Bird photos and videos with the Nikon 1 V3 and Nikon 1 70-300mm lens

[Jerry Green]

Made photos and videos of flying birds today. The camera's ability to track flying birds is great but my video skills need some work.
Videos # 51-54 @ http://gofish.smugmug.com/Nature/Wheeler-and-Wilson-Dams-2014/i-CCgQDXm

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[Kees de Bruin]

These look great! How are details resolved at greater distances? It is a bit hard to judge with these smaller images.

 

[rick_reno]

Those are the best I've seen with this combo. Whatever you're doing, it's working.

 

[Randy]

well i hate to disagree but those are IMO not very good and no where near as good as what you posted using a dslr lens on a V3
the feather detail is smeared and they look dull and lacking in micro detail
Maybe it was the light

for $2k+ for body and lens I would expect much better

IMO a D7100 + 70-300vr is much better and I am willing to compromise some on IQ for size but not that much and i know on the V3 the 70-300 is like 200-900 or something crazy

 

[Jerry Green]

well i hate to disagree but those are IMO not very good and no where near as good as what you posted using a dslr lens on a V3
the feather detail is smeared and they look dull and lacking in micro detail
Maybe it was the light

for $2k+ for body and lens I would expect much better

IMO a D7100 + 70-300vr is much better and I am willing to compromise some on IQ for size but not that much and i know on the V3 the 70-300 is like 200-900 or something crazy

Agree. Most of the photos were a heavy crop. The image does break down. I will make some photos and video today with closer subjects and try an ND or CPL for the videos. I am coming up the learning curve with this system.

 

[Louis Champan]

Jerry, agree with Randy's comments to some extent and your response, but still these are very good given the crop you were using.