A Heron and a Surprise!

[Bobby Kintanar]

I went to a place called Papa Kits to spend time with my family. I brought along some new photographic equipment to try out and got these Night heron shots. The surprise is in the ISO performance of the combo and the the over-all sharpness that is really a revelation to me:

ISO 200: ƒ/5.6; 500.0 mm; Tv-1/30 - Hand-held:

Black-crowned Night Heron (Immature) by Grandpa@50, on Flickr

ISO 6400 (NO NOISE REDUCTION) ƒ/5.6; 500.0 mm; Tv-1/800; ISO 6400 - Hand-held:

Heron catching Fish by Grandpa@50, on Flickr

ISO 6400 (NO NOISE REDUCTION) Same settings as above:

Heron catching Fish by Grandpa@50, on Flickr

Those were shot using .... The Nikon D500 and the Nikkor 200-500 f/5.6 VR. What do you think of the quality of those shots? Yes, the combo can easily do BIF too!
Here's a SOOC shot with no sharpening, just cropped:

SOOC Tern In Flight by Grandpa@50, on Flickr

Hmmm ..... :-)

Regards all!

[Romy Ocon]

Very nice IQ, Ka Bobby! Looks like you're testing a new system.

[Bobby Kintanar]

Thank you Ka Mastah! Hehehe, indeed i am feeling the "Dark" side; already bought the combo, in fact. Honestly, this D500 and 200-500 Lens is more responsive and accurate than my 7D2 with either the Tamron 150-600 G2/ Sigma Sports OR even the Canon EF 400 f/5.6L (or very close to it).

Thanks again Ka Mastah!

[Conrad Arellano]

Great pics. I have exactly the same setup and very happy with what I'm getting with this combo. Shooting at high ISO is not a concern anymore. Manual mode with Auto ISO is my favorite shooting mode.

[Bobby Kintanar]

May 7, 2017 23:47:57 GMT Conrad Arellano said:

Great pics. I have exactly the same setup and very happy with what I'm getting with this combo. Shooting at high ISO is not a concern anymore. Manual mode with Auto ISO is my favorite shooting mode.

You have to give it to Nikon for giving us Birdnuts a really effective choice at such an affordable price!