[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think the shooting distance on my robin was about 20 feet. The AF 400T is
poweful enough to give you some fill at that distance, but you need a camera
that will do high speed synch. I think the PZ-1P is the only Pentax that allows
relatively high speed synch, but I could be wrong. I think a shutter speed of
at least 1/500th is necessary to hand hold with a 500mm lens on a 35mm film
camera. I shot this guy at 1/750th. The Sigma 500 Super has a high synch mode
that allows high shutter speeds with the D camera, even though the camera's
native synch speed is very limited. Even the AF400T could benefit from the
magnifier. If memory serves me correctly, it was inexpensive. I bought it from
Kirk.
Paul
Max synch on the Z1-p is 1/250th.
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From: "Markus Maurer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi Paul
do you think that the Pentax AF 400T without a teleadapter or flash
magnifier with ISO 200-400 film would be powerful enough for that kind of
bird shot? What was the shooting distance here?
I will get a Tamron SP 500 mirror lens tomorrow and would like to try some
bird or other animal photography.
greetings
Markus
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 12:16 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: PESO: Robin, Michigan Style
Oddly enough, birds don't seem to mind the flash. If I move my arms or
raise the camera, they fly away. But I can fire the flash repeatedly,
and it doesn't seem to alarm them. Maybe they don't really see it, or
else it doesn't register as something they should be afraid of.
On Mar 6, 2006, at 12:10 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:
Hi!
Did a bird hike in the woods today. The first robins of spring showed
up this weekend. This guy is the common robin as seen throughout most
of the US. Shot with the *istD, the A 400/5.6 and the Sigma 500 Super
flash on high-speed synch setting with the Kirk flash magnifier
attached. ISO 800, f5.6 @ 1/750th.
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4188940&size=lg
Paul, have pity on the little fellow - Sigma 500 super flash *with*
flash magnifier... Hope you did not give little bird a big heart
attack ;-).
Cool stuff...
Boris
