Very nice. Amazingly nice. I use a similar combo for shooting the moon! SMC M* 4/300mm + SMC-F AF1.7 + 2.0 Kenko or Vivitar: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/53058902/in/set-78625/ I never thought of shooting birds this way - I believed it would be impossible ;-) Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk
-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Christian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 27. marts 2006 17:11 Til: [email protected] Emne: More about birds on a budget Thinking about the latest thread on what lens for bird photography without breaking the bank, I went out and did a quick field test. Here is a 300/4 with 1.4x extender AND 2x extender for a total of 840mm f11 equivalent. I used a Sigma flash with Kirk flash x-tender for a bit of extra light. The bird was about 50 feet away and this is quite a crop and resized for the web, etc, etc. (It's crappy composition; I hate the looking-up-perspective, but it's a pretty bird: a Northern "yellow-shafted" flicker (Colaptes auratus) a type of woodpecker common around here). http://ww2.xian.us:8080/flicker_IMG_4798.jpg ~200k As a test I'm happy with the sharpness, color and lack of any obvious lens artifacts. The combination of lens and 2 TCs was a bit difficult to focus due to so much loss of light, but definitely doable. -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.2/293 - Release Date: 03/26/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.2/293 - Release Date: 03/26/2006
