Out here today with the Nikon z5 and the 85mm f/1.8 s again!
Trying a different area see if there's more color potentially.
I have the max lens mod on the Gopro today... was gonna to do something else but change of plans.
Might go into aperture priority for simplicity but I think I should set a minimum shutter speed here.
One thing I'm not super thrilled about with the current Nikon cameras their autofocus box
in phase detect mode is still pretty large, so it has trouble
focusing on smaller objects in some situations... You do have the pinpoint autofocus but that's
contrast based as far as I understand it, not ideal.
Ss you can see today I have the (UV) lens filter no hood out of convenience
and just I didn't even think about it. Oh yeah... the thing is when you're looking up
looking around for photos you don't look down and see dogs **** on the floor!
One thing I like to do sometimes is focus closer to me so that I can blur out the background
give it a really smooth interesting look. You still see a little bit of detail of course
depending on the aperture, but I think it's an interesting option to use with the nature stuff.
Especially useful with the longer focal lengths like this.
When I'm using a viewfinder obviously having the hat forward it doesn't work so well.
The weather is at that point where it's very comfortable although I think it's potentially
going to rain I can feel it! I like this...
Some unique interest to it. Am I too close, that's the question.
Some cameras they want you to use the screen to focus but having a little nub joystick
so much better in many situations. very beautiful today!
That's interesting, there's a pine cone hanging there.
There are definitely situations where it doesn't like closer up
subjects, thin branches, it doesn't know what to do.
I'm still very undecided on the Nikon Z stuff, but it has its benefits.
One thing about the z5, it's lower cost. It has the benefit of being really nice with
manual glass.. adapting lenses.. So in addition to that there's just a lot of added benefit.
And actually I've been using it for webcam stuff too as a second perspective...
Just drag my foot so that it kind of scrapes against the ground and hopefully gets rid of that
dog.. stuff.. I'm guessing a lot of those trees are probably not
the type of trees we're looking for. This is not the type of tree we're looking for.
It's a little bit orange! Go for that. I'm always up for some orange.
Currently my settings are set up to use the focus ring when you turn it it turns into manual focus,
which actually in that situation was good because the camera wasn't doing
what I expected or wanted it to do. Usually I do turn that off though
because it can get irritating when you're moving the ring when you don't intend to.
It's like a normal bark on the bottom and then it turns into the white, very interesting!
Find something that gives me a little bit of interest, make that the subject!
So this tall one is a good subject.. we'll go for that.
These f/1.8 s lenses from Nikon are simple to point high quality.
We'll see how they last years to come, but image quality definitely looks good.
Autofocus motor is not super fast. Totally usable, you put some effort
in learn how to use it it works. I was happy with my cosplay
photoshoot with the z5 and the 50 f/1.8 s... So we've got AF-C priority selection. We've
got release and focus. I have it set to focus. I don't need it to release constantly. I need
it to focus properly, so if there's some little delay or whatever I
prefer that to having a missed focus shot. Maybe there's some situation that it's good
like sports or whatever where you're already taking a lot of frames. But with the z5 you're
not going to be taking a lot of frames anyways. Helps if I turn on the camera...
That was a fun photo walk with the z5 and 85 millimeter f/1.8 s.
Scott of Photography Banzai. Hope you enjoyed the video, thanks!