Spent some time at Gray Lodge State Wildlife Area yesterday (Gum Tree shot, also) with the FA 80~320 (carrying a fairly deep screw on metal lens hood) attached to the K10D. When in that area, I often set ISO 200 and shut down the aperture to f/6.7 or f/8. Anticipating predictable flock shots of mainly hoards of Snow Geese, I've been using the camera selected focus point in AF-C. Otherwise, It's always set on the center point. I use motor drive freely, but only in short bursts and leave it in RAW mode. Just for a quick lens focal length comparison, I'm posting two shots of what my "Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds" shows to be a Red-shouldered Hawk. I'd guess it to have been 75 or 80 yards away.
Jack Comments welcome! 320mm focal length @ 95%: (heavily cropped) http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=266 240mm focal length @ 101%: (heavily dropped) http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=267 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
