Short-eared Owls using Nikon Z9, 800mm 5.6 and 800mm PF.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.พ. 2023
- This video is about the Short-eared Owl. I used the Nikon Z9 along with the 800mm PF and 800mm 5.6 lenses.
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Majestic Owls, fantastic videography.
Hi David, thanks so much for watching.
Fantastic footage of the owls Mr Chu. Well done.
Hey Walking, great hearing from you. Thanks! How's everything going with you?
Greetings from Thailand. Great video with the cool owls. Take care and enjoy. 🙏
Hi Cidron, thank you from New Jersey.
Very nice footage, thank you for sharing. It's always a pleasure to see your videos.
Hi Diego, thank you for watching!
Another great video, Peanut. Keep them coming.
Hi Randy, thank you, much appreciated.
Great video footage of a beautiful owl.
Hi Mr. Hunter, thank you again and great hearing from you.
Beautiful birds and expertly photographed. Love these videos!
Hi Mike K, I appreciate the comment.
We've missed you Chu, last time I saw you was with Vaghan good to see you back. Great video
Hi John, thanks for tuning in. Much appreciated.
It is always good to take care of your self on cold days, several layers and the right boots. Awesome video footage of the owls!!! Good job!!!
Hi JRod, thank you. Without insulated boots and warmers, some days would be tough, but this was a warm winter. Thanks and great hearing from you.
Nice video of the Short-eared Owls in flight. They sure look good in your Z9 Video.
Hi Agnetha, thank so much for watching all of my videos!
Brilliant footage, well done 👍
Hi Andy, thanks so much for the comment.
Fantastic footage!
Hi VA, thanks so much for watching!
Das haben Sie sehr gut gefilmt! Ich habe das Video sehr genossen. Weiterhin viel Spaß und Erfolg bei Ihrer Arbeit!
Hi Gerd, thank you so much, I appreciate this.
Just getting better with age! It is so refreshing just to see you in the field, choosing wonderful flight video, and you leave me wanting to be there with you. Great job as always and a refreshing break from gear channels, "educational" channels, etc. Keep up the fine work and carve out your own place!
Hi Dance, I always appreciate your words of encouragement. I enjoy doing the videos because it's fun for me and lets me explore my creative side while putting me in another world for a little while. Thank you!
Such a wonderful moment you captured.
Hi Me, thank you!
Great job as always ChuMan
Thanks, Charles. See you soon.
Great work!
Hi Elarbi, thank yo so much.
lovely video
Thank you, John
Awesome footage! Thanks for sharing your adventure
Hey Freeman, thanks for coming along with me.
Great video - lovely to see these owls in action.
Hey SB, I appreciate you watching!
Superb as usual
Hi Matt, those are our owls, thanks and see you soon.
What a super job! Truly inspiring my friend!!
Hi Kip, thank you, much appreciated, talk soon.
These are great.
Hi Mr Sellers, great seeing you over the weekend and thanks.
Beautiful ❤️
Hi Sharon, thank you. I have not seen you in awhile, I heard you were on another trip. Hope all is well with you.
Amazing footage!!! They are such beautiful birds! Love your video!
Hi Eden, thank you, we need to get together soon.
Extremely impressive captures. Congratulations. I really liked the battles on the air. Thanks for sharing all.
Hi Mustafa, Thank you for watching!
End up feeling that I was flying! Great footage as always, thanks Peanut!
Hi Maxi, thank you again.
Great video.
Thanks Rambling Tim.
Wow, beautiful footage of the amazing short eared owl. Well done Steve.
Hey Bob, thanks and I will see you next month.
Wonderful footage! I was just looking for short-eared stuff on TH-cam, found this, and realized I was out in the same place last February! Got some great shots with that light and the dark backgrounds. Brings back good memories. I might have even run into you as you look familiar. You have a lot of great short-eared work!
Hi John, I spend the whole winter there, so we probably did meet. I checked out your channel. I love your story telling, great work. I subscribed and will check more videos. Thank you.
@@PeanutChuAdventures Thanks so much!
Amazing Owl in Flight clips.
Hey Victor, great hearing from you, I appreciate it.
Great footage on the shorties, especially the one with two shorties fighting (or just playing?) in the air; many thanks for sharing!
Hi Chi -Tai, I like to think its playing, Thank you.
Wow, amazing footage especially when the owls fighting in the air. Big LIKE!!! Thanks for sharing. Greeting from Singapore. Happy birding.
Hi Cheiko, thanks so much from New Jersey!
I discovered your channel by accident. It is incredibly enjoyable to watch videos of these magnificent birds. You now have a new follower. I will be looking forward to your new videos.🥰
Hi Ata, awesome, thank you for following, see you next time.
Another great Video ... 🦘
Hi Roy, great hearing from you. Thank you.
Excellent camera work! That Z9 is really performing with excellent focus. Well done, love the owls 🤙😎
Hey Runway, great hearing from you. I have been watching your stuff, always professionally done.
Amazing footage - well done. It was great chatting with you during your last visit. Enjoyed following that red tailed hawk around the driveway with you, LOL. Look forward to seeing you again at the grasslands!
Hi Miguel, thank you. It was great talking to you last time. The Red tail is still doing daily performances. There is a good food supply so she is staying. talk to you soon.
Wow, amazing footage of the owls. Just gorgeous! That Z9 and your skill are incredible, just held focus even flying behind brush etc! It was so great to meet you and your wife at Orlando Wetlands Park. You guys are such nice and truly friendly people! Great video!
Hi Randy, it was a pleasure talking to both of you. Thank you for watching my video and I am going to check out your stuff. One last day here and it was great meeting fine people like yourselves.
awesome footage
Hi ISO, thank you. I subscribed to your channel and I am going to check out your videos.
@@PeanutChuAdventures - well thank you - but your vids are going to outshine mine by a bunch - I've got to up my game for sure
@@TheWildlifeGallery388 I checked out a few of your videos, you got great stuff.
@@PeanutChuAdventures - Thanks
Great video of the owls fighting. Lovely shooting
Thanks so much, Scott.
Excellent footage ! We have only two I've seen here in NorCal...haven't been close enough for any keepers but I sit in one place and if they fly close then I'm in luck...but they need their space to hunt and survive so I keep my distance...keep up the good work !
Hi William, thank you so much. This year we had 6, past years was much more. Good luck!
Amazing footage 🥜
Please complete the video tutorials,or part 3 when you can
Hi Patrick, good hearing from you. Thanks. Part 3 is almost done, its on autofocus.
Wow. Le suivi fonctionne vraiment bien malgré les herbes et le manque de contraste.Bravo
Salut fabien, merci. Oui, je suis très satisfait de la capacité de suivi du z9 et surtout du 800 PF.
great video again grtz from the Netherlands 😍
Thanks, John, I just saw your channel, love those cars. I subscribed, want to see more.
The owls are baaackk!!!!!!
Hi Persona, 😁, they kept me busy for the winter, thanks for watching.
Wonderful job my friend luv how you prepped yourself and your sense of Humor. Great subject matter to shoot, glad you saw a few anyway, it seems like there is a significant decline in bird populations everywhere unfortunately. Take care and stay healthy - Jeff
Hi Jeff, for me its all about having fun. Thanks.
Hey Peanut, I am late and behind....
Amazing footage! I hope to get a chance to actually see SEO's in flight, only perched for a brief moment. It sure wowed the crowd! And the scuffle video was awesome!
Greg
Hi Greg, how you doing? Thank you!
Hey Peanut, I am doing well, thanks for asking. I haven't been out for a while with my camera... only added a few shorts just to share a little backyard bird activity. Greg
Excellent video quality,great job!, What a beautiful owl. What state were these owls in? I was at black point wildlife drive last weekend got some get shots of white pelicans, wilson snipe, northern pintails, ringnecks,bluewing teals, northern shovels, 2 wild hogs and 1 bonus bobcat.
Hi 4High, thank you. NY. Wow, bobcat, awesome.
Wow excellent work on the capture! my z9 and 200-500 often jumps to the background. which af mode do you use ? AF-F with wide area large with subject detection is what i go with. Would love to know what you used in this video
Hi Razzer, thank you. I am also using the same, AF-F, wide(L), animal subject detection. Also, I have set g6 AF speed = 5 and g7 AF tracking sensitivity = 1, this seems to be working good. I just put out a video on how I autofocus today. Thanks and let me know how it goes.
Overwhelming!! Do you use viewfinder or live view to shoot video, as in this video with owls?
Hi, I always use the viewfinder, I always want to check the sharpness, stability and focus where I can truly see it clearly. Thank you so much for the extremely kind words.
@@PeanutChuAdventures thank you!!!!
Beautiful photos! Congratulations! Where is this park?
Thank you, Ele, please send me an email at peanutchu@yahoo.com for locations.
Great footage! What video mode did you use to be able to slow down the footage like this? Thanks!
Hi drabbat, I record in 4k/120 at normal speed. The slow motion is applied in the Final Cut. With rapidly moving birds, I will usually reduce to 25% and with 120fps, it looks natural. Sometimes I will go 50% depending on what I think looks appropriate. Thank you for watching.
Hi Peanut
Great footage. You mentioned the two different 800’s.. what differences did you see in their ability to track the birds?
Hi Steve, right now I am still playing with some settings, and I have the PF lens is tracking better than what I had on the 5.6. But I need to test the 5.6 with those new settings. But overall the tracking on both are excellent. Thanks.
Fantastic footage. Which lens do you prefer?
Hi Brian, great question.
I was not expecting the 800pf being so good, but I am loving it.
With video, its hard to tell the difference in quality between the 2 lenses. In this video, I used about half with each lens.
Sharpness is very close, the 5.6 may be a little sharper and render the background a little smoother.
Autofocus is so close, I have been testing the pf with different z9 settings, to me it's working better than the 5.6 right now, But, I have to test the 5.6 with same settings to see if autofocus is equal.
Big advantage with lightness with PF. I injured by back for a couple of weeks and 5lbs less really helped out. But overall, the 800pf is a game changer for me.
Brian, thanks for watching.
Great footage! What is your opinion on the 800PF for both video and still images? Looking at the title I thought you were going to compare the lenses.
Hi Biology. Thank you, I should have compared. On my previous harrier video, I did say when I was using the 800PF. On my next video which is a red tail hawk I will make sure to compare.
I can only give my opinion of the 800pf with video, I have not shot any pictures. For video it is excellent.
What I like.
1) Autofocus is just as good or possibly better than my 800 5.6 and 600 f4(not the z).
2) Sharpness is excellent, but not better than 800 5.6 and 600 f4.
3) its so light, I carried it 13 days straight while on 2 week trip to florida, a least 2 miles a day. The 5.6 I probably would have had some knee pain probably.
The 5.6 and 600 f4 does render a smoother background than the 800pf even with the same aperture and distance.
@@PeanutChuAdventures thanks for your reply. I own the 800PF but considering upgrading to the Z600 for better light gathering... But it is another 900 grams :(
@@biologyuppsala5389 , the z600 should be better considering its 15.5k, the sharpness must be top notch along with the autofocus, but like you said, its a bit heavier. I have the Fmount 600 f4 and the sharpness is great. But I think the new zmount lenses on the big glass, the autofocus may be better, what do you think?
I love owls! which state are you in? I am in Minnesota. I am trying to learn video in new Z9 but I am confused with so many things in it. Can you tell me your settings like H264, 60? anything else to know? Thank you so much for spending time with birds. Steven J
Hi Steven J, I am NJ, but this video takes place is in NY.
You got some great owls in Minn. Yes, the birds are my relaxing place in my mind.
Here are the important settings for video for me.
1) Video Mode =AFF, I did a video about this to explain.
th-cam.com/video/sLbi_XeNSg0/w-d-xo.html
2) Video File type = I use H265 10bit.
I did a video on this to explain. But use 8 bit, if your computer is not a super fast one.
3) Frame rate/size = 3840x2160 120.
I did a video on this to explain.
th-cam.com/video/vA29_VYsdl0/w-d-xo.html
4)Focus Mode I use wide L , Wide S or single box I create.
Video coming.
5) I shoot manual, using auto iso, exposure comp.
6) Shutter speed. 2x frame rate minimum. So 120frames, you can set ss at 250. But if light is too much, you can go higher.
These are the main things about video. Try it out. Let me know how it goes.
@PCHU thank you very much. I can not find any books how to use video in DSLR/Mirrorless cameras but plenty books/magazines about photography. Sigh.
@@stevenjohnson9146 , yep, that's why I am doing these videos, to help out. Nikon has a video manual online that helped technically.
One million thumb's up!! Wow o Wow, Holy Moly, man o man... I can keep gong. Pure magic. May I ask what state you are shooting in? If you prefer not to say, I understand. I would drive a week to shoot there for a couple of hours. I saw this earlier today and could not wait to get home to watch. Thank you, thank you for sharing this amazing footage! On a side note, the geek in me thinks they look a little like the planet eater from the original Star Trek that was Captained by Matt Decker..... but these treasure have wings!! 🙏❤🤗
Hey John, great hearing from you. THANK YOU! This footage is in NY, I am in NJ. Send me an email, peanutchu@yahoo.com and I will give you a list of places that I go and when. If you are in the area we can definitely do a shoot together. These owls are out of here within the next week or 2, going home to Canada. And keep up the good work with your videos. Talk soon.
@@PeanutChuAdventures I think I will have to plan a trip out that way at this time next year. I would LOVE to go out and shoot with you - that would be AWESOME!!! 🙏🤗❤
@@JonnyPink65 , look forward to it, johhny pink.
Can you talk about the location more next time? And mention which lens you’re using when?
Did you sell your FL when you got the PF?
Hi hautehussey, will do for the next time. No, I still have the FL. I do love that lens also.
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Hi Alan, thanks for all of the those thumbs and owls.! Love it.