Use of a hide

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Got out for a few hours today birding at our local Dam with the D810, 300mm f4 PF and 1.4 TC and they've a dedicated hide which was unlocked, great stuff alright, but whilst inside both the lens length and TC didn't cut the mustard length wise, I changed to crop sensor (both 1.2 and 1.5) and quality wasn't too good to be honest as I was trying to shoot long off swans and a heron. Useless.

I can totally understand the benefits of something like a 500mm of 600mm f4 lens length in this situation.
 
And if you got the 500mm you'll soon want a 600mm, and once you have that you'll want 800, then you'll want to switch to canon and get their 1200mm....you can never get enough length! :LOL:
 
A great saying is;

"Better looking at it than looking for it".



Been looking closely at the Nikkor 600mm f4 for sale here but really can't afford it to be honest.

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Peter a big problem with fixed 'public' hides is that they are generally designed for birdwatchers, i.e. folk equipped with binoculars and/or scopes ... it can often be very frustrating for photographers who find themselves at a clear disadvantage being so far away from the wildlife. Before spending money on equipment that you "can't afford", practice the black art with what you do have and try to get physically closer when you can :)
 
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Peter a big problem with fixed 'public' hides is that they are generally designed for birdwatchers, i.e. folk equipped with binoculars and/or scopes ... it can often be very frustrating for photographers who find themselves at a clear disadvantage being so far away from the wildlife. Before spending money on equipment that you "can't afford", practice the black art with what you do have and try to get physically closer when you can :)
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Very good advice Roger, when I started birding I went to an RSPB hide an soon discovered they was not for me ( not that we have many in Cornwall ) plus from my point of view it's more satisfying to put the legwork and research in to find your own birds, I get days when I see very little except common birds, then I get a day every so often when I see something special and that makes all the effort well worthwhile.

Of course we are all different, some do not have the time or the inclination to go looking for birds, plus not finding much can be discouraging for some especially when starting out as my son who went with me a few times found out, I found the novelty of photographing the more common birds soon wore off the more I experienced I got and that experience only comes with putting the time an effort in.
 
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macvisual said:
I changed to crop sensor (both 1.2 and 1.5) and quality wasn't too good to be honest
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Peter, I tried changing the in-camera crop a couple of times when I got the D800E, but tbh I couldn't see any difference to just cropping in on the PC later.
 
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