What camera should I use to shoot birds?

In bird shooting, besides cameras and lenses, tripods and tripods are also very important.

Generally, the one-step choice is the combination of Shaque Yuntai and Gitzo tripod, or the Shaque Yuntai tripod set. Specifically, my suggestions are:

1, the lens is less than 600mm fixed focus, for example, 400mm, 500mm, there are two schemes for this part:

1) Sandfinch tripod set: ACE 10 13 set, including tripod, carbon fiber tripod and bag;

This suit bears 6 kg, which is generally enough. ACE's pan/tilt, horizontal and vertical three-gear damping adjustment and carbon fiber tripod are all within 10,000 yuan, and the cost performance is relatively high.

2) Sandfinch FSB 6T tripod+Gitzo 3542 tripod

The scheme can bear up to 8 kg, even a 600mm lens can be competent. Needless to say, the quality of Gitzo carbon fiber tripod No.3 needs to be equipped with some long boards, brackets, bowls, bags and other accessories. Generally speaking, it needs about 13000, depending on how you bargain.

2, 600mm fixed focus lens selection scheme:

This shot is commonly used in bird shooting. At present, the popular collocation or the most mainstream collocation is: Shaque FSB 8T tripod+Gitzo 4542 tripod, with total load 10 kg, 600 stable support, which can still be used when upgrading to 800 fixed focus, so it is called the most popular bird shooting support scheme;

3,800 mm fixed focus lens:

For this equipment, the bearing capacity of FSB 8T pan/tilt is 10 kg, but some birds want to be more stable, so at the level of 800 fixed focus, they will choose the sand bird FSB 10T (the upgraded version of DV 10) with the bearing capacity of 12 kg; At the same time, Gitzo No.5 tripod 5542 is selected, and the foot tube is thicker, which is more practical and reassuring for such an 800-single top gun. Of course, the self-weight of this combination has also increased, that is, it is stable, but it is heavy and requires higher physical strength.

The following are the things to pay attention to when buying:

1, be sure to buy licensed products: the licensed products of Shaque Yuntai have two-dimensional code anti-counterfeiting, and those that are not are not licensed products. If there is a problem, the maintenance station in Chinese mainland can ignore it; Gitzo also has an anti-counterfeiting code, which should be recognized; Some JS will sell parallel imports as licensed goods. In fact, there is nothing wrong with selling parallel imports. It is immoral to sell them as licensed goods. The main difference is that there is no warranty, or there may be a warranty. This is not the case when something really goes wrong. Judging from the current price gap, it is recommended to choose licensed products within a few hundred yuan. After all, it is not a decimal;

2. Accessories: Note that PTZ accessories with T and without T option are different. Generally speaking, PTZ with T can choose more accessories, such as 22cm and 36 cm long boards; There is no t, only a 30cm long board; It should be noted that after choosing a certain pan/tilt, it is recommended to always choose the same model, so that the accessories can continue to spend less money and waste money;

3. When purchasing complete sets of equipment, it is generally not recommended to buy filters. Personally, it doesn't mean much. In addition, filters are usually a profitable part of JS. Many fake foreign devil filter brands are fantastic, often costing thousands or thousands of dollars. I estimate that the cost is not necessarily several hundred. Need a tripod to share. For the gun bag, personal experience is Manfutu's gun bag. For local tyrants, it is enough.