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Forum: Lens Clubs
08-13-2016, 12:14 PM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
08-13-2016, 11:51 AM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
08-12-2016, 12:34 PM
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Indeed, it's been a long dry season :eek: since KNP with long lenses. But have gained some inspiration this past long weekend again.
Thanks for this advice. Light angle and exposure are tips I need to work on some time. Will be a challenge worth it some time as I am working with the less sharp and light hungry Sigma 170-500 while encouraging the wife into photography by letting her use the K3 and DA*300+DA-1.4x which is a very easy combination to work with.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
08-12-2016, 10:43 AM
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Wow, you have really gotten that old legend to perform. I have achieved good sharpness out of my Tak SMC 500/4.5 (same optics), but nothing like you have achieved. Also normally a fair bit of CA as well. And a real monster to handle.
Really liked the Golden Eagles shots. Would like to know your "secrets"..!!
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Great shots Philip, and the perfect setup in kit. Very envious of that 560 sharpness at distance...!
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Forum: Lens Clubs
05-04-2015, 10:25 AM
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Nice capture Ken. Looks like pin-tailed whydah to me..
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Forum: Lens Clubs
05-01-2015, 09:55 AM
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Cape White-eye in the garden. A very twitchy bird that moves about deep in the foliage making it somewhat difficult to get them to pose. DA*300 on K3 with flash exposure.
1/180 f/4 ISO100
K3__5553_Label by KevinR38, on Flickr
1/180 f/8 ISO100 Enjoying the Ficus berries
K3__5571_Label by KevinR38, on Flickr
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Thanks Phillip, It's been a while since last flamingo photo sortie, but always a joy to see them so close as I drive that route everyday. And again sorry for missing you the other day due to my business trip at just the wrong time.
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And the best I managed of a Lesser Double Collared Sunbird, part of a troop that is frequenting my garden every day at the moment. Just missed focus on the head, or slight movement.
Flash exposed 1/180 f/8 iso100
K3__5581_Label by KevinR38, on Flickr
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Forum: Lens Clubs
05-01-2015, 05:16 AM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-13-2014, 01:04 AM
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Very nice light and composition, and extra points for BIF capture
Wow, that lens produces. Well done on some bueatiful image. Love the Purple Gallinule.
nice shots and action ..!
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Forum: Lens Clubs
10-18-2014, 07:36 AM
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First image on ground and wings raised is just awesome..!
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I don't have 150-500 but have DG 170-500 also the DA*300+DA-1.4xTC. By reputation I understand the 150-500 is slightly better than 170-500. But between the options, no comparison at long end. The 150-500 has to be used stopped down to at f/8 but better f/11 at 500mm to be approaching truely sharp. The DA*300 is razor sharp at f/4, and the TC does almost nothing to degrade IQ.
I don't know if 150-500 is similar to 170-500 which can be very sharp when really up close, but then falls away badly as subject distance increases
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Philip, Beautiful sharpness and detail. Did you get any more of Purple Crested Turaco? Looks like you light was a bit dull. They were all over when we were at Skukuza camp. Other trogs from overseas were going craze over them. I looked pewny with my DA*300x1.4 in amongst the Canikon 500-800s
I just needed a little more reach, but very happy with captures
f=420mm 1/1500s f/6.7 iso800
K5__3657_small by KevinR38, on Flickr
f=420mm 1/750s f/6.7 iso560
 K5__3614_small by KevinR38, on Flickr
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Forum: Lens Clubs
10-12-2014, 02:55 AM
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Early morning opportunity with FA*600 (making hay before I have to send it on)
K5__4603 by KevinR38, on Flickr
K5__4605 by KevinR38, on Flickr
K5__4525 by KevinR38, on Flickr
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FA*600/4 and some BIF
Now this was a little challenging, and keeper rate dropped to rock bottom. Just too much camera, lens and mount (+-20lbs) to track and pan, and the AF system tracking comes up a little short as well.
K5__4598 by KevinR38, on Flickr
K5__4577 by KevinR38, on Flickr
K5__4530 by KevinR38, on Flickr
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And one that got away - FA*600/4 of Canon EF-600/4
A kindred spirit a few hundred meters along the lagoon bank was shooting with Canon EF-600/4 (I presume).
K5__4574 by KevinR38, on Flickr
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Forum: Lens Clubs
10-12-2014, 12:46 AM
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Thanks for comments. I used a Manfrotto 434B monopod (similar to 681B). It has a U-3/8" and U-1/4" and large round mounting surface, so I screwed that straight onto the lens mount. To carry the lens I left most of the monopod down, and rested the front on my shoulder (which was padded with shoulder strap of my camera backpack.) I tried a mix of SR on and off when at the higher SS. I also tried to stabilize side-ways a bit more on something with the hand I used to hold the lens. Typically a post or fence.
Perhaps I made it sound too easy in my first post, but it was much more acceptable than I thought it would be. BIF was very difficult to track, and I only did a few hand-held. Arms and shoulder do take strain after a while.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
10-11-2014, 01:02 PM
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And a few more from this very fine lens. (With thanks to user Johan Kruger who kindly let me use his new baby-lens.)
I was expecting it to be harder to handle given the 900mm equivalent FL, but apart from the shear weight when moving around, the lens was a dream on a heavy-duty monopod so long as I could steady a little on something else like the sill of the bird hide or a fence. The shear mass seemed to help with managing movement and vibration.
K5__4283 by KevinR38, on Flickr
K5__4290 by KevinR38, on Flickr
K5__4451 by KevinR38, on Flickr
K5__4246 by KevinR38, on Flickr
K5__4291 by KevinR38, on Flickr
K5__4432 by KevinR38, on Flickr
K5__4461 by KevinR38, on Flickr
K5__4489 by KevinR38, on Flickr
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Forum: Lens Clubs
10-11-2014, 11:19 AM
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Experimenting with FA*600/4 (lens on its way to user @johan kruger)
1/1500s f/8 iso560
Ended up with this rather wild eyed look of a cormorant bathing.
K5__4214 by KevinR38, on Flickr
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Forum: Lens Clubs
10-03-2014, 11:34 AM
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Now you are just being greedy..:rolleyes::rolleyes: You already have a DA-560 and after a FA*600 as well. I need to put you in contact with buyer. I think he is in Joberg or Sasolburg. He is interested in DA-1.4xTC, and with all that long glass you should be able to do some useful sharing exchanges...:)
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Forum: Lens Clubs
10-02-2014, 01:41 PM
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Not quite mine, but nearly..!! I was confronted in a dark ally by LBA when a FA*600 came up for sale right here in Cape Town. A handshake away from concluding a deal. Drool, drool, but then came to my senses while playing with it in the seller's garden. It was just too much lens for me (weight and investment level relative to my hobby needs and priorities).
So suggested he post it on enthusiast forums. The seller not being tech savvy, I offered to post a few links to start reaching a larger enthusiast market, and all but sold now to a local South African PF member. I got the seller and buyer in contact, and did a selection of checks and test shots for buyer who is near Johannesburg.
Was fun playing with this beast!! Maybe the buyer leaves it with me for a few weeks...
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Forum: Lens Clubs
09-22-2014, 11:58 AM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
09-16-2014, 12:52 PM
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Some more from the DA*300 straight up from Kruger National Park holiday.
1/250 f/4 iso1600
K5__2479_Ele_small by KevinR38, on Flickr
1/1000 f/5.6 iso560
K5__2454_Zebra_small by KevinR38, on Flickr
1/1000 f/5.6 iso1100
K5__2462_Impala_small by KevinR38, on Flickr
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And DA*300 with DA-1.4xTC
Waterbuck 1/750 f/6.7 iso560
K5__3202_Waterbuck_small by KevinR38, on Flickr
1/2000s f/5.6 iso560
K5__2783_Croc_small by KevinR38, on Flickr
1/2000s f/8 iso1600
K5__3000_Hippo_small by KevinR38, on Flickr
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The DA*300 + DA-1.4xTC delivering sharpness beyond my expectations on
Ground Hornbill at 420mm 1/1500s f/5.6 iso800
K5__2626_Ground_hornbill_small by KevinR38, on Flickr
And then some challenging birding shots
African Fish Eagle in flight 420mm 1/2000 f/8 iso400
K5__2983_Fish_Eagle_small by KevinR38, on Flickr
Redbilled Oxpeckers 420mm 1/1500 f/8 iso2200 (although I think I slightly missed focus here)
K5__2592_OxpeckerOnGiraffe_small by KevinR38, on Flickr
Egret surfing of rump of Hippo 300mm 1/1000 f/6.7 iso280
K5__2742_HippoSurfin2_small by KevinR38, on Flickr
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Forum: Lens Clubs
09-16-2014, 09:50 AM
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@vcollerp Wow +10 IQ.... BTW expect me in 12hrs. I'm leaving now to check out that lens..lol
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Forum: Lens Clubs
09-06-2014, 02:43 PM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
08-16-2014, 11:12 AM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
08-08-2014, 01:33 PM
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Wow, with that combo you probably don't even need to crop..:lol: Very nice IQ of moon. Clearly the lens is very sharp at infinity.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
08-08-2014, 12:35 PM
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Shots from visit to World of Birds, a rehabilitation sanctuary for injured birds in Hout Bay suburb of Cape Town. Perhaps a little too easy, but I'll take it anyway..:)
Great opportunity for 300 and TC
DA*300 w DA-1.4xTC ON K-5:
No idea what Eagle
K5__1978_small by KevinR38, on Flickr
Black Eagle
K5__1988_small by KevinR38, on Flickr
DA*300 straight up
Owls
K5__1967_small by KevinR38, on Flickr
K5__1938_small by KevinR38, on Flickr
K5__1963_small by KevinR38, on Flickr
Secretary Bird
K5__1898_small by KevinR38, on Flickr
K5__1893_small by KevinR38, on Flickr
Saddle billed Stork
K5__1926_small by KevinR38, on Flickr
Crowned Crane
K5__1929_small by KevinR38, on Flickr
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Forum: Lens Clubs
08-03-2014, 10:35 AM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
04-21-2014, 11:49 AM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
03-20-2014, 01:12 PM
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Some not the usual birding use of DA*300 at a 24hr dingy sailing event I was officiating at which runs through the night. First shot is 1/15s f/4 iso3200 of setting moon. Sky was almost completely dark still. Quite an experience for the sailors at night under a moonlite sky only.
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