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Subject: [Leica] Testing the Oly with 2x
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:37:47 +0530
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Alastair,
In the Mara you do not go anywhere, the big cats come right up to you. I
would say 400mm is enough for most mammal shots. For birds, of course, I
have found out the hard way that no lens is long enough..(-:
Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 1:29 PM, <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote:

> yes, I keep thinking "I would love 800mm, but the 400mm lens is
> 4.6kg!!!!!, Looks like I'll have to go with 600mm and stalk in closer ;-)
>
> Alastair
>
> > I suppose Helen would be using bean bags to stabilize, so these
> > disadvantages can be mitigated. I am play close attention to her system
> in
> > Kenya, the weight of my equipment has started weighing me down - as it
> > should (-:)! It is the only factor that is stopping me from buying a
> Nikon
> > D3s right now.
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 12:23 PM, <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Actually, its a bit slow if the light fades, and has trouble at f8
> >> snapping into focus. Having said that, it will take Helen to 800mm
> >> equivalent with only small lenes/body outfit, so she may well "whip my
> >> ass" again when we go to Kenya with you.
> >>
> >> My Nikon is only 24 hours from Ballarat, one day away from my arms. Of
> >> course I don't have a lens to fit it yet ;-)
> >>
> >> > Works very well, whether indoors or outdoors!
> >> > Cheers
> >> > Jayanand
> >> >
> >> > On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 3:47 PM, <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Inside and outdoor birds:
> >> >>
> >> >> http://tinyurl.com/3m9qxpt
> >> >>
> >> >> http://tinyurl.com/3o7m4rr
> >> >>
> >> >> At 800mm the image stabilization really helps: all hand held
> >> >>
> >> >> Alastair
> >> >>
> >> >>
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