Thanks for all the comments! :-) On Dec 15, 2013, at 11:35 AM, Steve Cottrell <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 15/12/13, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> I carried a long lens on my Saturday morning walk this week, hoping to >> try my luck at shooting a couple of birds. Not a bird in the sky the >> entire time I was there. Such it is, I looked for new ways of seeing my >> usual subjects with the long lens. :-) >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/11387818783/ >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/11387697005/ >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/11387723634/ >> >> Thanks for looking, comments always appreciated. > > You should carry your long lens more often! Enjoyed those. Thanks. I liked what I was seeing with the long focal lengths and I probably will. But likely I'll carry one of the Leica R primes (90 or 135mm) more of the time rather than the Olympus zoom. They're heavy but much easier on the back. The big Olympus zoom gets a little unwieldy for casual walking about … https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25268645/olympus_e-m1_50-200_ec-14.jpg That's the E-M1 with HLD-7 grip, plus (in order) the MMF-3 adapter, the EC-14 teleconverter, and the ZD 50-200 zoom with hood—set to max zoom for a total 283mm f/4.9 (566mm EFOV). I can only imagine what it is to wander about with the Olympus ZD 90-250mm f/2.8 or ZD 300mm f/2.8 …! I cannot imagine what it would be to wander about with a Nikon D800 and 600mm lens, it would break my back. :-| G -- 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.
