I had the pleasure of being invited to attend the "Exclusive Experience new SONY G Master Lens" event in Fraser's Hill on 13.07.2019 and 14.07.2019, hosted by SONY Malaysia & Studio Zaloon and facilitated by En. Shaiful Baker of SONY Malaysia and Mr. Chin Yok Fee of Studio Zaloon Alpha Pro Shop. All participants were housed at Shahzan Inn Hotel, complimentary of the organizers. The participants of the event were largely from a group called Birding, Nature and Cameras, or in short BNC, a group of bird lovers who preserve, promote nature awareness and capture best images of the birds in the wild. SONY's latest G Master lens, the SONY FE 600mm F4 GM OSS (SEL600F40GM) and SONY FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G) lenses were brought by SONY Malaysia for the participants to touch, feel and test these two great lenses. Apart from the lenses, they also brought with them not less than 10 units of SONY a9 flagship cameras, several SONY FE 1.4x and 2.0x teleconverters for loan to the participants. The itinerary was as follows: Saturday, 13.07.2019 1.00pm: Gather at hotel lobby & registration, pass room key (participant may put their luggage into the room) 2.00pm: Talk 1 (production sharing how to birding and camera setting by Shaiful Baker) 3.00pm: Group photo & tea time & loan unit (group photo) 3.30pm: Birding (group photo) 6.30pm: Return loan unit, pass room key to others 7.30pm: Dinner 8.30pm: Talk 2 (by Mr. Alagan) 9.00pm: Talk 3 (by Mr. Chin, Studio Zaloon) 10.00pm: Tea time Sunday, 14.07.2019 6.30am: Breakfast 7.30am: Loan unit 8.00am: Birding (group photo) 11.30am: Back to hotel return loan unit & check out 12.30pm: Lunch 1.30pm: Disperse My editing workflow can be summarized as follows:
Here are some of the images shot on both days with my SONY a7RIII + SONY FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM) + SONY FE 1.4x Teleconverter. For the Red-headed trogon's image, it was captured using the SONY FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + SONY FE 1.4x teleconverter. I was using Gitzo GT1542 Mountaineer Series tripod with Leofoto LH-40 ballhead setup on day 1 and used Leofoto LS-284C tripod with Leofoto LH-40 ballhead on the second day. Name: Chesnut-capped laughingthrush Scientific: Garrulax mitratus. Family: Leiothrichidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/1000 sec, ISO 3200, handheld. Name: Chesnut-capped laughingthrush Scientific: Garrulax mitratus. Family: Leiothrichidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/9, 1/1000 sec, ISO 6400, handheld. Name: Fire-tufted barbet Scientific: Psilopogon pyrolophus Family: Megalaimidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/1000 sec, ISO 3200, handheld. Name: Fire-tufted barbet Scientific: Psilopogon pyrolophus Family: Megalaimidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC Name: Fire-tufted barbet Scientific: Psilopogon pyrolophus Family: Megalaimidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC, 840mm (shot in APSC mode), enlarged with Topaz Lab Gigapixel AI. Name: Silver-eared Mesia Scientific: Leiothrix argentauris Family: Leiothrichidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/2000 sec, ISO 6400, handheld. Name: Silver-eared Mesia Scientific: Leiothrix argentauris Family: Leiothrichidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/1000 sec, ISO 6400, handheld. Cropped to 50%. Name: Oriental magpie-robin Scientific: Copsychus saularis Family: Muscicapidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/2000 sec, ISO 6400, handheld. Name: Red-headed trogon (female) Scientific: Harpactes erythrocephalus Family: Trogonidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL200600G + SEL14TC EXIF: 840mm, f/9, 1/2000 sec, ISO 6400, handheld. Cropped 50%. Name: Rufous-browed flycatcher Scientific: Anthipes solitaris Family: Muscicapidae Gear: SONY ILCE-9 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/9, 1/2000 sec, ISO 6400, tripod. Cropped 50%. Name: Large niltava (male) Scientific: Niltava grandis Family: Muscicapidae Gear: SONY ILCE-9 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/9, 1/1000 sec, ISO 6400, tripod. Name: Large niltava (female, sub-adult) Scientific: Niltava grandis Family: Muscicapidae Gear: SONY ILCE-9 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/1000 sec, ISO 6400, tripod. Name: Large niltava (female, sub-adult) Scientific: Niltava grandis Family: Muscicapidae Gear: SONY ILCE-9 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/1000 sec, ISO 6400, tripod. Cropped 50%. Name: Mountain bulbul Scientific: Ixos mcclellandii Family: Pycnonotidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/9, 1/1000 sec, ISO 6400, handheld. Cropped 50%. Name: Long-tailed sibia Scientific: Heterophasia picaoides Family: Leiothrichidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/500 sec, ISO 3200, handheld. Name: Streaked wren-babbler Scientific: Napothera brevicaudata Family: Pellorneidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/1600 sec, ISO 6400, tripod. Cropped 75%. Name: Malayan Laughingthrush Scientific: Trochalopteron peninsulae Family: Leiothrichidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/2000 sec, ISO 6400, handheld. Cropped 50%. Having the chance to hold the SONY FE 400 F2.8 GM OSS (SEL400F26GM) in my hands! I must say that it was quite a good experience. Will surely go for future outings with the BNC group. Till next time!
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