Fujifilm GF 500mm f/5.6 + GFX 100s II Wildlife Photography - Brown Bears Slovenia
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- čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
- Hello and welcome back to the wild.
So in this vlog I return to the wonderful and magical Slovenia to see Brown Bears in the wild with SlovenianBears wildlife photography tours - slovenianbears.com/about/. I stayed with SlovenianBears for a 5 days and managed to go into the hides over 4 days - which was amazing! I have merged my vlogs into two episodes and this is the first part.
In this series I used the Fujifilm GFX 100s II and the Fujinon 500mm f/5.6 for my main wildlife equipment (which I am currently testing out and borrowing from Fujifilm UK) and I took my own gear for the b-roll footage which is the Fujifilm X-H2s and Fujinon 16-55mm f/2.8.
I hope you enjoy this magical adventure as much as I did and there is lots on the way!
Wild :)
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Temporary Equipment
Fujifilm GFX 100s II
Fujinon GF 500mm f/5.6
My Equipment:
Fujifilm X-H2S
Fujifilm X-H2
XF 200mm f/2.0 WR
XF 16-55mm f/2.8 WR
XF 23mm f/1.4 WR
XF 150-600mm f/5.6-8.0 WR
Sound:
RØDE Wireless GO II
Tripod:
Benro Slim Carbon-Fibre Tripod
K&F Concept Gimbal Head
And what quality.... I think this will be joining my calming, forget the troubles of the world playlist. These are irresistibly gorgeous creatures and you have done them proud. Superb work, thank you ♥
Aww wow, what a lovely comment 🥹 I just like to go with how the environment makes me feel and that is calm and peacefully. They are so magical and majestic so thank you for saying this all, thank you ☺️🌲🐻⭐️
Very good pictures of the bear family.
Thank you so much ☺️
Absolutely gorgeous images Victoria! Wow.
Aw this is so kind, thank you so much! I was very happy with how the GFX gear performed ☺️🐻✌🏻🌲
Everyone seems to get the greatest images from there and yours are no exception. Thanks so much for bringing me along! Your energy is infectious!
Wow, thank you for this! so kind! I appreciate it ☺️✌🏻
Again, thank you for your videos. Quality always on top and this is so deeply honnest.
Can not wait for your feedback on the GFX system!!
Thank you for watching! I like to keep it all real like I saw on the day ☺️ I will do the feedback soon, I go lots to say! I’ll start of with the 55mm on the 100s II as I have another wildlife trip with the 500mm before I do a full review on it 🙂
@@wildandfreevictoria take your time. Quality first❤️
No no stop watching put on the TV and watch later! Along with Morten Hilmer you are reserved for TV watching only! That's high praise I can assure you haha :)
Hehe aww thank you for this, it made me smile a lot! What an honour ☺️🙏🏻 thank you so much! 🐻🌲⭐️
@@wildandfreevictoria and so I did watch it on the TV and enjoyed it a lot! The footage is always amazing!
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Excellent video Victoria ❤your videos bring me so much joy 😊
Aw thank you so much! This is lovely and the impact I always want to leave, thank you ☺️
Absolutely brilliant!
Thank you ☺️🐝🌲🐻
Beautiful video footage and images. I'm off to Finland next Autumn to photograph bears and I'm buzzing already!
What an incredible experience to witness in the wild and beautifully captured. I saw grizzly bears for the first time in Canada and it was sheer jaw dropping wonder.
Wasn't waiting for less, u nailed again as the usual 🎉
Aw thank you! So lovely and glad you enjoyed it ☺️✌🏻⭐️🐻
Absolutely amazing no more words needed
Ooo I appreciate this so much 🥹✌🏻🌲🐻
Awww that bear Cubs 😍😍😍 Beautiful vídeo as always 😊
Aww Fabio!! Thank you!! Lovely to see you on here ☺️✌🏻🐻🌲⭐️
@@wildandfreevictoria I don’t miss a vídeo 😅 huge fan from Portugal 🇵🇹 🙌🏽
You have every right to be happy with those stunning shots and footage especially dare I say it, that beautiful squirrel.
Aw thank you so much! and yes there will be some more footage of the squirrel on the way 🙂✌🏻
Another winner, great pictures and videos. So glad you got to see the bear cubs. Love your enthusiasm, keep up the good work ❤
Thank you so much for watching and your kind words. Yes I was soo happy too, the cubs are very cute! Thank you again and more on the way 🙂
What a great video Victoria. Loved the pictures, music and the birdsong. Slovenia is the epitome of you. Wild, Free and Awesome. Keep up the great work .👍
I'm so happy for you. I can only imagine how wholesome and fulfilling it must be to get the opportunity to capture such a brilliant footage and breathtaking pictures up close. You truly have honed the art. Despite the fact that Fuji AutoFocus is generally underwhelming, you never let it bog you down. Thank you for the visual treat!
Love , love , love & love.
Awww thank you sooo much!! ☺️✌🏻🐻🌲
This video should have way more views! What a great story. I could watch those brown bears for hours. You have a new subscriber.
Aw thank you so much! I appreciate it a lot and me too, the bears are incredible. Thank you for subscribing 🙂✌🏻
Wow, I didn't think that your footage and images could be any better, but this video is just so good. I've just managed to see my first black bear at the side of the road whilst on holiday in Canada 🇨🇦 it was a real moment for me . I can see why you keep going back to see them. Thank you.
Thank you for capturing the beauty and tranquility of the Slovenian wilderness and the magnificent brown bears! While the images and videos are stunning it’s your awe and love for nature that draws me into this inspiring adventure! I am curious about your experience with this equipment in low light. I had always assumed that the larger medium format sensor would perform better in low light than full frame cameras.
Great photography and passion! Thanks for sharing
Thank you very much ☺️☺️
Beautiful footage! Those cubs are just too adorable. By the way, I think it's safe to crank that ISO up to 3200 or beyond. The GFX handles it well, I believe! But I'll hear it in the review, I reckon. 😊
Thank you so much! and yes after checking the footage I realised it was all ok, the photos were still super sharp and lovely which is always good! I just always like to keep my ISO low as possible but it's great to know their is the option to have it high 🙂
I couldn’t stop watching the bear footage. You really had a great opportunity there. Nicely done!
Glad you enjoyed it! and thank you so much! the bears are incredible ☺️
thanks for good energy Victoria, wildlife medium format? so be it
Thank you very much! I am just testing out the medium format gear for now, still have my crop sensor set up 🙂
Great video, informative and entertaining. As usual.👍
Thank you so much for watching ☺️🙏🏻🌲🐻⭐️
Magnifique 😍.... Merci 🙏
Merci ☺️🙏🏻
As always, peaceful footage, reflective music and artistic simplicity! It sounds like your GFX experience has been a little stressful due to the dark aperture and low shutter speeds. Looking forward to your full assessment! :)
Great ❤
Thank you ☺️
Hello Victoria , how are you? I will watch later , definitely nice clip as always, good to see you ❤ from Milton Keynes
Aw thank you so much! And I am well, just been very busy 😅 but catching up with my videos now. I hope you are well and smiling 🙂✌🏻
@@wildandfreevictoria love you and thank you
@@wildandfreevictoria I watched it now, nice as always, bravo 🙌
Great Victoria ❤! You drove past Lesce and Jesenice. If I told you, we could go for a drink 😉 . Greetings from Slovenija!
Thank you! And yes I did, I drove everywhere as I had a hire car this time. Ah well that is kind, I love Slovenia it truly is a wonderful place with wonderful people and I definitely be back ☺️🙏🏻
The Fuji GF 500mm 5.6 seems to be a very nice Lens, compact and light weight. Now Fuji just need to update all their GF Lenses, so they can be more compact and light weight. Some of the new Hasselblad Lenses are very compact and light weight, though they have a shutter built into the Lens ! If Fuji updates all their Lenses to much more compact and light weight, then I guess that the Fuji GF system can take more of the market from the high megapixels full frame Cameras !
Amazing video!
Aw thank you ☺️
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Ok, so who are you and why is this the first video of yours that I am seeing? This was a GREAT video!! Beautiful cinematography and story telling. It looks like I will be spending some time watching many more of your past videos in the coming weeks. I love these kinds of nature / photography productions. I have an X-T3 and a 70-300 btw.
Hehe well Hello there! I am Victoria 😄 thank you for your lovely comment! I have a lot of similar stuff in my playlist for the Brown Bears in Slovenia and the Wonderfully Wild UK wildlife - i think you will like them, I enjoy an emotive story telling. And I love the X-T3, it was my first camera for a long time - which I still own and holds a special place in my heart. Keep enjoying your photography and thank you again ☺️🙏🏻
Key part to using this lens - mechanical shutter… any movement - even on fast shutter speeds - on electronic shutter, results in massive amounts of rolling shutter! This is for photos, and tested on the GFX100S… not the MK II, but still, the rolling shutter was horrible, and I don’t expect the new mkii to be that much better here
I had to use the electronic shutter for all of this as it was silent for the bears 🙂✌🏻
@@wildandfreevictoria yes, and I’m impressed how video holds up with your pans, and lack of rolling shutter… I have not tried video at all on GFX, I also have the X-H2S, much better suited for that, but I only shoot stills anyway
Great content.
Would be very interesting to compare gfx100 + 500mm against the xh2s with 200-600mm at 600mm. The xh2s has the range advantage of range and aps-c. But the gfx has the advantage of 100mp. Which one delivers the best image when framing of image is adjusted one to one?
Excellent video and pictures. It made me fell like I wanted to hug the bears. Ha! Ha! Too bad about the resolution on the LCD screen. It should be better. Although, viewing the shots from a larger computer screen is always better. Good Job!
Go to Romania and you will not wait long time searching and seeing them. Last days a young woman lost her life, encountering a bear on Jepi Mici road on Bucegi mountain. This shows us how dangerous they can be and react in certain situations.
Yes I have heard this which much be great to see but I don’t want to see bears by the road. I also don’t want to get eaten nor do I want to contribute to the problem of the bears getting too close to people. These are big predators and you have to take responsibility to not cause a problems for the bears or people.
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Beautiful Video. What software you use for video editing. Will be helpful if you can please mention. Thanks
Thank you! I use DaVinci Resolve - there is a free version but I paid for the licence as you get some extra features :)
You're only viewing a jpg on your cameras LCD screen.
Yes, it just makes it hard to see how sharp it is ok not. Because even then for jpeg you still hard to see what is sharp or not to the level of high quality image you get from the 100s II. But all was good in the end and I trusted the process 😄
Women's content in any platform: don't worry about it, just be underdressed at least for a thumbnail, and you're good to go.
Right ok. What trousers and a top on summer = undress? Ok. Maybe you should stop objectifying women for just wearing clothes.
Well Zoltan, you come across as a right misogynist A hole.
She is dressed appropriately. You’re an idiot.
Sounds a bit bitter for some reason Victoria 🤔 I think it might be his one lonely subscriber 😂😂 jog on fella and let her be an awesome photographer 😉 love ya zolty 😘
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