Sandpiper
Mike Powell
Tarsiger,
I have the same camera and lens which I attach to my Swarovski ATS 80 HD with 20-60x zoom with a DCA adaptor.
As Bitterroot Birds mentioned, always shoot at full aperture in A mode, increasing the ISO if need be to obtain as fast a shutter speed as possible. Using the electronic shutter helps to minimize camera shake but be aware that you will probably find that you shoot far more pics than needed unless you activate the shutter "sound" in the menu. In "normal" mode the electronic shutter shoots at 10fps and is silent. For distant subjects (more than twenty metres) if time allows, best results I find are by using manual focus with the built-in magnifier as the centre autofocus area is too large to pinpoint the exact spot.
I purchased a third-party wireless remote which works well for both stills and video. The only downside is that you can only shoot one frame at a time which is an annoyance.
As yet I do not have a FT1 adaptor but do use my Canon lenses (100-400 and 300) with a third-party adaptor. The exposure has to be set manually as does the focus, but I have achieved some good results so far whilst using a tripod for added stability.
Battery life is very good, obviously depending on how much autofocusing and video you do.
Mike
I have the same camera and lens which I attach to my Swarovski ATS 80 HD with 20-60x zoom with a DCA adaptor.
As Bitterroot Birds mentioned, always shoot at full aperture in A mode, increasing the ISO if need be to obtain as fast a shutter speed as possible. Using the electronic shutter helps to minimize camera shake but be aware that you will probably find that you shoot far more pics than needed unless you activate the shutter "sound" in the menu. In "normal" mode the electronic shutter shoots at 10fps and is silent. For distant subjects (more than twenty metres) if time allows, best results I find are by using manual focus with the built-in magnifier as the centre autofocus area is too large to pinpoint the exact spot.
I purchased a third-party wireless remote which works well for both stills and video. The only downside is that you can only shoot one frame at a time which is an annoyance.
As yet I do not have a FT1 adaptor but do use my Canon lenses (100-400 and 300) with a third-party adaptor. The exposure has to be set manually as does the focus, but I have achieved some good results so far whilst using a tripod for added stability.
Battery life is very good, obviously depending on how much autofocusing and video you do.
Mike