Thanks for visiting my channel DSLR Life - Nigel Bailey. I have been a keen digital photographer for about since 2004 and had many years of analogue experience before that. My kit is pretty much Nikon throughout and I am mainly into landscapes and events. I have dabbled with some semi-professional work from time to time, including some commercial shoots, fashion and a few weddings.
In 2016 I began a "Wild Camping" video series to record some of my more "adventurous" photography trips. The camping allows me to be in places and at moments that would otherwise not be possible.
I am gradually adding to my online presence, so you can connect in the following places:
Enjoyed this Nigel. It is an issue trusting the camera, but I've seen so much shadow recovery that I don't worry about the dynamic range unless it is severe. Did you try just a single exposure?
Greatly enjoyed the video. New to astro and lightroom. Is is possible to get one of you time lapse raw unedited images to follow along with your video as a practice imgage? Thanks
Hola, antes que nada quiero felicitarte por tu trabajo, excelentes vídeos y hermosas e interesantes fotografías, ahora quiero preguntarte, estoy interesado en adquirir un nuevo equipo fotográfico, el que tengo actualmente es una cámara Sony r1 qué me ha brindado muchas alegrías sin embargo ya es momento de modenizarme un poco, y veo a la Sony rx10 Mark IV como una posibilidad interesante, me interesa fotografiar paisajes, árboles, fotografías callejeras, objetos y fotografía en blanco y negro, me gustaría conocer tu opinión sobre adquirir esta cámara, de ante mano muchas gracias.
Nigel, I think that there are several ways of looking at this dilemma. Both tend to start with "why"? For someone who is steeped in the craft, you know you were giving up certain aspects of your photography by going to a fixed lens. SONY does make it attractive with the loads of technology packed in, but if image quality is your passion, smaller sensors and non prime lenses were eventually not making the final cut. That being said, the convenience of NOT lugging around tons of extemporaneous weight is usually the reason a pro sizes down. Someone new to the craft is already in over their head with all that ANY advanced camera requires, definitely does NOT want to be carrying and changing lenses and thus approaches the solution from a very different place. I own an RX-10iv bought recently (2024), and a Sony A77, and a Canon SX-60, and Nikon P900. I use each of them for what I intend to shoot or how I am feeling on a given day. That way I remain happy with them all, and although one ALWAYS mourns a shot you may have gotten from a different camera, it is lessened by using different cameras on different occasions.
Love The Foreground & Chapel.Well Worth Another Visit With A Clear Sky. Weather So Unpredictable At Present ,Nevertheless Successful outcome Considering. With Added Bonus of Barn Owl
How do you let it focus on a starry sky on a moonless night? I am unable to. Tried the focus magnifier including yellow peaking color. It simply does not show peaking color on stars. If I focus it on infinity it is still unsharp.
Really appreciate this tutorial, but I just don't know Photoshop enough to understand what's going on, I'm a Lightroom 100% process guy, but would love to learn PS, just don't have the time or need unless I do night sky images, focus stacks etc. I think I could do focus stacks in PS since it is a much easier process.
I saw something you did not comment on, perhaps because it is obvious, but here goes: I thought the Landscape shot taken with the Sony left me wanting more detail. For the long reach yes, for friends & family yes; star shots no, landscapes no -- w/o the fancy stacking. I'd like to see a sunlit stacked landscape shot; I wonder if that might look better? Just FYI.
Hi Nigel, you may want to check out the new viltrox 16mm 1.8 autofocus lens. It is priced very reasonably, it has AF and works quite decently for astro.
Thank you for the video Nigel, great job as always..I find your vlogs relaxing, inclusive and easy to watch..The Bluebell wood that I have used in the past is West Woods just outside Marlborough in Wiltshire..you can get a very nice display of Bluebells here with quite a clear foreground if you look around..Also close by is the mighty Savernake Forest with all its mighty named Oaks..although not renowned for its bluebells..I now live up in the north east so have had to find new woods to photograph. Up here the bluebell season was at least 2 to 3 weeks later than down south, they only reached there peak really in the 1st week of May up here..
I did some recent research on it as I wanted something to take on a family holiday. I wish Sony would update it, but that’s not going to happen. Even so, having tried the Panasonic equivalent, the Sony beasts it by a country mile. The Nikon P series are just enormous. If I was going to buy an all-in-one, I’d still go for the Sony.
There is also another reason and that is, a number of 'RU-vid Professionals', have large ego's(and to a point narsisistic) and have formed cliques, and for that reason want to keep certtain things/places to themselves. I've even heard of phototographers complaining that someone else has 'stolen their shot/composition/piece of ground in a national park, which is ridiculous. Just discovered your channel, It's always good to find other photographers and look forward to exploring your more.
Many thanks for your contribution on this point. I hadn’t really thought about the clique, but there may well be an element of that. Even so, there is a great deal that I have learned from other photographers online and I am grateful for that.
Nice website with great photos. Just one point when I was looking on my phone it seems like the “View Gallery” tabs refer to the photos below when they were for the ones above. It’s probably just me being an idiot but good job anyway 🙂👍😊
I have been using both Nikon z7 and Sony a7r3 for landscape photography for a long time. From my personal experience, overall Nikon is more suitable for landscape photography than Sony.
Thanks for watching and for your comment. I haven't used the A7r3.Generally, I found the Sony menu system quite hard to navigate compared with the Nikon. Nikon always feels a bit like "coming home" somehow. I just know where everything is.
@@NigelBaileyPhotography Yes, Nikon is more suitable for photographers to operate. After I switched from DSLR to mirrorless, I became very accustomed to Nikon's operation. Later, I added Sony's system for third-party lens group selection (Tamron & Sigma). The operability is still second. , on the contrary, after long-term use and comparison, I feel that the Nikon system is better at capturing light and color in the Raw format for shooting landscapes, and has greater flexibility in post-processing.
Excellent! It's good to see that something I made a few years back is still helping folk. These days I shoot with a Nikon Z7ii, but I still think that the D800 was the camera that I enjoyed using the most and had the best colour science.
