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Subject: [Leica] Eagle Pictures with the Nikon 200 - 500 VR Zoom
From: george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 17:44:41 -0600
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> On Feb 21, 2016, at 11:22 AM, H&ECummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote:
> 
> Morning Luggers,
> We took the ferry yesterday morning, early, from Otter Bay Pender Island, 
> over to the Mainland to Vancouver.
> 
> While in Calgary I purchased the newish Nikon 200 - 500 f5.6 Vr zoom and I 
> took the lens on a Nikon D750
> body along to the ferry terminal to photograph the eagle family if they 
> showed up. They did fly in - in the early morning
> sun - and I shot 380 shots in about 40 minutes. The shots were hand held - 
> VR off - manual shutter at 1/2000,
> lens at f11 or f8.0 and auto ISO up to 6400. The details for each photo 
> are given on the folder page.
> Here is the first picture:
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BirdsCanada2016/DSC_3294C.jpg.html
>  
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BirdsCanada2016/DSC_3294C.jpg.html>>
> 
> Please view large and then shift right for four more images.
> 
> I am hoping to pair the 200 - 500 VR with the new Nikon D500 (when it is 
> available) for a trip to Brazil that Jayanand and
> Alastair plus significant others are going to make in August to shoot 
> Jaguars in the Pantanal.
> 
> The problem with the D750 is insufficient buffer memory for the number of 
> shots that I take at one time. Hopefully the D500
> will be better - since its operating system is really based on the 
> professional D5 system.
> 
> C&C always welcome

Beautifully captured.
that second one looks like he?s got a slab of sliced bacon

George Lottermoser
george.imagist at icloud.com





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