Originally posted by dadipentak Nice work, Lowell--I'm guessing you're pretty happy with the set up.
Happy?
In a word, yes.
I have not yet looked at any sharpening etc, which would also help the images, as I said, these are right out of the camera JPEGs.
What I found surprising, and this is only the 2nd time really shooting with the lens, is how easy it is to aquire accurate focus, especially when there is no effort spent holding the dam thing up!
overall, the gimbal head I got, a Jobo Jr 3 cost as much as th elens, but I consider that to be a worthwhile investment. Although I have struggled for years with other tripod heads on my longish lenses, none have really offered the eas of use of a gimbal.
I think this would also help out with my 1000mm Celestron C90 scope, but that is the subject for another post.
what do you think of the Purple Fringe? Pretty amazing, and the PSPX3 purple fringe removal tool seems pretty effective.
the other thing that I suspect people don't appreciate is how shallow the DOF actually is. All these shots were done I think at F9. When you consider that the chickadee is only 4 inches from head to tail, it is surprising to see how fast things go out of focus,