Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark Rabiner wrote: > The technology is changing very quickly how does CANON get a guy who has > enough experience in what's being shown. Perhaps they did. > Is this guy really experienced in shooting 1,280mm's? > And with IS? I'm not sure that Lewis Kemper is the best choice to showcase this lens. Looking at his website https://www.lewiskemper.com/ it doesn't look like wildlife is a specialty of his, and that many of his animal photos were made at a game farm where captive animals pose for a fee. He a local guy so maybe I should just go introduce myself ;-) > 12 grand? > 10 pounds? > > Did he use a totally as Reichmann says inadequate ball head or did he use a > Gimball like a big boy? Gimball. > And as these shots indicate lets see it at 800mm and not this 1,280mm > nonsense! Field of view on the 50D crop camera like a 1280mm on a 35mm film camera. Using the 560 & 1.4x APO on the DMR gives a field of view like a 1074.08mm lens on a 35mm film camera: http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/corvidae/stja02.html Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web