imaging being able to afford a $5000 camera body and put a $14,000 lens on it. who the hell can afford this stuff in 2025?

Made in China.

gitzo is damn expensive

How I disable virtual horizon?

Cool video and setup. Did you take that photo of the bear?

Neat pair of videos. This is really fun. Well done Tom!

I got the af screw drive one from the 90s, superb build, on micro 4/3 Olympus internal image stab, great optics but when pushed in high contrast @f4 equiv 600mm chromatic abberation is there but not a disaster. Ihave the 300mm 2.8 similiar era and its tooo heavy to carry around, Ken Rockwell likes it, not used it yet, but great to look at !!!.

do you have myopia? at what level? mine: - 9.25 .

How's the back cooling? will it be too hot for long 30C mountain bike ride?

Great Setup! ;)

>Budget? Where the hell is 8k euros lense a budget? If buy it new its like 8k euros ....

I've owned the 300 f/2.8 VRII for many years now, do you think the 400 f4.5 is worth selling the 300 to upgrade to a Z mount lens?

What about hendheld? Not so perfect mayby ;)

A great tip Tom for anyone wanting to tweak there shots! Look forward to more... subbed

Nothing beats a day in the sea ice looking for wildlife 😍 Thank you for sharing your photography tips. Keeping the batteries warm is indeed a very important one 🙂

We loved seeing this first episode. A great start of the trip: the landscape is phenomenal and the wildlife is amazing. And we think it's very interesting for other people to see all the gear you brought ☺

Here in snowy Montana I typically overexpose by 1-3 stops...I don't care about blowing out the bright snow highlights, I'm concerned about the darker otter, bison, elk, etc.

Hey Tom, Great video mate and certainly some lovely images to boot! Liking the fisheye shot at the end, which reminds me I need to use mine more often. Don’t get much chance to watch too many videos these days due to work, but glad I watched this one! Good tips too. Cheers Rich 👍

Great news

I take it you do this for a living. 😊👍🏻❤️

And I thought you love it because of the price you paid for it. So I was really completely wrong😂 Really I come to think how Impossible it was that people took Photos of Wildlife somehow 40 years ago 😜

You have both of them because you’re rich 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑

Big eyes, big ears and big lenses..... 😄📷

Good afternoon! Having tried the 800 mm and 600 mm f4 lenses, which one would you recommend for the highest quality picture, taking into account the convenience of operation?

Tom, I love your content! You said in this video the 300mm 2.8 is gone. Does that mean you no longer have it or don’t use it very much? I am debating that lens or the cheaper 400 4.5. I do birds for the most part and would have to work harder with the 300 but the stop and a third may be worth it.

I used to have an old Minolta 300mm f2.8 and a Sony 200-600mm now I have the Sony 300mmf2.8 Gm and its almost half the weight around 1.5kg the weight of a 70-200 f2.8.

Z9 power house, ha? lets see some photos & what is your keeper rate as far as tack sharp goes? I just want to see some photos! = smile

It’s fascinating, sad and sometimes a bit rude that people with english as their native language almost never can or even seem to try to pronounce, to them, foreign names of people or places when being in that specific country. We who don’t have english as a native language always try to do that, just to be polite. You really should try better Tom when going outside UK. Otherwise really good presentation as always.

Great video Tom! I was wondering how you anchored the camera trap to the side of the bank? I couldn't see in your video if it was on a stake or something else.

Hi Tom, Nice video. I have a quick question. I just bought the 300mm F2.8 MK1 lens for my Z8 and i am using the FTZ II adaptor. Does the VR in the lens being on, affect quality on mirrorless nikon cameras. There is always a debate about whether VR should be left on or not. I just wanted to know your experience with it on the Z9, but whether it is worthwhile maybe turning the VR off at higher shutter speeds and only using it for some lower shutter speeds.

I use spot metering with an asterisk, with this metering the highlights never burn out. [ o ]*

Hi, I am quite new to photography and learned alot through your videos, thank you for sharing so much! You made me comit to photographing wildlife. At the moment I can use someones Nikon D3400 with a tamron 70-300, the scratchy autofocus kind you described in some videos 😅 It works for now, but I feel like I miss out on more focal length, also I want to buy my own camera. I watched you video about the D3 being a possible choice, but that video is quite old. I looked at a D7200, D610, D800 and possible the Z6. Around my area they are pretty much the same price second hand. Which would you recommend? And is the 300mm f4 or 200-500 from nikon still a good choice of lens. Even with Z6? It is alot of questions, sorry 😅 I just really admire your work and expertise.

Thanks for taking us along in this video Tom ❤️🙏🏻💕

Thanks

Very nice... Always enjoy following you on your adventures... The way you take us along... I personally really really enjoy it...

One day when I'm grown up I will also go on an Arctic cruise

Another great video and always brilliant explanation

Great video 🙂❄️

Hi Tom,nice video again....did you visit also Alkefjellet mountain on this trip?....hopefully you have a lot of EP's of this wonderfull tripl

Hi Tom, thank you for sharing this video with your experiences with the D3. Which specific lens did you combine it with to take the pictures shown at the end of the video? What lens would you suggest for wildlife and bird photography? Love your content, keep going :)! Kind regards, Menno

New subscriber here from DownUnder. I’ve watched hundreds of different wildlife presenters on KZbin. I really like your delivery style Tom. 👍 I’ve accumulated far too many fine Nikon lenses over the journey, (inc the 200 f2 fatboy), so looking closely at downsizing & getting hold of one supertele (the 300mm 2.8 VRII), hence how I found your site. Looking forward to your new travel content and info on Botswana (on your email list now too!). Thanks for your content. 🇦🇺

Very nice scenes from Svalbard. I was on Svalbard in 2017 and travelled with a group of photographers for 11 days on a sailing ship (Noorderlicht) up the west of Svalbard to 79°. We were able to photograph the many icebergs and various animals. A unique experience. Thanks for sharing, I will gladly leave a sub 😊👍

Nice Gitzo advertising.

Great video and scenes 👍

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One of the most underrated channels on KZbin! Unfortunately I don't get to go out for wildlife photography much these days but this channel reignites that love and makes me want to get out there.

Great video and looks like it will be a very good mini series...but OMG Tom how many lenses? makes me think no way could I do a trip like this with just a 24-120 or a prime

Great video as usual Tom, can't wait for the rest of the series.

Can anyone else see an eye staring out of the ice in the image at approx 9:58 ?!! (Left half of the image about halfway down.) Fabulous video and pics, and already looking forward to the next episode!