Nikkor 200-500 VR/TC 14 III @700mm, f8, ISO 320, Nikon Z 6 Midday, low cloud; this early after the rains, the wetland is still extensive and lush. The decisive contributing factor to this, however, comes from the park’s management. Rajasthan
Nikkor 200-500 VR/TC 14 III @700mm, ISO 125, f8, Nikon Z 6 Late afternoon, crop (between APS-H and C); a warning call as a marsh harrier flies four metres above checking the birds. Flicking the shots of the sequence shows the shadow moving across the marsh. The swamphens were barely visible in the grass near water before they reacted. Rajasthan
Nikkor 200-500 VR/TC 14 III @450mm, f8, ISO 500, Nikon Z 6 Twilight of the forest edge. Lucky to get the focus right here. Before any firmware upgrade, the autofocus made you very busy in these scenarios, trying every trick to get the focus fast enough. The bright, high contrast background and low contrast subject bring out the AF limits we experienced with our first 135 format EVF camera. The combination of a larger single focus point, contrast detection behaviour and the viewfinder limitations was responsible for it. Things got better in later cameras, including effective AF modes for moving subjects. Rajasthan
