A good day, everyone!
I've dipped my toes into the DSLR world only recently, but birds have quickly become one of my favourite subjects, and I found myself longing for longer and faster lenses
Since I'm still a student, my budget is limited, and this is reflected in my gear - I'm using a K10D (proud member of the 10MP CCD club
), and mostly manual lenses so far.
Recently I got my hands on a Novoflex Noflexar 400mm F/5.6 and 600mm F/8 at an affordable price. I heard they were among the best affordable vintage telephotos, and the insane concept of a photosniper appealed to me
though I'm still waiting for a Pentax adapter to arrive. A Pentacon 300mm F/4 also is in the mail, another suggestion I've come across.
To honour the club rules, here's a photo I've taken with a 300mm lens this morning:
Nothing to write home about, but I was still positively surprised - it was an Auto-Revuenon 300mm F/5.6, taken at F/8 if memory serves, which I got at an absolute bargain price last week. Cropped as much as I dared with 10MP to go by
It's my first time seeing this kind of bird around here, it also had a peculiar call. I suppose ornithological knowledge follows suit soon where one hunts after birds.
I've seen many spectacular images while browsing this thread, and hope to follow suit one day