"Leave the 200-400" home he said
Hi Y'all,
On my last trip to Kenya I made a tragic mistake - I listened to Andy Williams. On this day we were going to visit a Maasai village. Andy said that we wouldn't need our long glass for this outing. Now I usually don't pay that much attention to Andy but for some reason on this day I listened to him and went off with my D800E and the 24-70 2.8 lens and hopped onto the land rover.
We were travelling down the road when our guide spotted a mother cheetah and her two cubs just as the mother made a kill. If I had a lens like the 200-400 I would have gotten some fantastic captures but there I was holding the D800E and the 24-70.
On my last trip to Kenya I made a tragic mistake - I listened to Andy Williams. On this day we were going to visit a Maasai village. Andy said that we wouldn't need our long glass for this outing. Now I usually don't pay that much attention to Andy but for some reason on this day I listened to him and went off with my D800E and the 24-70 2.8 lens and hopped onto the land rover.
We were travelling down the road when our guide spotted a mother cheetah and her two cubs just as the mother made a kill. If I had a lens like the 200-400 I would have gotten some fantastic captures but there I was holding the D800E and the 24-70.
Harry
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ActuallyI had the perfect camera for this scenario. The 800E allowed me to do some very serious cropping on these images.
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I'll have 600mm with me when we go to Tanzania together in January!
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The 800E is a staggering camera, I have one myself. Allied with a 24-70, 70-200 or 200-400 like you have. They are lovely shots you've got there.
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If I only had the 28-70 I would have been thrilled however knowing I had the 200-400 at camp was a tad irksome.
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I would never place Andy in a spot where he might be eaten by cheetahs. Think of the poor cheetahs. We weren't that close except for the first pic. Fortunately the 800E allows one to do some fairly heavy cropping. Never listening to Andy has become an absolute for myself.
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Now that part I do agree [the crop] I did get a 800 but it was a bad one and nikon repair in L.A. was as bad as the camera. They are a joke with no laughing I did get a full credit but was so mad I did not order another one -I will in time. I shot a few at a distance that I would pass on with my other cameras and was :ivar and again never well you know
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Will do David and so far it seems that everybody agrees about not listening to Andy
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Your exact quote was "we'll be visiting the Maasai today, you won't need your long glass today.
The 600mm is a lot of reach unless you're intending to shot a lot of birds it may lose you more ops than it will gain.
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That it is. Now I just have to work on my own skills to go along with that fine piece of equipment.
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I didn't listen to Andy though, I brought my M4/3 and the 100-300 and was very glad I had it for that scene. - http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/Travel/Kenya-2013/i-jVSGPr2/0/XL/cheetah_kill-2-4-XL.jpg
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Great capture Jim. I was riding with Marc and he had a Panasonic GH-3 and a 100mm - 300mm (200mm-600mm equivalent). Now I'm trying to get captures with my 24-70 and its not easy to get focus lock on such a small subject so I'm going click ................click..................click. Marc with that small set-up is going
click,click,click,click.click,click,click
Its starting to piss me off. I know its Andy fault I think to myself but if I hear one more click from Marc I'm gonna whop him upside the head with my beanbag.
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When we go to Tanzania in January I'm ONLY bringing the GH3. My long lens will be the 100-300 Panasonic (200-600 equiv).
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I was contemplating lugging my DSLRs and glass around on that trip and just going with a GH3 with the 100-300 is a very tempting option.
I used the GH3 for a day at The Alligator farm and got some excellent captures. However it couldn't get the job done tracking action and its low light performance was less than stellar. Since this will probably be my last African trip I'm going to play it safe and bring my D4 and D800E along. I am glad you will be traveling light so I can have you haul some of my gear around for me.
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