Combining responses :) Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:10:44 -0800 frank theriault wrote:
> On 2/14/06, Igor Roshchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Here are a few shots: > > http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/WhaleWatch/ > > > > I've been whale-watching many times, and other than one spectacular > occasion, when we came upon a pod of humpbacks, I've seen about as > many whales as you seem to have. <LOL> > > I like your pix, BTW. > > As between the 2nd and 3rd shots, I prefer the darker one - better mood, IMHO. > > cheers, > frank > Thank you, Frank, I was waiting for somebody to make a comment on the absence of whales :) We saw 2 or 3 of them far away, but there were too many boats in the area, that when we came closer, the whales were exactly against the sun. They didn't do anything spectacular, and I didn't get any reasonable pics of them. Wed, 15 Feb 2006 09:46:03 -0800 Thibouille wrote: > I prefer IMGP2943w.jpg than IMGP2943wi personnaly. > Very nice photos indeed. In my view, IMGP2943w.jpg is more interesting, but the mood is heavier. IMGP2943wl.jpg is lighter-mooded, especially due to the light coming through the sail. > > BTW I notice my SMC-F 70-210 is slow to focus on my D (as well as on > my SFXn) but way faster on my Z1. Anybody noticed the same behaviour? > I thougt the lens was problematic but now I think it's just the D > which has difficult moving the 70-210 (which is a tank really IMO). Thanks. It seems to me that AF on DS is a bit slower than it was with the same lenses on ZX-5n (except for the SMC-F 70-210 that I didn't have then). Maybe it is just a perception... Igor

