Thanks Christian. Yeah, it takes a lot of lens to get close to itty-bitty birds. I might go back and try again in this same location with a tripod. I could have gotten this guy off the sticks, since he was only about ten feet off the ground. He sure didn't want to sit still for very long. For handholding, I really need a faster lens. With the converter mounted, I'm at f11 wide open. Paul
On Mar 4, 2007, at 10:04 AM, Christian wrote: > Paul Stenquist wrote: >> Sorry for hogging bandwidth, but this pic might be worth a look. It >> demonstrates pretty good performance from a budget long-lens combo: >> The >> A 400/5.6 plus A2X-S converter. I also used the Pentax 540 FGZ in >> high-speed synch mode with the Kirk Flash Xtender. Handheld of >> course:-). Hey, it's only 800mm. Piece of cake. :-)). SR turned on. >> 1.500th, f5.6, ISO 1000. Cropped to about 75% of frame. >> >> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5672710&size=lg >> >> > > Handheld... wow. Not bad sharpness and the noise is within reason. I > was chasing these guys yesterday with the 500mm and 1.4x. They are > very > photogenic little birds especially the way they pose like this. Just > messing around I was trying to handhold the 500 and lots of guys claim > to use it as a flight lens. I don't see how. > > Christian > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
