Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark Rabiner wrote: >>> In the end no one cares how quiet a camera is when you're using it every day. <<< A few days ago I tried photographing some Calidris sandpipers (Western and Least), early migrants returing from arctic breeding grounds. Very active little birds, had their heads buried in muddy water most of the time. Sitting by the edge of the pond I'd wait for fifteen minutes before a few came within range, I catch a moment when the bird's head was up and sort-of facing me, one exposure and *POOF* they're gone. I don't know if it was the sound of the shutter or the wink of the flipping mirror but it spooked the birds. I could wait another fifteen minutes before they came back, then make another exposure (only to find, like the previous exposure, that the sandpiper's head spins faster than an R8's mirror rises). I tried the R8's stealth mode with marginally better success so it may have been the sound after all - OTOH it was a windy day and the birds were on edge anyway. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - Microsoft? Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange