Do you mean cammo for the camera? Just go to any good hunting supply store and buy some appropriate cloth..
Do you think it is important? Do you really believe that animals freak when they see a camera?.
Nothing is enough for the man to whom nothing is enough...
Aletheia wrote:.
Do you mean cammo for the camera? Just go to any good hunting supplystore and buy some appropriate cloth..
Do you think it is important? Do you really believe that animalsfreak when they see a camera?.
Nothing is enough for the man to whom nothing is enough..
Animals couldn't care less about the camera. Make sure they don't see you....
Many photographers cover their cameras to prevent the wildlife from hearing the shutter go off. There are quite a few places that sell gadgets to cut down on the noise..
Dave..
Dave is correct. The lens won't be the issue. I shot this from a drifting kayak using a 70-200L (big white Canon lens) and the only things that bothered these two were each other..
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Thanks. I got lucky. I was drifting around the point waiting to shoot the one and then just after I fired off three or four shots, the other guy came flying in. Right time, right place..
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From my experience at Yellowstone the animals there don't seem to care one bit about us and our cameras. Most let you get very close and don't spook very easily..
Steve.
'If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them something more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it.'..
Brent collins wrote:.
Thanks. I got lucky. I was drifting around the point waiting toshoot the one and then just after I fired off three or four shots,the other guy came flying in. Right time, right place..
Yes, nice shot indeed!.
Stalking and shooting wild animals is an art form in itself. Helps if you are in a place where people are common and expected. If the animals are unaccustomed to humans or are hunted, it becomes another story. But no matter how well you stalk, the sound of the shutter going off is easily heard, and heard for quite a distance..
Where I shoot, the birds literally jump every time they hear the shutter release. Usually, if they don't see me and will stay, looking frantically around for the source off the noise. I have entire series of shots of a bird looking for the noise, while I am only twenty feet away..
Sometimes, they don't care. But if I worrry about anything it's the noise of the shutter, not the presense of the camera..
DAve..
I am not sure if I have understood the forum?.
A blanket to muffle off the sound of the shutter?.
Do we have anything on the internet for this? Any ready to ship products?..
The Indian PhotoGrapher wrote:.
I am not sure if I have understood the forum?.
A blanket to muffle off the sound of the shutter?.
Do we have anything on the internet for this? Any ready to shipproducts?.
I once started a thread which was a rant about shutter noise. I recieved a number of interesting links. Unfortunatly for me my equipment is a bit to bulky and heavy for me to make use of them..
Nor have I remembered the links. On the other hand a quick check on the net revealed this:.
Http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-3408-3436.
Some of the other products available are better, but you'll have to find them yourself... .
Dave..
Thanks.
I checked out the link and the Camera Muzzle.
I am not sure on what sound is "permissible" while in the wild.I think sound is measured in Decibals...
Any ideas on what db does your/mine/next persons camera make?..
The Indian PhotoGrapher wrote:.
Thanks.
I checked out the link and the Camera Muzzle.
I am not sure on what sound is "permissible" while in the wild.I think sound is measured in Decibals...
Any ideas on what db does your/mine/next persons camera make?.
Searching the net, I bypassed some sites that did indeed cover this problem... .
My camera, the D2x, appears to be somewhere in the middle of the pack. This is strictly an unconfirmed observation with no scieintific validity... .
If I could use the muzzle I would. Birds, can hear my shutter from over a 100 feet. I doubt if a muffled noise would cause them to be so paranoid as the chung of my non-muffled shutter..
But I must emphasize that I previously I did run across products which more or less completely eliminated the noise. This is mentioned on the link I provided, but without details..
Dave..
Agreed - I'm no expert on the matter; have read repeatedly that wildlife in Nat'l Parks is used to humans, and in my trip to Yellowstone, the black bears, Grizzly bear, coyote, bison, elk, etc. were quite content to go about their business with anywhere from a few to a couple hundred people bustling about, snapping pictures, etc..
These were all taken with that same Minolta 400G lens the OP mentions (only on Velvia/Provia & scanned):.
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All of these animals were well aware of my presence (and usually, quite a few others) and didn't seem particularly bothered by it..
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