Mountain Gorilla, Uganda. Wagler’s Pit Viper, Malay Peninsular Cheetah, South Africa Palla’s Long Tongue Bats, Costa Rica “Shooting wildlife with an ancient DSLR camera” – by Des Ong (website | Facebook | Instagram, see also his previous guest posts): I feel like a dinosaur, still using a brick that is the Nikon D4s, in 2021. Mirrorless bodies certainly look very interesting and the boy in me is eager to try my hands on the new toys. As a wildlife photographer, the particular features I like is the autofocus system, specifically the animal eye-AF, the silent electronic shutter and finally the size/weight saving. I do have some reservations though, for example the electronic viewfinder, the battery life, the cost of migration, and the limited range of Z lenses. Tawny Owl, England As the lockdown is easing in the UK, I began conducting workshops. It was nice to be shooting again. As it happens, a couple of my guests were shooting with mirrorless – a Canon R6 and an Olympus E-M1. All was good during the day but in the evening, they experienced a couple of issues. Western Tarsier, Borneo We normally work in manual mode. Since mirrorless can only display what is set in the camera at the time i.e. live information, it is difficult to work with flash in low light or at night. Effectively what you get is a black read out. With an optical viewfinder in a DSLR, you are still able to prefocus if there is a faint source of light...
Published By: Nikonrumors - Friday, 7 May, 2021