Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You have better subject isolation and much less noise. There is a reason birder reach for a 600 or longer. On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 5:16 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > After dealing with noise in extreme crops of birds from the images > produced by my 50-200, I decided to try another lens/camera > combination. I put a 2X extender on the Leica Telyt-R 250mm and > adapted that combo to my Olympus E-M1, enabling the digital extender. > This allowed me to use a magnified image on the rear screen, which > greatly improved fine focusing. So, I'm effectively using a 500mm lens, > with a magnified focusing aid, on my micro 4/3 camera. > > From the usual array of squirrels and birds, I chose this hungry House > Sparrow as my target. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200420-P4201081.JPG.html > > To me, it looks promising. This makes manual focusing enjoyable once more. > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Don don.dory at gmail.com