Masahiro Wada | Markins BV-HEAD
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Theme
Natural scenery
Photographer
Masahiro Wada
Date
2022
Location
Hokkaido
Device
Markins
Canon
EOS 5D Mark IV
EF200-400mm F4L IS USM Extender 1.4x
EF200-400mm F4L IS USM Extender 1.4x
Gitzo
Series 3 Systematic
レビュー
Masahiro Wada
1956
Born in Tsurui Village, Akan District, Hokkaido
1985
First solo exhibition "The Four Seasons of the Red-Crowned Crane" in Kushiro, Hokkaido.
1989
Received the 1st Yomiuri Shimbun Newspaper Contribution Award
1990
Used on postcards by the Ramsar Secretariat and introduced to 62 countries around the world.
Participated in the Hokkaido New Frontier Festival "Poetry of the Earth: Hokkaido" selected photo exhibition (sponsored by Hokkaido and NHK)
Participated in the Hokkaido New Frontier Festival "Poetry of the Earth: Hokkaido" selected photo exhibition (sponsored by Hokkaido and NHK)
1991
Photo exhibition "Red-Crowned Crane - Colors of the Four Seasons" held in Tokyo, Osaka, Asahikawa and Kitami
1992
Held a photo exhibition "Red-Crowned Crane - Living in a Fantasy Land" in Sapporo, Kushiro, and Busan, Korea. Participated in the Hokkaido New Frontier Festival "Marshland Tales - Hokkaido" selected photo exhibition (sponsored by Hokkaido and NHK)
1993
Photo sponsorship for the Ramsar Convention Kushiro International Conference
Photo exhibition "The Cranes of Japan: Seasonal Colors in Kushiro Marshland" held at Leigh Yawkey Woods on Art Museum in Wisconsin, USA
Exhibition touring the U.S. from March
Photo exhibition "The Cranes of Japan: Seasonal Colors in Kushiro Marshland" held at Leigh Yawkey Woods on Art Museum in Wisconsin, USA
Exhibition touring the U.S. from March
1995
Photo exhibition "Red-crowned Crane - Anthem of the Northern Lands" held in Tokyo and Nagoya Photo exhibition "The Art of Ice - Dream Ice" held in Tokyo and Sapporo
1996
Photo exhibition "Tancho - Anthem of the Northern Lands" held in Osaka
Photo exhibition "Cranes of Japan" held at the Brunei Museum in Brunei Darussalam
Photo exhibition "Cranes of Japan" held at the Brunei Museum in Brunei Darussalam
1997
Photo exhibition celebrating the 10th anniversary of Kushiro Shitsugen National Park, sponsored by the Environment Agency
Photo exhibition "Tancho - Anthem of the Northern Lands" held in Sapporo
Photo exhibition "Tancho in the Northern Lands" held in Tokyo
Photo exhibition "Tancho - Anthem of the Northern Lands" held in Sapporo
Photo exhibition "Tancho in the Northern Lands" held in Tokyo
2000
Hotel for nature lovers "TAITO" opens
2020
WADA MASAHIRO ART SQUARE opens
- Photo Album -
1989
"Red-crowned Crane: Colors of the Four Seasons" by UNSODO
1999
"The Red-Crowned Crane of the Northern Land" by UNSODO
Member of the Japan Professional Photographers Society (JPS)
I was born and raised in Tsurui Village, and the red-crowned cranes I was familiar with from childhood were not special birds, but just ordinary ones.
I started to be aware of red-crowned cranes and take photos of them when I entered junior high school, and looking back, it seems like it was inevitable, not a coincidence.
The reason is that the red-crowned cranes, which were once thought to be extinct, were discovered in the depths of the Kushiro Marsh in 1924, and in 1952 they were designated a special natural monument by the government as the "Kushiro Red-crowned Crane." This led to the appearance of volunteers in Tsurui Village and the neighboring town of Akan who dedicated themselves to feeding the cranes, and conservation efforts became more active.
The origins of the Hotel TAITO that I currently run are in the Wada Ryokan, which was founded in 1916, and many media personnel who came to cover the red-crowned cranes stayed there.
In other words, I grew up around red-crowned cranes and people who photographed them from an early age.
So I started photographing red-crowned cranes as a hobby, but by my 20s I was regularly sending my photos, including natural landscape photos, to an agent.
At the time, I often used a medium-sized 6x7 camera and a very heavy and large 800mm or 1200mm super telephoto lens. I also used a very heavy, sturdy metal tripod, relying on my youth.
As for the head, I used a relatively sturdy one from among the three-way heads available from various manufacturers, but I was never satisfied with any equipment or shooting style.
I have now moved from medium-format cameras to 35mm digital cameras, and tripods have evolved from metal to carbon, combining durability and lightness.
I tried a variety of tripod heads, including video tripod heads and gimbals, but I had almost given up on finding one that suited my needs.
At that time, a friend introduced me to the "Markins Q20iQ-BK/BV-24 Set," which is small and weighs just under 1kg.
However, I had never had a good impression of the ball heads I had used before. Even if I tightened the ball fixing screw tightly, there was a slight deviation in the framing, so I had to predict the deviation when framing, which was very frustrating in emergencies.
However, with this Q20iQ-BK, there was almost no deviation in the framing and it stopped exactly where I wanted it to.
Needless to say, shooting became much smoother, but I thought the fixing power of this Markins was particularly noteworthy.
Also, when chasing a moving object or taking a panning shot of a flying bird, friction can be applied with the ball fixing knob, so you can chase smoothly like a video head.
When using a long lens such as 200-400mm F4 or 600mm F4, attaching the BV-HEAD makes it two-way, more stable, and very easy to use.
This means there is no problem as a tripod head that you can use for a long time.
I started to be aware of red-crowned cranes and take photos of them when I entered junior high school, and looking back, it seems like it was inevitable, not a coincidence.
The reason is that the red-crowned cranes, which were once thought to be extinct, were discovered in the depths of the Kushiro Marsh in 1924, and in 1952 they were designated a special natural monument by the government as the "Kushiro Red-crowned Crane." This led to the appearance of volunteers in Tsurui Village and the neighboring town of Akan who dedicated themselves to feeding the cranes, and conservation efforts became more active.
The origins of the Hotel TAITO that I currently run are in the Wada Ryokan, which was founded in 1916, and many media personnel who came to cover the red-crowned cranes stayed there.
In other words, I grew up around red-crowned cranes and people who photographed them from an early age.
So I started photographing red-crowned cranes as a hobby, but by my 20s I was regularly sending my photos, including natural landscape photos, to an agent.
At the time, I often used a medium-sized 6x7 camera and a very heavy and large 800mm or 1200mm super telephoto lens. I also used a very heavy, sturdy metal tripod, relying on my youth.
As for the head, I used a relatively sturdy one from among the three-way heads available from various manufacturers, but I was never satisfied with any equipment or shooting style.
I have now moved from medium-format cameras to 35mm digital cameras, and tripods have evolved from metal to carbon, combining durability and lightness.
I tried a variety of tripod heads, including video tripod heads and gimbals, but I had almost given up on finding one that suited my needs.
At that time, a friend introduced me to the "Markins Q20iQ-BK/BV-24 Set," which is small and weighs just under 1kg.
However, I had never had a good impression of the ball heads I had used before. Even if I tightened the ball fixing screw tightly, there was a slight deviation in the framing, so I had to predict the deviation when framing, which was very frustrating in emergencies.
However, with this Q20iQ-BK, there was almost no deviation in the framing and it stopped exactly where I wanted it to.
Needless to say, shooting became much smoother, but I thought the fixing power of this Markins was particularly noteworthy.
Also, when chasing a moving object or taking a panning shot of a flying bird, friction can be applied with the ball fixing knob, so you can chase smoothly like a video head.
When using a long lens such as 200-400mm F4 or 600mm F4, attaching the BV-HEAD makes it two-way, more stable, and very easy to use.
This means there is no problem as a tripod head that you can use for a long time.
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