Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The squirrel for me! Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 1:28 AM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > Because of a stormy weather system moving through, I won't be out > looking for flowers today. I decided to see what my indoor blind had to > offer. This is a shop bathroom with the screen removed, allowing me to > follow the wildlife activities in my back yard. > > I decided to explore the "Digital Zoom" feature of my Olympus E-M1, to > add a little more reach to the 50-200 SWD lens. The manual says it is > approximately equivalent to a 2X Extender. To be honest, I was > pleasantly surprised. Here are two examples. > > A Gray Squirrel looking for sunflower seeds beneath a bird feeder: > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200412-P4120910.JPG.html > > A Black Capped Chickadee preparing to grab a seed and fly up in the oak > tree: > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200412-P4120921.JPG.html > > As I was typing this email, lightning momentarily knocked out power in > my neighborhood. The email disappeared. > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information