Thanks Larry. My knee is wrecked, so I have to shoot sitting. The tripod works okay. I have a nice monopod that I used when I was able to walk in the woods. Maybe I’ll try it from the chair. New knee in January! Back in the woods by March!
Paul > On Nov 7, 2020, at 11:44 AM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > > > >> On Nov 7, 2020, at 8:33 AM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: >> >> I wanted to try handholding my birding rig with the K-3 and no battery grip. >> I generally shoot the same lens combination with the K-1. The K-3 minus grip >> made it significantly lighter than the same lens and converter with my K-1 >> and battery grip. I also thought it would be fun to try the 945mm equivalent >> FOV of this combination on an APS-C camera. It was amusing. Not a good day >> for birds as a crew was cleaning up autum,n leaves next door, so my best >> shot was a common sparrow. I also shot the canopy, which is now turning >> brown. In terms of handling, the rig was a bit easier to maneuver but it >> still hurt my arthritic left wrist, which has to support the lens. I hadn’t >> used the K-3 in years, so I got a good sense of how it compares to th K-1. >> It doesn’t lock focus quite as readily as the k-1, but it’s not a huge >> difference. Exposure isn’t quite as accurate as that of the K-1, but it’s >> not far off, and since I shoot RAW that doesn’t matter greatly. It is a bit >> noisier, but again not a huge difference. I may try it again without the >> converter, which will make it closer to the K-1 in FOV. > > Both shots are quite nice. > > Have you tried a monopod with a ball head? I’ve got a carbon fiber benro > monopod, and I hang it from my belt with a maglite holster. It works a treat > when I need steady portable support for a long lens. > > >> >> >> >> >> https://www.photo.net/photo/18629776/Late-Autumn-Canopy >> >> https://www.photo.net/photo/18629777/House-Sparrow >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > Larry Colen > l...@red4est.com > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
