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Spotless Crake, Figbird and Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo 6 years 9 months ago #1193

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Spotless Crake

Male figbird feeding

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatos at dawn.

Two of these clips were shot on a Sony FDR AX100, the other on a Sony Z150. You'll see the difference in quality quite easily, I expect.
The clips were shot with manual settings -i.e. focus, white balance, shutter speed, ISO. Using an automatic setting would give you a good image in the beginning of the clip, but look very poor as the camera snaps into new white balance, exposure settings etc.as the birds move.
The BIF was quite challenging, since in all three clips the cameras were working at 696 mm equivalent, hand held. The shutter speed was 1/100 of a second, while using 50 frames per second. This minimised the chance of getting multiple images/strobing effects.
The Figbird was shot in UHD, then dropped to 720., so you may be able to see the improvement this format allows, even when dropped to 720.
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