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Subject: [Leica] IMG: One Last Goldfinch
From: matthew at hunt.tc (Matthew Hunt)
Date: Sat May 3 01:46:54 2008
References: <14901353.1209781738511.JavaMail.root@elwamui-rustique.atl.sa.earthlink.net> <00a901c8acc7$e0277210$6101a8c0@jimnichols>

Here is a (European, adult) Goldfinch in my garden last summer.  I had the
M8 on a tripod and used a long rubber bulb cable release.  This has been a
fun bit of ornithology!  I think he is beautiful.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/mnsh/Cottenham/L1000535.jpg.html

Matthew
Cottenham, Cambridge, UK

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+matthew=hunt.tc@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+matthew=hunt.tc@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jim
Nichols
Sent: 03 May 2008 03:46
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: One Last Goldfinch

Doug,

I guess I can see your point.  I do recall that it seemed more difficult to 
hold the rig still today on the 4/3 setup than I recalled when using the 
same lens/TC combo on a regular SLR.

I learned one other thing, as well.  After using the 200mm + TC for about 
half an hour, I felt some slight play when I came back in the house.  I 
traced it to the Fotodiox adapter, which is built in two halves and 
assembled with set screws in the edge.  I tightened the screws and all was 
well, but I would have hated to depend on the adapter to hold a heavy lens 
in rough service.

Thanks for your comments and advice.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: One Last Goldfinch


> Jim Nichols <jhnichols@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>>I agree that the field of view is equivalent to an 800mm lens, but that is
>>just because the image is cropped.  From a camera motion point of view, it
>>is still a 400mm combination.
>
> I respectfully disagree.  The angle of view is what determines how 
> vulnerable the camera is to hand-held shake or vibration.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>
>
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