I may be wrong, but I think Larry's set up works better the farther away the object is. I'm not sure how well it would work in a macro setup. (Mainly because small changes in your focus distance with a macro lens changes the point at which the red dot must be pointed by A LOT (as opposed to being for forgiving, or minor changes needed for distant objects). I also have a hard time believing that autofocus (shooting blindly - as in not looking through the viewfinder - is going to perform to your satisfaction on moving bees.
I think what you want is something more like this: http://gizmodo.com/5995394/this-laser-shutter-photography-rig-freezes-insects-in-flight :) On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know if I can find the adapter I have: > > http://www.photosolve.com/main/product/xtendasight/ > > http://gadget.brando.com/wildlife-photography-with-tactical-four-reticle-sight_p1341c73d3.html > > http://www.shapeways.com/model/783249/hot-shoe-red-dot-sight-adapter.html > > And I have a daisy sight on it: > http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=daisy+red+dot+sight&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=7581701729&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=92518532087303035&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_1g41craxmv_e > > If you ask nicely, you can borrow mine. > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 10:11:49AM -0700, Aahz Maruch wrote: >> Howdy, >> >> I took some pictures of bees yesterday at 200mm and I was finding it >> rather frustrating to track them with the camera. I remember Larry >> showed me a spotting scope on his hotshoe, what exactly was it? >> >> Anyone else have a favored solution? >> -- >> Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ >> <*> <*> <*> >> "Do not taunt happy fun for loops. Do not change lists you are looping over." >> --Remco Gerlich, comp.lang.python >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > 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. -- "Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art" - Peter Galassi -- 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.
