Thanks for the thumbs up Paul. The new glass is floating around the globe somewhere. I can hardly wait, being very curious on how it performs. If I'm lucky, it is ok with the AF converter when stepped down a couple of steps (most of this photographing will be under pretty good light conditions). Then I'll have 850mm, plus the sensor crop factor.
To be continued... Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 19. mars 2006 18:44 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: PESO: Fisrt attempt at birds > > It is, indeed, a nice "mood" pic. Good work. As you can tell, you will > need that longer lens to get full frame birds under most conditions. > Paul > On Mar 19, 2006, at 12:30 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote: > > > My first attempt in my eco political photodoc "Fuglefjæra på > > Nordfjordeid". > > While waiting at my "new" long zoom, I am using my Vivitar 70-210 S1 > > plus > > AF1.7x. Not the best combo for this, but I got to start somewhere. I > > have a > > lot of practising ahead of me before I am a bird photographer. > > http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildegalleri/vis_bilde.cgi? > > id=225879&brukerid=35178&n > > omenus= > > 400 ISO, tripod, f:6,5, 1/640, cropped to portrait format. > > > > I really need some feedback on this to get me going. This image is not > > meant > > as documentation on the specie, more a getting the "mood" picture. > > > > > > Tim > > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > > > Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds > > (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > > > > > > > > > >
