What a beautiful location...very much enjoyed your video thank you. Heather's photos are top notch!!

@PhilThach

11 ай бұрын

Thank you! :)

Outstanding pictures!

@PhilThach

11 ай бұрын

Thank you, Joy!

Once again, great shots from both of you!

@PhilThach

11 ай бұрын

Thank you, Tim!

Nice work as always guys. Well done on the great shots 👍

@PhilThach

11 ай бұрын

Thank you, Adrian!

Great shots! Really liked the Osprey in flight.

@PhilThach

11 ай бұрын

Thank you, Stephen!

Thanks so much for sharing another wonderful video like always Phil, you always make great content, Osprey is my favorite subject 👍🤗

@PhilThach

11 ай бұрын

Thank you! We love the Osprey too!

Thanks so much for this video! You both captured some great shots as always. The Sony seems to have done a great job. The R7 did as well. I ordered my a6700 from B&H we will see how long it takes to get to me. Cheers.

@PhilThach

11 ай бұрын

They both do well. Thank you!

Nice job as always. Love the birds in flight.

@PhilThach

11 ай бұрын

Thank you, Bob!

I bought the a6700 great little camera! Great video Phil

@PhilThach

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

The dual card slots on the R7 are a must have. If one card goes bad I can't just book another trip and retake my shots. Nice video BTW

@PhilThach

11 ай бұрын

Thank you! Opinions certainly vary on that second card slot. Some people say it’s a must have, and other folks, like me, never even put a card in it during the life of the camera. I would say if you value a second card slot that much then the a6700 is not for you.

@VacMaster1991

11 ай бұрын

​@@PhilThach I had a card fail on me and lost hundreds of photos. So the second card slot is an absolute must. For me anyway.

@bobdrawbaugh4207

11 ай бұрын

In 25 years I’ve never had a card failure. Shooting multiple brands. If I’m shooting for myself I don’t much worry about it. I have cameras with dual card slots. But, most of the time it only has one card. If I was shoot weddings, once in a life time events that someone was paying for. Then yes, my main camera would have dual card slots.

@VacMaster1991

11 ай бұрын

@@bobdrawbaugh4207 I take my R7 on vacation. So losing photos would be a disaster. I would have to drive hours and pay hundreds for another hotel stay to the shoot them.

@bobdrawbaugh4207

11 ай бұрын

@@VacMaster1991 Well, you do have a point. I went to Alaska and only had one card in my camera. I took hundreds of photos. Would I have been disappointed had I lost them? Well, yes! But, I wouldn’t consider it a disaster. To be honest I didn’t give it a second thought.

Great Batman shot of the heron with wings extended! We've had a lot of panting birds lately.

@PhilThach

11 ай бұрын

Thank you! It's finally starting to cool down here a little bit.

@hstein27

11 ай бұрын

@@PhilThach Glad to hear. Got my first shots of an Ash-throated flycatcher, a rarity in eastern MA last night. By 7pm the humidity was unbelievable, and bringing my camera up to take a shot caused my glasses to fog up! I'll miss summer but not the ridiculous rain and humidity from this year.

@PhilThach

11 ай бұрын

@@hstein27 Nice! Years ago I got a shot of an Ash-throated Flycatcher here in Chattanooga. I shared on Facebook where I found it. The next day there were twenty photographers and birders looking for that bird at my location. That is the only truly rare bird I've ever found.

The weather is not very nice but the pics are good. Maybe you and Heather can switch gear one day and provide your personal impressions on the pros and cons of the two systems.

@PhilThach

11 ай бұрын

Thank you! I think we may try that at some point.

Nice work 😊

@PhilThach

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! :)

You know what would fit also nicely in the R7 and A6700 comparison? A G9 Mk2 Panny and the 100-400 and/or 200mm 2.8 leica

@PhilThach

11 ай бұрын

Thank you! I think if I were try try out a micro 4/3 camera it would be the OM-1.

Wow so amazing photos as always. I have the same setup and I struggle to get such a sharp photos as you do. Medium, far distance birds, birds in flight for example. I have high enough shutter speed (1250 sometimes 1600, 2000), ISO sometimes around 200 to 4000. My shots at the end of the day looks soft in most cases. Probably atmosphere, haze ? Dont know. Or maybe lack of experience. Will keep shooting... own the lens like 16 days, as a photographer I have still much to learn. 9M experience :D

@PhilThach

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Keep on shooting and practicing, you will improve.

Hi, great shots! What about ISO performance of Sony compared the R7. And what about rolling shutter?

@PhilThach

11 ай бұрын

ISO performance is about the same, the Sony is a little bit better with rolling shutter. All of the photos in this video were done with electronic shutter from both cameras so for large birds in flight, there’s not really any problem, hummingbirds, though you need to switch to mechanical on both cameras.

Nice shooting, we have quite a few of those hawks in Chicago. Saw one eating a pigeon for lunch. The pigeon population has declined quite a bit. Now we need for them to go after the rats.

@PhilThach

11 ай бұрын

Thank you! I bet the pigeons are easier for them to spot and catch.

@gnphoto21

11 ай бұрын

@@PhilThach yes, the pigeons are sitting ducks.

Hey Phil, what are you feeling about A6700 AF vs R7? (Tracking stickiness, subject detection…). Thanks!

@PhilThach

11 ай бұрын

I feel like they are very similar but tomorrow I’m going to work on a video where I actually test and compare them while photographing a life-size northern cardinal statue.

@prjct72

11 ай бұрын

@@PhilThach Thanks for your comment. As always, I’ll stay tuned! Please, share your main AF settings for the A6700 🙏

@brookemiller7230

11 ай бұрын

I’m really liking the Sony a6700 over the Canon R7. The autofocus is far superior and I’m getting a much, much larger keeper rate with the Sony a6700. My Canon R7 just doesn’t seem to know what to focus on even if I tell it where to focus. I’ve made the adjustments that Duane Paton suggested, but the camera is still confused. The Sony a6700 immediately grabs focus on the bird, where ever it is.

Beautiful shots ! well done ! with a little hindsight what do you think of the A6700 compared to the R7 and the 200-600? Thank you Ludo

@PhilThach

11 ай бұрын

Thank you! I’m starting to lean toward the Canon but only slightly.

if you had to choose only one combo, what would be and why ? Canon r7 or sony a6700 (with the above lenses) ?

@lewcehjitl3282

11 ай бұрын

Sony.

@PhilThach

11 ай бұрын

I haven't decided yet. If it was only wildlife photography I might be leaning slightly towards the R7 right now. If it were landscape work, I kind of prefer the Sony. But, it's really too early to tell.

@mbismbismb

11 ай бұрын

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@wellingtoncrescent2480

11 ай бұрын

As always, your photos are lovely, and I eagerly anticipate each new video. Thanks for sharing. From your settings, I see you often shoot at full zoom and wide open aperture. With a long telephoto, this can lead to a razor-thin depth of field. Do you lose many shots to blurry focus?

@PhilThach

11 ай бұрын

@@wellingtoncrescent2480 Thank you! That's the nice thing about these cheaper telephoto lenses, even wide-open they are stopped down when compared to the exotic and ultra-expensive 600 f/4 primes. But you are right, the depth of field is still very thin even at 6.3 or 7.1, and because of that it is critical to bag perfect focus. So to answer your question. Yes, I do lose many shots due to blurry focus. Shoot many, share few is my philosophy.

Thank you very much. For this wonderful video. Please, I have a question about the R7 group frame camera. Is photography with this camera under low light good or not?

@PhilThach

11 ай бұрын

Thank you! You will see more noise at higher ISOs with a high resolution APSC camera than you will with a low resolution full frame camera. So, if you are comparing it to a low resolution full frame camera like an R6, the answer is no.

@user-lg9zi7vz9b

11 ай бұрын

@@PhilThach So the Canon 5D IV camera is the best

@PhilThach

11 ай бұрын

@@user-lg9zi7vz9b I don’t know if I’d say the 5D Mark four is best, but it should have better low light capabilities than an R7.

@user-lg9zi7vz9b

11 ай бұрын

@@PhilThach Thank you so much

Has Heather ever tried the Sony system and if so does she like it?

@PhilThach

11 ай бұрын

That's a great question/suggestion. She hasn't yet but in the future I will offer it to her. I'd be interested in her opinion as well.