[normhead]

You seem to be doing great with the 55-300. I guess you're in no hurry to get the 300 back.

[jacamar]

You seem to be doing great with the 55-300. I guess you're in no hurry to get the 300 back.

I would have been more comfortable with a bit more reach (DA*300 + 1.4x TC) - the sparrows were on a fenceline some distance back from the road (with a lot of poison ivy in between!), so quite a bit of cropping.

[derekkite]

Red Eyed Vireo.
500mm with 1.4 TC

Nice. Great capture.

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On my travels yesterday. Red winged blackbirds and Common Yellowthroat warblers.









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A domestic dispute. I think he just bought a K1.

[Canada_Rockies]

A domestic dispute. I think he just bought a K1.

Or something just as expensive - the expression on the face is priceless. Great catch.

[littledrawe]

The other problem that I now have is the estate car that I use is my girlfiends company car and it's due for renewal. I have tried the Kirk mount and FA*600mm in a couple of new estate cars and it wont go through the window

Sounds like you need a Ducati with a sidecar!

[Ducatigaz]

Sounds like you need a Ducati with a sidecar!

What a horrible image that conjures up

[jacamar]

The other problem that I now have is the estate car that I use is my girlfiends company car and it's due for renewal. I have tried the Kirk mount and FA*600mm in a couple of new estate cars and it wont go through the window

For those on the western side of the big pond, that's what we call a "station wagon"!

Edit: since you are using it for photography, you could use the old term "shooting brake".

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[Michi Joel]

Q7 + A* 300mm, cropped

[rgknief60]

Q7 + A* 300mm, cropped

An excellent example of what a good copy of the lens can do in the right hands!

[tim60]

What a horrible image that conjures up

It provides memories of a certain cookery show with a very non-PC title (except that the stars obviously named it in a self-descriptive manner.

[derekkite]

Went searching for grizzly bears but found a rather nice looking black bear.



And the Townsend Solitaires have shown up.

[rkappleby]

Nice looking bear Derek
My wife, daughter and I are presently taking a short tour down the Oregon coast and I tried some shots of my daughter with the Sig 500 I really like the isolation this lens provides.

[Michi Joel]

An excellent example of what a good copy of the lens can do in the right hands!

Tnx!

[marquis1955]

A few more bird shots from the past week the young male Cardinals are beginning to transition into their brilliant red and also their beaks are beginning to turn orange. Still looking for the Painted Buntings to show up but the Finches & Dove are always plentiful ! If I remember correctly all of these were taken with the K3 DA*300mm & DA 1.4 TC handheld.

[marcusBMG]

I'd been hoping for an opportunity to get some pics of the gadwall and chicks - they finally emerged from their reedbed lair last week (finally got round to pp'ing). Novoflex + K5






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A cormorant was on the wee raft again, giving me the chance to have another look at the novoflex 400mm + kenko 1.4x combo (= 560mm f8). K5, bean bag, remote shutter cable, focus check x10 LV. I stopped down to f11 (=f16) and even f16 (=f22) to try to up the DoF to keep the wing span in focus. No 1 was actually from jpg, rest from RAW. Update: revised PP, bumped exposure contrast, bit of defringing.





Click on image - linked to full sized.


At the RSPB I tried some more long range shots. There was a nice juxtaposition of a couple of egrets, a heron and a swan on one island, and the cygnets hanging out on the next island with one of the parents.



However these results weren't as good. Last effort was of this heron - 1/250th, 800ASA, f11. This is a 100% crop. You can argue the results both ways IMO, practical consideration I can't afford a lens that'll make these look bad...


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The novoflex attracts interest and I started chatting with a visitor from Australia, he was using a Nikon P900 superzoom/bridge camera. Its 4.3mm to 357mm (f2.8-6.5) lens with the 1/2.3" sensor (16MPx) equates to 24-2000mm (!!) zoom. Impressive piece of kit actually. Not for me though - not without RAW capability. Reading some reviews its clear the P900 relies on its internal noise reduction to spit out jpg's. But it's piqued my interest - we have had some discussion and examples esp with the Q/Q7/Q10 of getting extreme ultra TP with small sensors, I suspect that results with a custom designed lens are likely to tend to be the best. Perhaps s/o could post some examples from this or other superzooms so we can see for ourselves...