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Use Bridge and Photoshop and has worked fine with my A7RIII. Just took 250 photos with the A7R5 and when I put the card in my reader, hooked up to my Apple iMac Bridge is not seeing the SD card. Tried moving all the photos to an external, portable hard drive and Bridge is not seeing the hard drive. I can pull individual photos up with Photoshop, but not Bridge. No clue what I am doing wrong.

Just starting to play with the A7R5, so no real world experience with birds. Did come across this video.

"New" camera showed up A7RV. Another little test, shot taken from 1.2 miles away. A7RV, 200-600, 1.4 teleconverter. One is original pic take at 600m, next is 200% crop run through Topaz sharpen. In bright light, subject with lots of contrast felt the autofocus with the teleconverter was pretty good.

A test with the Sony A7RIII with the Sony 200-600, A7RIII 200-600 in Crop Mode, A7RIII, 200-600 +1.4 Teleconverter, A7RIII, 200-600, 1.4 Teleconverter in Crop Mode. Auto Focus, brought up the exposure a stop for all the images. No other editing. 1082 yards to subject. Thoughts?

FYI, in the end I have decided to sell my A7 III and purchase the A7RV and take advantage of the ability to crop to fill the frame. I will probably buy the 1.4 tele to use with the 200-600 even though some feel the autofocus is less than perfect. On those rare occasions I can alway go "old school" and manually focus, lol.

First, I have some experience editing photos but video not so much. Using Final Cut Pro. The color profiles for my wife Canon Vixia HF G50 is quite different than my Sony A7III and A7RIII. I prefer the color out of the Sony cameras but even if I take the Canon video and edit each clip still the difference is visible. I can't see a way to "batch process" video clips to get the color between the two systems closer.

M4/3 trade off is the increased noise and as you mention less flexibility to crop photos. As I am going through the Yellowstone photos to "fill the frame" with the wolf, coyote, bear, etc...I am having to do 200% crops and heavily processing the photos. Many are fine for our family youtube show, lol, but to me the processing is obvious and they look "fake". Maybe I will win the lottery and I can get the 600mm lens and a sherpa to pack it around.

We had a great trip! Sadly the digiscoping didn't happen but saw some impressive video taken with scopes and cell phones. As mentioned in another thread the Sony 200-600mm worked fine but there were several times I wish I had more reach. A few pics from Yellowstone.

Its and option, but it bugs me to possibly spends thousands of dollars over 2-3 trips.....Couple more with the 200-600mm

Just back from Yellowstone and we had a great time. Other trips now on the docket; Alaska, Tetons, etc… This trip was about trying to see and yes photograph, bear and wolf cubs. In Yellowstone you “have” to keep 100yrds from all the predators. I use the Sony 200-600mm and Sony A7RIII. We had some closer encounters with bears but wolves were typically well over 100yrds away. See attached photos: the first being at 600mm, one 100% crop and one at 200% crop. All heavily processed. 90% of the time the 200-600mm works great for me. But…..what are options to get more reach? 1. 600mm f4 lens with teleconverter. Sorry $13000 is not possible 2. Sony a6700 + 200-600mm for additional crop 3. Sell everything Sony and go with OM-1 System. Based on going with the $6000 150-400 lens. After ebaying all the Sony Stuff still need $5k 4. Digiscope, with DSLR attachment. Wide range of cost depending on scope chosen. Your thoughts, options I have missed?

Thanks! The "final" pack of stuff...

I always enjoy reading the “What’s in My Bag” pcs. Great to learn from the Pros. As I was packing for our road trip this week to Yellowstone I thought "what the heck"...We are packing "heavy" as we hope to capture images of wolf and bear cubs. Better to have and not need than need and not have. Like many of you we are just a hobbyist out of control, lol. Here is what may be in my bag, depending on weather conditions, are we hiking or just parking alongside the road with everyone else. Sony A7RIII Sony A7III Sony 200-600mm Celestron Spotting Scope, not pictured, going to try digiscoping. Sony 12-24mm f.4 Tamron 28-200mm 7Artisans 9mm f5.6 Monopod Travel Tripod “Big” Mafrotto Video Tripod Water Bottle Micro Spikes Bear Spray Handwarmers (temps will be 16-45 degrees) Tamron big bag (fits the 200-600mm with the shade hood in place) Wandrd Chest Pack (allows me to carry to setups) Would need a fisheye lens to include the wife's video gear, chargers, laptops, rain hoods, etc, etc, etc, you all know the deal. Hopefully in a few weeks we will have photos from the trip at: www.aquabluedreams.com

Yes, I see the world in wide-angle! Picked up the 7Artisans 9mm F5.6 and love it! Used it on a trip to London. Most shots were "run and gun" walking around Westminster Abbey. If more serious you would need to stop and get the lens/camera angles better in line with the subject.

Thanks for the info!!!! Along the lines of what I thought. Typically I just stick to shooting animals, landscapes and doing "fun travel" vids for ourselves. I doubt the photogs who posted to Youtube got model releases or permission to post it but best to leave it alone.

I am doing a video about the preservation of a species of wild animal being hunted for strictly cultural reasons. I am trying to be balanced and hope in some small way to shift the thought of the indigenous group involved to look at their future relationship with these creature in a more modern manner. Some of the footage includes children of this group expressing pride in their culture and joy of nature. THE CHILDREN ARE NOT celebrating the taking of the animals. It is public footage, available on the internet, can I use it????? Again trying to show a better future for the indigenous group and the creatures involved. Any input welcome!