[Leica] New 300mm Lens

[Douglas Herr]

Looks good!  Those who are new to long lenses would do well to watch Steve Perry's YouTube video about the common causes of unsharpness with long lenses:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aJ6VtSH8Cw

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
douglasherr.myportfolio.com
 
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Sent: Sep 1, 2025 9:40 AM
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Cc: Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com>
Subject: [Leica] New 300mm Lens

I have finally gotten out to shoot something other than the hillside by my house to try out my new Nikon 300/4 PF lens.  I have a lot to learn.  I have never shot with anything over 200 and then rarely so.  I shot 60 shots with maybe 5 with the focus being nailed on what I wanted.  Admittedly they are all up very close with a very shallow DOF and all hand held, so any small waver will through the focus plane off, but they were almost all off in the same way.  I did not think you had to fine tune the focus on a mirrorless camera, but maybe I do.

Anyway, here are some shots of an 8 Spotted Skimmer by a pond.

Arboretum Dragonfly 8 Spotted Skimmer-0358

Arboretum Dragonfly 8 Spotted Skimmer-0356

Arboretum Dragonfly 8 Spotted Skimmer-0352

And a Spreadwing Damselfly, not sure which one.

Arboretum Dragonfly 8 Spotted Skimmer-0352

All are cropped about 50%.  I have ordered a 1.4x Converter that is due next week.

Comments welcome

Aram


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Aram Langhans
(Semi) Retired Science Teacher
& Unemployed photographer
“The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself would ever have dared dream.” James D. Watson

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