In the antediluvian age of film I had an acquaintance who wandered about
the University of Rhode Island campus with a Nikon F1 and I believe a
Novoflex 600mm f8 fitted with a shoulder stock and carbine strap. The
only things I remember seeing taken with that rig were amazingly sharp
closeups of squirrels. Now the Novaflex was much lighter than most
600mm lenses being a doublet design with little glass, very sharp at the
center, and fairly soft at the edges and corners. The combination was
lighter than the Spotmatic and borrowed Spiratone preset 400mm I had
available to use at the time even though the Nikon was twice as heavy as
my Spotty.
On 12/15/2013 4:55 PM, Ken Waller wrote:
.I cannot imagine what it would be to wander about with a Nikon D800
and 600mm lens, it would break my >back. :-|
I can - with a Pentax body and the 600mm FA (along with a suitable
tripod and a gimballed head) - you don't wander very far and you
generally have a specific destination!
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message ----- From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi"
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Subject: Re: PESO 2013 - 203, 204, 205 - GDG
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
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