos were a wild turkey in dappled mid day light and a blue heron in warm morning light. I just saw a video from Duade Paton telling how he made his better by changing the settings on the lens using the dock that you can get for it. Thanks! I really enjoy the look and feel of the images from the 5Div.

@joncothranphotography9375 I would have thought it was low light on the 7d2 because most have the problems on mirrorless but hopefully Duade’s info helps!

I would love to see some sample pics! I am using a 7D ii with a Canon 100-400L (Mk 1) and am loving the results but I am looking for that extra reach!

Happy it was helpful!!

The one in the window? I have a video on it - will post the link

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I’d say it’s still excellent value for money. Mirrorless cameras have better autofocus but 7d2 is still excellent. The body is tougher than it’s replacement, the gps is great, anti-flicker still works the frame rate is almost as good as the R6 and R5 (when using mechanical shutter - which is mostly how I shoot due to rolling shutter issues on those cameras). The optical finder is nicer and less battery hungry. The camera doesn’t overheat. Let down by poor video in comparison to mirrorless and by noise (mostly recoverable in software) and very aggressive anti aliasing filter which makes cropping a bad option. If you photograph wildlife and mammals its great. If you shoot birds in flight, it works but mirrorless will be better

D850 is a fantastic camera and the 150-600c is definitely capable if it hasn’t got issues. Hope you are getting some better results!

Thanks for watching, its very handy and good value for money.