If trying to pan house martins, I'd say it's about right. Those buggers are too fastto keep within view with a more narrow angle.
My experience with house martins is that it's impossible to get a decent shot of them while they are feeding. Then I heard others say that it's much easier by the nests. To sit down and study their preferred flight paths to and fro the nest, and then set up the camera and wait. On the one occasion I have had, I wasted one and a half roll of provia that way to little avail, but I do see the point anyway. :-) I also learned that they fly fast, even just before landing. Here's one example. The flying bird must be about 40 cm away from the nest, and still it's fast enough to be slightly blurred at 1/750s... http://oksne.net/paw/paw5.html Jostein ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 8:46 PM Subject: Re: OT 8-) Wasting film on birds > 90mm and a 1.7x TC... 153mm... for birds? > > Christian > > -----Original Message----- > From: mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: May 19, 2004 2:33 PM > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: OT 8-) Wasting film on birds > > Hi, > > <purple> > Just been mowing the lawn in a glorious, early summer evening. Gazing > westward, I noticed against the setting sun a small flock of house > martins (Delichon urbica) skimming over the stand of Sycamore trees > (Acer sp) feeding on the hatching insects. > </purple> > > Legging inside, I brought out the Z1-p, AF1.7 and Tamron 90mm. 100ASA > slide film. Touch of overexposure. Did I get any good pictures? Did I > pills - and I don't mean lager. They were just too fast to keep up > with. A whole film gone and I'm sure that there will be nothing on it > worth looking at, although I'll process it anyway. The camera could > keep in focus but I couldn't get "the moment" right. _Much_ harder than > black grouse..... > > Looking out of the window, I see the little, feathered sods are back. > Dilemma: do I try again or just enjoy the sight? > > Got any spare barn owls, Cotty? > > mike > > > >
