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[OM] Re: OM Zuiko 500/8 on E-1

Subject: [OM] Re: OM Zuiko 500/8 on E-1
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 06:34:29 -0500
Nice.  Looks pretty good to me except for the geese where the very 
shallow DOF is apparent.

Chuck Norcutt

Brian Swale wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> As mentioned a day or so ago, I spent about an hour trying the 500 / E-1 
> combo on birds and in that time took about 50 shots.
> 
> Here are three
> http://homepages.caverock.net.nz/~bj/photography/zuikoholics/little-pied-shag.jpg
> 177 kb
> http://homepages.caverock.net.nz/~bj/photography/zuikoholics/red-billed-gull.jpg
> 107 kb
> http://homepages.caverock.net.nz/~bj/photography/zuikoholics/geese.jpg
> 393 kb
> 
> The images were all re-sized and tarted-up with Irfanview; I took the 
> sharpening one step too far with the gull and the feral geese.
> Gitzo 320 Studex tripod, not extended, and no self-timer ( I think next time 
> I 
> will use at least the 2 second delay)
> Distances were about 40 m for the gull and 50 the shag, and maybe 70m for 
> the geese. They were rather shy and I think somebody had already been 
> trying to make Christmas dinner out of them, They are this year's nestlings 
> from somewhere else in the city and flew into a local "canal".
> 
> Brian
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