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Shooting some video and photorgaphic stills of surfers at the Nike US Open at Huntingon Beach!
I call the above combination the 45WINDSURFER as it lets you SURF the intermittent waves of stills photography, while catching the constant WIND of video. :) I shoot all my models with a variation of this setup too, using the D800 instead with the 70-200 mm VR2.
Here is my gear for tomorrow:
Nikon D4 with AF-S NIKKOR 600mm f/4G ED VR & Video Camera!
The AF-S NIKKOR
600mm f/4G ED VR is a high-speed, high-performance prime lens which features Nikon’s VR image stabilization and Nano Crystal Coat!
The Nikon D4 rocks! It focuses fast and continuously! It can shoot 12 RAWS/second! Ideal for shooting Kelly Slater pulling tricks!
The video camera is the amazing image-stabilized Panasonic X900MK 3MOS 3D Full HD SD Camcorder. The 3MOS Sensor splits the light information captured by the lens into the three primary colors - red, green and blue - and processes each color with its own individual sensor. This reduces light loss compared to the 1MOS sensor. Pixel Shift Technology, which took years to develop, provides a huge number of effective pixels for moving pictures – equivalent to four times the pixel count of Full-HD. This technology renders ultrafine images with excellent color reproduction and superb detail! It is built with an awesome F1.5 LEICA lens! The image stabilization is amazing on this, even at full zoom!
Using a rugged Manfrotto tripod and a Manfrotto Bogen tripod head!
Wish me luck! :) Wish you could join me to shoot stills & video of the world's greatest surfers!
These pictures were shot with the Sony Alpha 65 (A65).
The panasonic camcorder shoots at 60P and I slow it down to 24P in post for slow motion!
Photograph taken in the magic of the Golden Hour around sunrise at 05:19am on Sunday 2nd June 2013 off Lullingstone Lane and the road leading to' Eagle Heights birds of prey centre', in the field which overlooks Eynsford Viaduct in the village of Eynsford, Kent, England.
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Nikon D800 24mm 1/2500s f/2.8 iso200 RAW (14 bit)
Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED IF. Jessops 77mm UV filter. Nikon MB-D12 battery grip. Two Nikon EN-EL batteries. Nikon DK-17M Magnifying Eyepiece. Nikon DK-19 soft rubber eyecup. Manfrotto 055XPROB tripod. Manfrotto 327RC2 Grip action ball head. Manfrotto quick release plate 200PL-14. Jessops Tripod bag. Optech Tripod Strap. Sandisc 32GB Ultra Class 10 30MB/s SDHC. Lowepro Transporter camera strap. Lowepro Vertex 200 AW camera bag. Nikon MC-DC2 remote shutter release. Nikon GP-1 gps unit.
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LATITUDE: N 51d 22m 4.64s
LONGITUDE: E 0d 11m 51.72s
ALTITUDE: 64.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 103.00MB
PROCESSED FILE: 9.61MB
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Bonfire night and the family made a Guy Fawkes from old clothes to stake into the fire. We were told to keep things small. I'm 6ft 2 and stood to the side of the fire. Maybe not the smallest blaze.
Taken looking back over our house in Suffolk. Manfrotto tripod, nikon D700, Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8
Pentax *ist DS2, SMC 135/2.5 PK, (CF=205mm),
Manfrotto 390 Jr
In the photo:
Pentax 6X7 MLU
SUPER-TAKUMAR/6X7 105/2.4
Manfrotto 029 3W-Head
Manfrotto 190B
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This photograph was taken in the magic of The Golden Hour around Sunrise (Sunrise was at precisely 07:39am), at an altitude of Two metres, at 08:10am on Sunday January 11th 2015 off Botany Road and Marine Drive, on the sandy shoreline of Botany Bay in Broadstairs, Kent, England.
I set off at 05:30am on a very chilly morning, around two degrees, and a bracing wind that pounded flesh and bones, but well worth the one and a half hour journey there to enjoy a lovely sunrise. The seven bays in Broadstairs consist of: (From south to north) Dumpton Gap, Louisa Bay, Viking Bay, Stone Bay, Joss Bay, Kingsgate Bay and Botany Bay.
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Nikon D800 29mm 1/100s f/2.8 iso100 RAW (14Bit) -2.7EV compensation. AF-S single point focus. Manual exposure. Matrix metering. Auto white balance. Auto Active D-lighting.
Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED IF. Jessops 77mm UV filter. Nikon MB-D12 battery grip. Two Nikon EN-EL batteries. Nikon DK-17M Magnifying Eyepiece. Nikon DK-19 soft rubber eyecup. Manfrotto MT057C3 057 Carbon Fiber Tripod 3 Sections (Payload 18kgs). Manfrotto MH057M0-RC4 057 Magnesium Ball Head with RC4 Quick Release (Payload 15kgs). Manfrotto quick release plate 410PL-14.Jessops Tripod bag. Optech Tripod Strap.Digi-Chip 64GB Class 10 UHS-1 SDXC. Lowepro Transporter camera strap. Lowepro Vertex 200 AW camera bag. Nikon MC-DC2 remote shutter release. Nikon GP-1 GPS unit.
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LATITUDE: N 51d 23m 20.27s
LONGITUDE: E 1d 26m 7.69s
ALTITUDE: 2.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE SIZE: 103.00MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) SIZE: 12.32MB
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HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU processor. AMD Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB SATA storage. 64-bit Windows 8.1. Verbatim USB 2.0 1TB desktop hard drive. WD My Passport Ultra 1tb USB3 Portable hard drive. Nikon VIEWNX2 Version 2.10.3 64bit. Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit
Shooting some video and photorgaphic stills of surfers at the Nike US Open at Huntingon Beach!
I call the above combination the 45WINDSURFER as it lets you SURF the intermittent waves of stills photography, while catching the constant WIND of video. :) I shoot all my models with a variation of this setup too, using the D800 instead with the 70-200 mm VR2.
Here is my gear for tomorrow:
Nikon D4 with AF-S NIKKOR 600mm f/4G ED VR & Video Camera!
The AF-S NIKKOR
600mm f/4G ED VR is a high-speed, high-performance prime lens which features Nikon’s VR image stabilization and Nano Crystal Coat!
The Nikon D4 rocks! It focuses fast and continuously! It can shoot 12 RAWS/second! Ideal for shooting Kelly Slater pulling tricks!
The video camera is the amazing image-stabilized Panasonic X900MK 3MOS 3D Full HD SD Camcorder. The 3MOS Sensor splits the light information captured by the lens into the three primary colors - red, green and blue - and processes each color with its own individual sensor. This reduces light loss compared to the 1MOS sensor. Pixel Shift Technology, which took years to develop, provides a huge number of effective pixels for moving pictures – equivalent to four times the pixel count of Full-HD. This technology renders ultrafine images with excellent color reproduction and superb detail! It is built with an awesome F1.5 LEICA lens! The image stabilization is amazing on this, even at full zoom!
Using a rugged Manfrotto tripod and a Manfrotto Bogen tripod head!
Wish me luck! :) Wish you could join me to shoot stills & video of the world's greatest surfers!
These pictures were shot with the Sony Alpha 65 (A65).
The panasonic camcorder shoots at 60P and I slow it down to 24P in post for slow motion!
Bogen Manfrotto 055XPROB Pro Tripod Legs with Bogen Manfrotto 488RC2 Midi Ball Head with RC2 Rapid Connect System (3157N)
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Why should you invest on a good tripod? Well, for situations like these where you need to give 100% trust that your camera won’t accidentally drop from the sky and fall onto people on the street.
Pictured is the Canon EOS 7D + Canon EF 70-200 f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender mounted on Manfrotto tripod + doing aerial timelapse of 1-second intervals of people jogging + bicycling down on the Ma On Shan Promenade 27 floors below.
I am shooting JPEGs for this round so hopefully I won't spend the whole day exporting JPEGs from Lightroom again.
Photographed with iPad 3.
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I hate to not be able to go out with the camera when at work or in this weather so have to find new ideas to play with. Not sure letting sparklers off indoors is idea but it certainly gives some cool pics.
Canon 5Dmkll
Canon 24-105 F4L IS
Manfrotto 190XPROB
Manfrotto 804RC2
3 exposures one to light the glass, one for the LED light paint, and one for the sparkler. Using a black background.
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Photo shooting in the Grand Hôtel-Dieu, Lyon
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Lighting/Strobist: Godox AD600pro in TTL mode in Broncolor beautybox with front diffuser and a grid mounted on a Manfrotto lightstand
Photograph taken at an altitude of Zero metres, in the golden hour around sunrise at 06:22am on Sunday 16th March 2014 opposite Marine Parade and Adventure Island Theme Park, looking towards the old Pier, on the muddy shoreline of Southend on Sea, Essex, England.
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Nikon D800 28mm 1/500s f/2.8 iso200 Mirror Up RAW (14-bit). Matrix metering. Manual exposure mode. AF-S Single point.
Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED IF. Jessops 77mm UV filter. Nikon MB-D12 battery grip. Two Nikon EN-EL 15 batteries. Nikon GP-1 GPS unit. Nikon MC-DC2 remote shutter release cable. Nikon DK-17M Magnifying Eyepiece. Hoodman HGEC soft eyecup. Manfrotto MT057C3 057 Carbon Fiber Tripod 3 Sections (Payload 18kgs). Manfrotto MH057M0-RC4 057 Magnesium Ball Head with RC4 Quick Release (Payload 15kgs). Manfrotto quick release plate 410PL-14. Jessops Tripod bag. Optech Tripod Strap. Digi-Chip 64GB Class 10 UHS-1 SDXC. Lowepro Transporter camera strap. Lowepro Vertex 200 AW camera bag
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LATITUDE: N 51d 31m 54.24s
LONGITUDE: E 0d 43m 3.86s
ALTITUDE: 0.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 103.00MB
PROCESSED FILE: 12.25MB
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Kennet tripoid is a wonderful invention for nature photographers. In addition to normal photographical usage one can adjust it to ground level. This one is equipped with Manfrotto 3-dimensional videohead which is pretty essential for aiming the camera while the main bar is in what-ever angle.
Note the Nikon SD9 Battery Pack that is wrapped around the Manfrotto Magic Arm assembly. This is a SWEET set up. Completely adjustable and stable to any angle.
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Lighting/Strobist: Godox AD600pro with Broncolor softbox with front diffuser with grid mounted on Manfrotto tripod
Adrian out for a ride.
I had borrowed a friend's 300mm 2.8 lens for the 2009 Rexall Edmonton Indy, I was returning the lens the next day; so I wanted to play with it some more before returning it.
Earlier in the summer, my son bought a 1983 Honda Shadow 750. I wanted to get a shot of him riding before he would have to put the bike away for the year.
I ended up taking over 50 pictures before I was happy with this one. There were lots of parked vehicles on the street he was riding on. Plus there was another street between where my son was riding and where I was standing. I had other images that were pretty good, but had undesirable vehicles or objects in the picture.
It was getting late, around 7:45pm when this was taken. Adrian was riding towards the west, the evening sun came off the headlight and the front fender nicely.
Exposed at 1/45 of a second at f.13 at 300mm (450mm equivalent), at ISO-400 with a 3.0x Neutral Density filter in the lens. The rig was mounted onto a Manfrotto 055X Pro and 488RC2 via the 300mm tripod mount.
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Rusting metal now peppered with seaweed and salt water corrosion speaks volumes for the years of hardship that this jewel in the coastal crown of England has endured. Gloriously triumphant, resolutely defending like a brave warrior on the battlefield each icy cold advance of the winter tides, she basks defiantly beneath each new sunrise, a remnant of a bygone era, symbol of a once proud empire, bold and beautiful.
A place in my heart from childhood to the grave, I have laughed like a drain and cried like a baby beside and beneath her metallic form, I have walked hand in hand joyfully with those who have loved me, I have loitered in solitude and questioned my life and soul after the passing of those who have touched my life like an angels fingers, I have faced my demons and sought santuary from my pain and woes.
Five decades have passed and still she touches my heart and caresses my soul. Time is not the healer that others would have me believe, but I shall always return....
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Photograph taken in the golden hour around sunrise at 08:06am on Tuesday 1st January 2013 opposite Adventure Island Theme Park and the Western Esplanade, beneath the old pier structure on the muddy shoreline of Southend on Sea, Essex, England.
Nikon D800 145mm 1/1000s f/4.5 iso200 Mirror Up
RAW (14-bit)
Nikkor AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8G ED IF VRII. Jessops 77mm UV filter. Nikon MB-D12 battery grip. Manfrotto 055XPROB tripod. Manfrotto quick release plate 200PL-14. Manfrotto 327RC2 Grip action ball head. My memory 32GB class 10 20MB/s SDHC. Nikon MC-DC2 remote shutter release. Nikon GP-1 GPS unit
LATITUDE: N 51d 31m 54.40s
LONGITUDE: E 0d 42m 58.39s
ALTITUDE: 6.0m
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Petit auto portrait aujourd'hui..
Small self portrait today..
My shot :
Location : Grenoble
Time & Date : Thursday 22 of December
Camera : Nikon D300s
Lens : AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 G
Exif : ƒ/10 | ISO 100 | 1/200s |
Flash/Strobist info : Grey background; Cactus KF36 at the right and above into a 60*60 softbox at 1/2 power; Cactus KF36 at the right into a mini softbox at 1/16 power; SB-900 at the left through a white umbrella at 1/64 power and 35mm; triggered by cactus trigger V5
Tripod : Manfrotto 190XPRO + head 804RC2
Filter(s) : —
Postraitement : aperture / photoshop CS5 + Color EFex Pro : pro and tonal contrast, levels, desaturation and work of the skin
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Pentax *ist DS2, SMC 50/2.0 PKA, (CF=76.5mm),
Manfrotto 390 Jr
In the photo:
Pentax 6X7 MLU
SUPER-TAKUMAR/6X7 105/2.4
Manfrotto 268 Ballhead
CF Photo+Video Technik Ash Tripod
I put the "Bigma" (Sigma 50-500mm) lens through a real workout on this trip and it gave me a workout. 4lb monster that I kept attached to the tripod and lugged around like I was an m60 gunner in Vietnam. Okay, I know nothing about lugging around a machinegun but when I rounded a corner and scared a group of tourists dressed mostly in camo that's how I felt.
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This is a portable strobist flash setup for lighting a hockey arena. Of course you take a small risk that a puck/stick could damage it, but the risk in any one game is small. I used a simple manfrotto clamp, and made my own "Justin clamp" from a tiny camera tripod bought from a drugstore and a 1/4" bolt mounted through a hole I drilled in the clamp. A superclamp would have been a little more secure but less versatile. I used this setup for the hockey image titled "Panic" in my photostream. Next time I'll rig it with a safety cable and use a suspender strap for the battery pack.
Manfrotto 190CXPRO4 Carbon Fibre Tripod with 804RC2 Head and 80mm Opticron Scope.
Last week I experienced yet another problem with my (third) Velbon Sherpa 750R tripod whilst out digiscoping, putting an early end to one of the few decent days we've had around here for several months now. I was so incensed that I finally decided to bite the bullet and shell out for a quality piece of kit! The two essential requirements were that the replacement had to be no heavier than the 750R and that it should still fit into my (Vango Trail 45) rucksack along with the rest of my digiscoping kit. The Manfrotto 190CXPRO4 seemed to fit the bill for the tripod legs, but I couldn't decide on a head unit. However, Wex Photographic were selling the Manfrotto 190CXPRO4 with a free Manfrotto 804RC2 head for £200. I'm usually pretty cynical about such "free" offers, but surprisingly I couldn't find a UK retailer selling the legs alone at a lower price - and so in this case free really did seem to mean free!
The tripod weighs in at 1.34kg and the head at 0.77kg, giving a total weight of 2.11kg, which is about 0.1kg less that the 750R.
My original idea was to keep the 804RC2 head as a spare and order a more sophisticated video head as my main unit, as recommended by most experienced digiscopers. However, after a couple of field trips I'm pretty happy with the 804RC2, and so as I have a strong aversion to spending money I think I'll stick with it for now (however, see comments below).
14 January 13
COMMENTS
Full specifications and comprehensive reviews for this tripod and head can no doubt be found elsewhere on the internet. These are merely a few notes based on my experience of using this kit for digiscoping with my Opticron 80mm scope and point-and-shoot digital camera over the past month or so (involving 16 field trips).
The only tripod I've used before is the relatively cheap Velbon Sherpa 750R (which comes with the PH-157Q head), and so this is my only point of comparison.
MANFROTTO 190CXPRO4 TRIPOD
The main problem I experienced with the Velbon tripod was the flimsy leg locks which were prone to shearing. The locks on the Manfrotto are considerably more substantial, and although more force is needed to close them, on balance, I think they should be prove to be more reliable. Replacement locks can in any case be bought for a tolerable price (currently £6.30 each), and presumably can be DIY fitted. My other relatively minor bugbear with the Velbon was the rubber feet which were frequently left behind in muddy terrain. The Manfrotto feet appear to be more securely fitted - they've certainly survived several lengthy sessions on sludgy Solway shores! Again, replacements can if necessary be bought at an acceptable price (currently £7 for a set of three - but see note added 22 May 13).
There are, however, two design features of the Manfrotto tripod that I'm not particularly happy with. Firstly, although the legs can be set at four different angles, in practice only the most acute angle is usable when in a standing position (unless the centre column is extended, which rather defeats the object) - and this angle is noticeably sharper than on the Velbon, which makes the tripod feel less stable. There's a hook near the top of the tripod to allow a weight to be suspended to increase stability under windy conditions. I gave this a go using a carrier bag holding a boulder weighing about 5kg, but there was no discernible improvement.
Secondly, unlike the Velbon, the centre column cannot be split, and the lowest practical position that can readily be achieved for digiscoping is about 38cm, as opposed to 16cm on the Velbon. Although it's possible to reduce the height further by rotating the tripod centre column horizontally (see photo 2 of 2) this involves a lot of fiddling about with both the scope and tripod and I don't think it's something I'd be happy to do in the field. A simpler option - where possible - would be to keep the centre column vertical and just dig a hole underneath it! (Incidentally, I found Manfrotto's instruction on how to return the centre column from the horizontal to the vertical position unfathomable, and I ended up just reversing the original procedure - which apparently you're not supposed to do for health and safety reasons!)
As I don't believe that either of the above "deficiencies" would have a significant effect on the quality of my digiscoped photos, I'm happy enough with this tripod.
MANFROTTO 804RC2 TRIPOD HEAD
As noted earlier, this 3-way photo-head came free with the tripod. It's certainly not the type of design favoured by most digiscopers; in fact the phrase "avoid like the plague" was used by one reviewer! However, as can be seen from my photostream from 12 January to 8 February, it's certainly feasible to use this head for digiscoping, and over this period I don't think I've missed a single photo-opportunity due to its limitations - touch wood! Having said that though, it does have some obvious and significant deficiencies, which should be borne in mind if anyone is thinking of buying this head for digiscoping purposes.
On the positive side, the ability to lock pan and tilt movements independently is a major improvement on my previous tripod head (Velbon PH-157Q). In practice, this means that in many circumstances there's no need to lock either function immediately prior to taking a shot. For example, if trying to photograph a wader making its way along the shoreline, the tilt can be locked at an appropriate angle (with periodic adjustments) and the bird followed just by panning; shots can then be taken without needing to lock the pan, as there's sufficient stiction to keep the scope steady enough for photos. (This will be obvious to more knowledgeable digiscopers, but it was a revelation to me!)
Another good feature is that the head can be locked solidly enough to carry the scope and tripod over the shoulder without the scope flopping down, as sometimes used to happen with the Velbon. Over the past month or so I must have carried my kit this way for several kilometres in total without any problems.
Now the bad news...
There are a number of irritating - but not critical - design features which I think are worth mentioning:
1 The roll function, which allows a camera to be rotated from landscape to portrait mode is redundant for digiscoping, but adds several cm to the length and several hundred grams to the weight of the head. Also, the design is such that the associated control lever must be kept in place to keep the top of the head level and so it can't be removed to save weight.
2 The head is an extremely awkward shape for carrying in a rucksack. Although all three levers can be unscrewed to make it easier to pack, this is not a practicable option for a digiscoper on the move. The best that can be done is to swap around the short pan and longer roll levers (as shown in the photo), and then perhaps dispense with the pan lever altogether, to save weight and bulk.
3 The QRP has to be fitted across the line of the scope as opposed to along the line, which reduces the area of contact, and so increases the chance of it unscrewing from the base of the scope.
4 The upward tilt angle is limited to 30 degrees. If a higher angle is needed then the QRP must be rotated through 180 degrees and the scope fitted to the head backwards.
5 The pan and and tilt levers are not long enough to allow fine control over the movement of the scope, which is more easily done via the scope eyepiece.
But by far the biggest problem is that there is so much stiction on the tilt movement, even when the control lever is fully unscrewed, that it can be very difficult to frame a shot at high magnification. Although I had a similar problem with the Velbon, it's even worse with the Manfrotto. For this reason, I've just upgraded to a Manfrotto 701HDV Video Head which I'm hoping will be more digiscoper-friendly:
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9 February 13
Note added 22 May 13: I lost my first rubber foot from the tripod today in a muddy field. Adding VAT and the cheapest P&P option the cost for a set of three replacements items from manfrottospares.com was £12.60.
Strobist info: 430EX @ 1/8 on a Manfrotto 5001B Nano lightstand shot through a Photoflex 30' white RUD
Camera: 5D mkII
Lens: Zenitar 16mm fisheye
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