[Leica] IMG: tiny birdies

[don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)]

My comment was more praise of your abilities developed at considerable cost
in time and frustratingly non working images that you analyzed what went
wrong and adjusted.

As to your 280, it will be quite good but will suffer somewhat in
comparison to your current kit.  Color response might still be superior
which might make its use preferable in autistic that your subject isn't
moving in random motions.

On Sat, Apr 24, 2021, 4:13 PM Douglas Herr via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> I guarantee that all that $$$$$ spent on the latest equipment doesn't
> automatically translate into good pictures, I have proof!  ;)
>
> I ought to pull the 280 out of its dry box retirement home and see how it
> does with 50 MP and the a1's excellent viewfinder.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> >Sent: Apr 24, 2021 9:50 AM
> >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> >Cc: Don Dory <don.dory at gmail.com>
> >Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: tiny birdies
> >
> >Technology with great skill and understanding of the birds behavior
> creates
> >fabulous images.
> >
> >Not a slam or even envy,  but it is amazing what roughly 20k will do for
> >someone as skilled as you are.   Can you imagine going back to your
> beloved
> >280 APO?
> >
> >On Wed, Apr 21, 2021, 8:57 AM Douglas Herr via LUG <lug at 
> >leica-users.org>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Yesterday morning I took the a1 & 600 GM to a nearby floodplain & found
> a
> >> spot with a couple of semi-cooperative birds, a Bewick's Wren and a
> >> Bushtit.  These are both very small birds, denizens of dense brush and
> >> practically the definition of hyperactive.  A good test of bird eye AF.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/troglodytidae/thryomanes/bewickii/thrbew16.html
> >>
> >>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/troglodytidae/thryomanes/bewickii/thrbew17.html
> >>
> >>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/troglodytidae/thryomanes/bewickii/thrbew19.html
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/aegithalidae/psaltriparus/minimus/psamin10.html
> >>
> >>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/aegithalidae/psaltriparus/minimus/psamin11.html
> >>
> >>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/aegithalidae/psaltriparus/minimus/psamin12.html
> >>
> >> Even when the bird was partly obscured by leaves & twigs and in deep
> >> shadow the camera had little trouble locking onto the bird and as long
> as
> >> the eye wasn't obscured it locked onto the eye.  Distant birds
> occupying a
> >> very small part of the image area were likewise no problem.  The AF
> locked
> >> onto the bird's head, if not the eye.  The Bird Eye AF's response: "nice
> >> warmup, but is that all you've got?"
> >>
> >>
> >> Doug Herr
> >> Birdman of Sacramento
> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> >>
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