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Subject: [Leica] Eagles at Otter Bay
From: cummer at netvigator.com (H&ECummer)
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 18:07:04 -0700
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Hi Gene,
Thanks for looking and commenting. Agree a vertical might have been better 
but as you so wisely point out who has time to adjust in the heat of battle?
I notice the difference in weight when I am just holding the D4 but when the 
shooting starts it doesn't matter. The 10 fps is a big step forward over the 
5 fps of the D800E.
One thing I have noticed - the eagle's wings beat at about 5 times a second 
- which means with the D800 if I start a sequence with wings up then all the 
frames have wings up.
With the D4 the double frame rate means that I get a sequence of shots with 
wings in different positions and the buffer doesn't fill up to choke the 
camera like the D800 does.
That is a HUGE difference.
Cheers
Howard

Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 12:11:35 -0500 (CDT)
From: grduprey at mchsi.com
To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
Subject: Re: [Leica] Eagles at Otter Bay


Nice shots Howard,  On the last one, a vertical shot may have worked better 
and captured the wingspan.  I know that in the heat of rapid shooting this 
is the last thought in your mind. Congrats on the used D4, you will love it 
for shooting wildlife.  It is a really nice body for all types of shooting 
though.  You will find it is a bit heavy compared to your D800.

Cheers,
Gene