Always fun to hear your gear insights! wow! I have never seen one of those lenses in real life, so even seeing up on your table, it looked heavy! I'm just an amateur, and mostly putz around. I do a lot of hiking with my gear, so I do think about weight, but I don't necessarily have the high resolution or big zoom capability needs. I am playing around with an old 4/3 (original 4/3, not micro 4/3) camera that I got used with a couple of lenses, one of which is a 75-300, and I did buy it for the zoom capability (again, you double everything, just like m4/3), because I didn't have anything else with that zoom. I always learn something from you videos, plus it's just fun to see what you think about gear. I didn't know that the Lumix 100-300mm II had some sealing or that it was in that price range. I have a couple of m4/3 cameras, and that would be a nice lens to have! I had to pause your video 4 times to see the details. Always, thanks for sharing!
You bet always good to hear from you. Yep m43 was pretty popular this year in the hills i was surprised. In hiking about 40 miles I counted 4 olympus cameras 1 nikon, 1 canon. So there is a need for light gear. Take Care !
Have you thought about using a hiking trailer? I've seen them used on some fairly rough terrain to great effect. A search on TH-cam will bring up some good videos.
LOL, i actually have, that was going to be my last resort but yes that does work pretty well. Save me from twisting the back right ? Also thanks for watching and commenting.
Thanks for sharing, Interesting dilemma, Have you looked into Fujifilm? Im using the latest XH2 & XH2s, 40mpx and 26mpx the sensor is smaller then Full frame but bigger the M43. The crop ratio is 1.5x which is slightly better the Canons 1.6x ApSc the lenses are not compromised but only designed for Fuji APSc sensor size, very lightweight in comparison, color science and overall AF subject bird/animal detection I find is as good if not better then my previous Canon R6, the main lens i use is the 100-400mm f4.5-f5.6 (150-600mm Full frame equivalent) i also have the fairly inexpensive 200mm f2 this comes standard with a 1.4x converter in the box and gives u approximately 420mm f4 focal length and depth of field equivalent for around $5,000 have taken stunning images of birds in flight and pretty much doesn’t disappoint with anything you throw at it.
Yes, I have considered that setup very powerful system 900mm at 40mp and then crop mode is like aonther 1.29 crop in mode right ? So you 1161mm or so at 26mp ?? Thanks for sharing.
Thats why I went to micro 4/3 several years ago. At 50 I could handle the weight, at 73 no. Everything is a compromise and I'm OK with the images the G9 gives me, plus I can go farther and stay longer. With the new software available today higher ISO's is not as big an issue as it was just a few years ago. The difference in image quality between full frame and micro 4/3 under poor conditions does not justify the big difference in cost and weight.
@@MAKE_PHOTOGRAPHS_ANYWHERE Don't have much choice. If I slowed down now I probably wouldn't be able to get going again. Looking forward to seeing some new prairie chicken images/video from you.
Get a Canon R7 body as the core that will shed most of your weight. Put that giant lens in a museum. And the gimbal tripod. My long lenses are the RF 800, RF 100-500 F4+, and RF 70-200 F4+. Here's how I tricked this kit out to save weight which I have to do because I am 80 years old and have COPD. I got a Mamba cage for the cam and attached their accessory rosewood pistol grip to the left side of the cage. I also use a SMALLHD 5" monitor on top for better composition. And, there are other cage mounting locations for whatever you use, like mikes, etc. This makes my 100-500 useable hand held, depending for how long. For me, not very. I have a Vanguard tripod with a gimbal mount. That's a pain, and heavy. I am about to purchase when it becomes available a serious monopod, the iFootage CB3 C180F-P. BH Photo lists it. It is rated for 17.4 pounds load, 5 section carbon fiber and a pedal release on the foot which allows you to wave it around, or not. Next best thing to a gimbal I suspect. The R7 is a $1500 1.6 crop factor body with a 30mp sensor. It's pixel size is large so if you need more reach, you can still crop more in post. I hope there's an idea or two for you herein. I had to chuckle as I watched your excellent post because it brought back memories of family camping with the kids when we stuffed all our gear into and on top of a VW Beetle.
LoL, i was always wondering how much weight I was carrying around. It is surprising how things just add up. Also thanks for watching and good to see you back.
Hmm tough question depends how you look at it. Right now APS-C sony is limited in different types of cameras. Ideally if you could have an APS-C and full frame cameras that would cover it. I had a sony A&R4 great camera system. Video was kind of low data rate in comparison but overall they are nice cameras. The canon low budget APS-C has very very fast and accurate focus also in video as well. Not sure if that answers your questions.
Always fun to hear your gear insights! wow! I have never seen one of those lenses in real life, so even seeing up on your table, it looked heavy! I'm just an amateur, and mostly putz around. I do a lot of hiking with my gear, so I do think about weight, but I don't necessarily have the high resolution or big zoom capability needs. I am playing around with an old 4/3 (original 4/3, not micro 4/3) camera that I got used with a couple of lenses, one of which is a 75-300, and I did buy it for the zoom capability (again, you double everything, just like m4/3), because I didn't have anything else with that zoom. I always learn something from you videos, plus it's just fun to see what you think about gear. I didn't know that the Lumix 100-300mm II had some sealing or that it was in that price range. I have a couple of m4/3 cameras, and that would be a nice lens to have! I had to pause your video 4 times to see the details. Always, thanks for sharing!
You bet always good to hear from you. Yep m43 was pretty popular this year in the hills i was surprised. In hiking about 40 miles I counted 4 olympus cameras 1 nikon, 1 canon. So there is a need for light gear. Take Care !
Have you thought about using a hiking trailer? I've seen them used on some fairly rough terrain to great effect. A search on TH-cam will bring up some good videos.
LOL, i actually have, that was going to be my last resort but yes that does work pretty well. Save me from twisting the back right ? Also thanks for watching and commenting.
Thanks for sharing, Interesting dilemma,
Have you looked into Fujifilm?
Im using the latest XH2 & XH2s, 40mpx and 26mpx the sensor is smaller then Full frame but bigger the M43. The crop ratio is 1.5x which is slightly better the Canons 1.6x ApSc the lenses are not compromised but only designed for Fuji APSc sensor size, very lightweight in comparison, color science and overall AF subject bird/animal detection I find is as good if not better then my previous Canon R6, the main lens i use is the 100-400mm f4.5-f5.6 (150-600mm Full frame equivalent) i also have the fairly inexpensive 200mm f2 this comes standard with a 1.4x converter in the box and gives u approximately 420mm f4 focal length and depth of field equivalent for around $5,000 have taken stunning images of birds in flight and pretty much doesn’t disappoint with anything you throw at it.
Yes, I have considered that setup very powerful system 900mm at 40mp and then crop mode is like aonther 1.29 crop in mode right ? So you 1161mm or so at 26mp ?? Thanks for sharing.
Thats why I went to micro 4/3 several years ago. At 50 I could handle the weight, at 73 no. Everything is a compromise and I'm OK with the images the G9 gives me, plus I can go farther and stay longer. With the new software available today higher ISO's is not as big an issue as it was just a few years ago. The difference in image quality between full frame and micro 4/3 under poor conditions does not justify the big difference in cost and weight.
AMEN my man totally agree as I have my own battles right ... Also thanks for writing and commenting.
Also great to see you shooting at 73... Keep Moving....
@@MAKE_PHOTOGRAPHS_ANYWHERE Don't have much choice. If I slowed down now I probably wouldn't be able to get going again. Looking forward to seeing some new prairie chicken images/video from you.
@@tmuss Much thanks will try....
Get a Canon R7 body as the core that will shed most of your weight. Put that giant lens in a museum. And the gimbal tripod. My long lenses are the RF 800, RF 100-500 F4+, and RF 70-200 F4+. Here's how I tricked this kit out to save weight which I have to do because I am 80 years old and have COPD. I got a Mamba cage for the cam and attached their accessory rosewood pistol grip to the left side of the cage. I also use a SMALLHD 5" monitor on top for better composition. And, there are other cage mounting locations for whatever you use, like mikes, etc. This makes my 100-500 useable hand held, depending for how long. For me, not very. I have a Vanguard tripod with a gimbal mount. That's a pain, and heavy. I am about to purchase when it becomes available a serious monopod, the iFootage CB3 C180F-P. BH Photo lists it. It is rated for 17.4 pounds load, 5 section carbon fiber and a pedal release on the foot which allows you to wave it around, or not. Next best thing to a gimbal I suspect. The R7 is a $1500 1.6 crop factor body with a 30mp sensor. It's pixel size is large so if you need more reach, you can still crop more in post. I hope there's an idea or two for you herein. I had to chuckle as I watched your excellent post because it brought back memories of family camping with the kids when we stuffed all our gear into and on top of a VW Beetle.
Much thanks for the tips also keep moving as it seems alot of the more mature guys are watching this video lol....
That lens is humongous. 102 pounds! That's a lot to carry around. Hope you find a cost-effective solution soon.
LoL, i was always wondering how much weight I was carrying around. It is surprising how things just add up. Also thanks for watching and good to see you back.
What does a Canon body offer that the Sony does not?
Hmm tough question depends how you look at it. Right now APS-C sony is limited in different types of cameras. Ideally if you could have an APS-C and full frame cameras that would cover it. I had a sony A&R4 great camera system. Video was kind of low data rate in comparison but overall they are nice cameras. The canon low budget APS-C has very very fast and accurate focus also in video as well. Not sure if that answers your questions.
Hmm... 10 years of FF before the back gives out or 20 (if ever) with M43.
ill take 20 lol !