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Subject: [Leica] IMG: One Last Goldfinch
From: rsphotoimages at comcast.net (Bob Shaw)
Date: Sat May 3 15:56:23 2008
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Matthew:

That's a great shot, especially using the M8;  so much more difficult 
to see if the subject is where you want it.

I shoot R8/9 with70-200 on tripod with a great viewfinder but doubt I 
could so as well as you on such a difficult moving subject.

Congratulations.


Bob





On May 3, 2008, at 15:03, Douglas Sharp wrote:

Good shot Matthew,
Probably one of the prettiest of the British Birds (with the exception 
of the Bee-Eaters that are still breeding in a quarry in County Durham 
- but very probably shouldn't be :-) ), used to see quite of a few of 
them on and in Gorse bushes in Yorkshire when I was young and not yet 
into photography.
The fanciest birds around Hannover are Bluetits - thousands of them. We 
have Storks nesting not far from here, but unfortunately they're pretty 
inaccessible for photography.
Thanks for showing
Douglas



Jim Nichols wrote:
> Matthew,
>
> Thanks for sharing.  That is a good capture, and a variety that we 
> don't see here in the southern USA.  I have never seen a finch with 
> the red face that this one displays.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Hunt" <matthew@hunt.tc>
> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 3:45 AM
> Subject: RE: [Leica] IMG: One Last Goldfinch
>
>
>> 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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