mark_s
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Here are my first pictures using Nikon's FSB-6 bracket on the P5000 and ED82. I'm rather pleased with the results so far. Both photos were taken at 1/60 second and have equiv. focal lengths of 3168 mm (Black Cap photographed from the front) and 3744 mm.
In my excitement I left the camera set to program mode and not aperture priority! Doh! I also mistakenly had matrix metering activated on the first shot (Black Cap from front) and then switched to spot metering on the second shot (why didn't I choose centre-weighted?! Doh!). Despite the very bright cloudy sky in the background and the bird somewhat shaded by the tree, the camera still did a pretty good job, I think. Just some chromatic aberration on the wing/sky edge in the first shot (Black Cap from front) and on the beak in the second shot (which I managed to remove).
All in all, I'm very happy with this setup so far and am really pleased with the FSB-6 bracket. Now I just have to practice loads more!
In my excitement I left the camera set to program mode and not aperture priority! Doh! I also mistakenly had matrix metering activated on the first shot (Black Cap from front) and then switched to spot metering on the second shot (why didn't I choose centre-weighted?! Doh!). Despite the very bright cloudy sky in the background and the bird somewhat shaded by the tree, the camera still did a pretty good job, I think. Just some chromatic aberration on the wing/sky edge in the first shot (Black Cap from front) and on the beak in the second shot (which I managed to remove).
All in all, I'm very happy with this setup so far and am really pleased with the FSB-6 bracket. Now I just have to practice loads more!