John, I've come to really like the A300/4 on the AF1.7X. It stays sharp and gains some autofocus. But remembering to input 500mm and changing ISO can be a challenge. I have some really unsharp shots with the combo and shake reduction at 20mm. Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 12:18 AM, John Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Bob. > > It was close to a comedy routine getting this shot, though. > Larry, Angel and I were taking it easy after a few hours in > the sun, and almost ready to pack up and go home. Then this > fellow starts calling. Of course I don't have the 300mm with > me at the table, so I go back to the car to get it, along > with the monopod and the 1.7xAF adapter. (The car is only 20 > or 30 feet away, so fetching the gear doesn't take too long). > I've just got everything put together, and am setting up to > grab a shot, when the bird flies away. > We decide to sit around and wait for a while to see if he will > come back. Eventually, though (probably after 20-30 minutes) > it's getting time for Angel to head back to his hotel (and for > me to get home to take my wife out to the Star Trek movie), so > we decide to give up for the day. I've just got everything > broken down, and the lens back in it's carry case, when our > friend decides to show up again. So I hastly put everything > back together. I did remember to set the SR focal length to > 500mm, but neglected to change the ISO back to 640 from 100 > (and forgot that I've now set ISO up on the second dial in Av > mode, so I left the camera in my usual hyper program mode). > I grabbed a quick couple of shots hand-held before trying to > get the camera on the monopod - one came out quite well, > even though that was 1/50 of a second with a 500mm lens, > but the pose and lighting aren't as good as the shot that > I posted. Then the bird flew off again, but fortunately > this time he stopped again just a few feet further away. > > > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 07:08:08AM -0500, Bob Sullivan wrote: >> John, >> That's a hansom bird. Nice photo. >> Regards, Bob S. >> >> On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 1:54 AM, John Francis <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:22:15PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> >> >> On Sunday, John took Angel and I to a rose garden in San Jose, I >> >> finally had a chance to do a quick sort and process on my >> >> photos. Despite the wind, I got a few decent ones: >> >> >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157618121808920/ >> >> >> >> I'm still going through the 2700 or so shots I took the previous >> >> weekend in Chicago, so I'm wimping out and just doing the gallery >> >> thing. Yes, I know, flickr sucks. >> >> >> >> John, what's the name of the park we were shooting quail in? >> > >> > It was the Bernal-Gulnac-Joice ranch in Santa Terasa County Park. >> > >> > I foolishly left the ISO set to 100, so I wasn't really using a >> > fast enough shutter speed (and had the lens wide open, which isn't >> > really what you want to do when using the AF adapter). ?But I did >> > get one shot of that elusive quail that's not too bad: >> > >> > ? ?http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0921 >> > >> > >> > -- >> > 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. >> > >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
