Foto at top: Maximal Reach required in case of this relatively small bird: Holland sun Kingfisher (IJsvogel) female, 30 meter, Z7 II Nikkor 500mm f/5.6E PF VR, equivalent 1500 mm, substantial camouflage.
APERTURE modes Birds “specific”
In certain situations you know more or less what type of birds and or action or distances you may expect. Two examples are our APERTURE mode Birds reach and APERTURE mode Birds fast action:
At the border of a large lake you will probably need maximal reach, using tripod to direct lens without vibrations at birds at distances over 50 meter and probably using converters. In that case we set our Z7 II for example as follows:
- “Standard” APERTURE MODE Birds
- Image area DX mode
- parameter (ISO Sensitivity automatic) Minimum shutterspeed 1/250 sec
- parameter (ISO Sensitivity automatic) Maximum ISO: ISO 500 (if sun else ISO 1000)
To give it a name we call this mode in mind :”APERTURE MODE Birds reach“.
If we are observing or expecting larger birds more or less close by we will occasionally need a wide image area and in case of bird action we also need minimal EXPOSURE TIME. In that case we set our Z7 II for example as follows:
- “Standard” APERTURE MODE Birds
- Image area FX mode
- parameter (ISO Sensitivity automatic) Minimum shutterspeed 1/1000 sec
- parameter (ISO Sensitivity automatic) Maximum ISO: ISO 6400 (more or less depending on type of bird and type of action).
To give it a name we call this mode in mind: “APERTURE MODE Birds fast action”.
Generally spoken you may in any given situation or certain birding area optimize your settings and therafter continue using the comfort of APERTURE mode Birds plus your own optimized settings both at the same time.
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