Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Jim and Douglas and Bob. It's nice to have your encouragement. The swallows have just returned here and I'm going to try and take a picture of them swooping over a nearby pond. Best wishes, Matthew -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+matthew=hunt.tc@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+matthew=hunt.tc@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Bob Shaw Sent: 03 May 2008 23:56 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: One Last Goldfinch Matthew: That's a great shot, especially using the M8; so much more difficult to see if the subject is where you want it. I shoot R8/9 with70-200 on tripod with a great viewfinder but doubt I could so as well as you on such a difficult moving subject. Congratulations. Bob On May 3, 2008, at 15:03, Douglas Sharp wrote: Good shot Matthew, Probably one of the prettiest of the British Birds (with the exception of the Bee-Eaters that are still breeding in a quarry in County Durham - but very probably shouldn't be :-) ), used to see quite of a few of them on and in Gorse bushes in Yorkshire when I was young and not yet into photography. The fanciest birds around Hannover are Bluetits - thousands of them. We have Storks nesting not far from here, but unfortunately they're pretty inaccessible for photography. Thanks for showing Douglas Jim Nichols wrote: > Matthew, > > Thanks for sharing. That is a good capture, and a variety that we > don't see here in the southern USA. I have never seen a finch with > the red face that this one displays. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Hunt" <matthew@hunt.tc> > To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 3:45 AM > Subject: RE: [Leica] IMG: One Last Goldfinch > > >> Here is a (European, adult) Goldfinch in my garden last summer. I >> had the >> M8 on a tripod and used a long rubber bulb cable release. This has >> been a >> fun bit of ornithology! I think he is beautiful. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/mnsh/Cottenham/L1000535.jpg.html >> >> Matthew >> Cottenham, Cambridge, UK >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+matthew=hunt.tc@leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+matthew=hunt.tc@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jim >> Nichols >> Sent: 03 May 2008 03:46 >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: One Last Goldfinch >> >> Doug, >> >> I guess I can see your point. I do recall that it seemed more >> difficult to >> hold the rig still today on the 4/3 setup than I recalled when using >> the >> same lens/TC combo on a regular SLR. >> >> I learned one other thing, as well. After using the 200mm + TC for >> about >> half an hour, I felt some slight play when I came back in the house. >> I >> traced it to the Fotodiox adapter, which is built in two halves and >> assembled with set screws in the edge. I tightened the screws and >> all was >> well, but I would have hated to depend on the adapter to hold a heavy >> lens >> in rough service. >> >> Thanks for your comments and advice. >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> ----- Original Message ----- From: <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 9:28 PM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: One Last Goldfinch >> >> >>> Jim Nichols <jhnichols@bellsouth.net> wrote: >>> >>>> I agree that the field of view is equivalent to an 800mm lens, but >>>> that is >>>> just because the image is cropped. From a camera motion point of >>>> view, it >>>> is still a 400mm combination. >>> >>> I respectfully disagree. The angle of view is what determines how >>> vulnerable the camera is to hand-held shake or vibration. >>> >>> Doug Herr >>> Birdman of Sacramento >>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information