Wildlife Photography across the Water: Pixels do sell

Thursday, 22 March 2012

Pixels do sell

Canon may have been right all these years by bringing out cameras with a higher pixel count than the competition as the Nikon D800 seems to be proving, I am not saying that more pixels is a good thing, Look at the Canon 50D, In its day it was a high pixel count cropped sensor body but anybody who has seen a ISO 800 file from it will tell you that its not a pretty sight, The last few weeks i have trawled through various forums looking for info on the D800 either good or bad and have seen people talk themselves into needing 36 mp for all kinds of photography where the D800 is not based at, I have seen people say that it will be good for birds in flight, There are much better cameras for that, Motorsports as well, 4fps should tell you that there are hundreds of better cameras for fast moving subjects and i have seen wedding photographers who have sold their D3s's and have ordered 2 D800, Well i am not a wedding photographer but have done a few and one thing that sticks out is that a lot of the time you are shooting in very low light and a D3s/D4 would be a safer bet or at least keep 1 and have a D800 for portraits etc, I have seen the justification that if you down size to 12mp the noise will be as good or slightly better than a D3-so keep the D3/D3s then and stop wasting pixels, The D800 should start hitting the streets today so give it a few days and lets see what people have to say, I today read that 1 guy sent his D4 back as be basically didn't like where the new back AF button was after using other Nikons for years, I have hoped that was oen thing that Nikon would change as using the D3s its so easy to hit the back AF ON button with the palm of your hand when holding the camera in landscape mode, I have done it many times, New cameras will take some getting used to and to just give it 1 or 2 days is crazy
My advise when buying a new camera is to look at what you shoot and then get the best body for that style of photography, If possible get to a shop,friend or rent and have a play with the camera, Buying a camera on spec can lead to disappointment,

Dave

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Bio's

David Courtenay, a self taught wildlife and nature photographer, has been capturing images for over 30 years. He has had a passion for wildlife since early childhood and remembers being glued to the television whenever Survival, Wildlife on One and other natural history documentaries were shown. In the 2006 he swapped his established career for the life of a wildlife photographer, such a move demands a measure of uncompromising passion and commitment.

David has travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as spending more than 7 months in India working with local guides and trackers in search of Bengal Tiger, Asian One horned Rhino and Asian Elephant. He has also photographed Wildlife in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Africa, Canada and America. Working closely with Conservation companies he tries to raise funds to help Wildlife that has been put on the endangered list by poaching and habitation loss

Martin Dyer has had a passion for avian wildlife since childhood, particularly raptors. Photography was also another keen interest and it was with the specific availability and control of the whole process that digital offers that Martin was then able to combine the two in 2003. Based in the UK, Martin is a regular visitor to Scotland, specifically the Isle of Mull to watch the Eagles resident there. Other trips to Europe and around the UK are usually part of Martin’s agenda in a typical year.

However, as a firm believer on making the most of the local patch, Martin has spent a lot of time and hard work creating a wildlife garden which is reaping the rewards with many new species and varieties of wildlife. A keen member of a number of wildlife photographic groups, Martin is keen to expand his portfolio into other areas of wildlife, and has already established a wide portfolio of images of fungi.