Thanks for the tips. I did take a tripod but, in Florida, my 80-200 and
a 1.5X converter made for the longest glass I had with me. Not nearly
long enough. I'll have to take something longer next year.
Chuck Norcutt
On 6/11/2012 10:37 AM, David Young wrote:
>
>
>> Welcome, David. Holy smokes! We may have to rename this list to
>> the Leica alternate or some such. :-) I just took a quick look at
>> your site and was admiring the bird photos... in particular the
>> Great Blue and Bald Eagles.
>>
>
> Thank you, Chuck, for the welcome!
>
> You need three things, for bird photography. Time, lots of patience and
> **very** long glass.
>
> Sadly, this year I've been very short on the first one.
>
> Two things that drew me back to Olympus were the in-body stabilization and the
> 2x crop factor.
>
> My favourite lens, for wildlife work, is Leica's Telyt-400 f6.8. It's a 40+
> year old lens, with "trombone focusing". It was made for sports photography,
> before Auto-focus was invented. It's fast to focus and really lightweight, if
> a bit long, physically.(It's a "long focus", rather than "telephoto" design,
> and is one of the few lenses I know of which "breaks" into two halves, so you
> can get it in a camera bag!)
>
> Put it on a monopod, and it's great for hiking in the bush!
>
> But, for small birds, I'd still have to use it with a 2x converter, making it,
> roughly, an 800/f13 lens, wide open!
>
> Using it on the Oly E3 meant an "effective" fl of 800mm, without the 2x
> converter, and thus the availability of a "fast" f6.8 lens!
>
> Best of all, my 40+ year old Telyt is now an image stabilized lens!
>
> I've tried it with the 2x on the Oly, for a 1600mm/f13 equivalent, but it's
> really not useable on a monopod, and a tripod is both too cumbersome to carry
> in the bush and not fast enough, for birds.
>
> Nearly all the bird photos on my site are taken with the Telyt-400 on various
> Canon, Leica and Oly bodies. I use Oly glass (esp, the 50~200/2.8-3.5, often
> with the 1.4x converter) for the larger animals and rodeos.
>
> Thanks for taking the time to look at my site. :-)
>
> Best regards, from high in the hills...
>
> David.
>
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> Logan Lake,BC, CANADA
> Wildlife: www.furnfeather.net
> Personal: www.main.furnfeather.net
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>
>
>
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