Thanks, Chuck. I have tried my 135 on 4/3 cameras, and was disappointed
with the minimum focus distance. Extension tubes can help, but leave you
with a limited range of focus. If yours is variable FL, then there may be
no such problem.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 7:06 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Taking AG's Suggestion, Iris with Telyt 250
> Excellent. My first thought was shades of Moose's excellent dragon fly
> pictures using the Zuiko 70-300 at 300mm. I don't have such a long lens
> but I was going to try to shoot the crabapple and rebud blossoms at
> 150mm today but it was raining.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 5/8/2013 4:14 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> When I posted an earlier image of the first Iris to bloom this year,
>> there was discussion of the difficulty in getting good Iris images.
>> Ken Norton (AG Snozz) said he did best with a long lens. I decided
>> to try his suggestion, using the Leica Telyt-R 250/4 on my Oly
>> E-510.
>>
>> Pair: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Iris+300.jpg.html
>>
>> Single: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Iris+304.jpg.html
>>
>> Closeup: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Iris+309.jpg.html
>>
>> I think Ken is correct. I get better isolation from the background
>> with this lens. Thanks, Ken.
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>
>> Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
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