photo equipment suggestion

Fellow venomous herpers,

I would like to suggest to you the following, reasonably priced equipment for excellent results with venomous snake photography. The pic below shows the arrangement of 4 devices to build an efficient camera/light/remote control construction. The 4 devices are:

- Sony Cybershot DSC-HX60 (or any equivalent camera)
- Aputure Amaran LED video light AL-H198
- Cullmann Nanomax 490 monopod
- MA-F2 remote switch,

altogether purchased for approximately 360 $.

In my experience, there are several big advantages of the system. First, the camera, although a bit outdated, is equipped with a (relatively small) 1/2.3-type Exmore CMOS sensor which is not as good as the more modern large sensors in terms of line resolution but has an important, big advantage when it comes to venomous snake photography: unbeatable depth-of-field at wide-angle setting and distances close to the object! Even the most expensive SLRs with big sensors would need stacking to attain comparable results! Moreover, no flash is needed, the system is relatively cheap, produces great results and the monopod at 4-6 feet length with remote switch allows close-ups with the glass shields of the enclosures opened and the camera almost touching the animals. Try it - you'll be surprised!

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Hello Klaus,

Thanks for your advices, for sure it's a good tool, and i think it even can be very interesting to use it in the field!!
Did you try it?

Regards,

Fred Very Happy

Yaaappp, it may be good in the field as well - haven't tried it, but worth giving it a shot.