I would be careful making drastic conclusions on this one shot. My Vivitar is in desperate need for a CLA. The aperture blades are slow, and it does not perform at its best near infinite. At closer range it performs a lot better. Your lenses could be the other way around.
I would recommend doing some tests. Go out and fire away, just as I did. It could be a waste of film, but you also might be positively surprised. BTW. I have managed to get hold on another Vivitar S1 lens for a pretty cheap price. I like the built, and Mark Roberts says it is a very good performer, so I have decided to give it another go. I have not bought it as a bird lens, more a walk about long zoom. 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: Markus Maurer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 20. mars 2006 00:20 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: PESO: Fisrt attempt at birds > > Hi Tim > I'm very interested in your results because I would like to get some bird > shots too and do not have the proper equipment too ;-) > You first sample does not look not very promising. I really wonder if I > should start doing birds with similar tools with film if you do not get > better results digitally :-( > > greetings > Markus > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Tim Øsleby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 6:30 PM > >>To: [email protected] > >>Subject: PESO: Fisrt attempt at birds > >> > >> > >>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&bruker > id=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) > > > >
