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Comment by Daniel Bridge posted on SR or IS at 10/07/2011 - 16:13
Insects are usually handheld, whether using the 300mm (for larger things), or my 105mm Sigma. I don't have a monopod, but I nearly always have the tripod with me.
Dan
Comment by Daniel Bridge posted on in love with DA* 300 ...BUT monopod or tripod at 28/06/2011 - 11:39
Just did a 4 stack shot of a moth .. handheld so not as steady as I would like and the flash is a bit harsh but even so ...
Moth : 4 stack Macro by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr
All I did was take 4 shots in quick succession while moving the camera back slightly and then loaded them into Helicoid software.
Dan
Comment by Daniel Bridge posted on In-Camera focus bracketing - how difficult would it be? at 28/06/2011 - 11:33
The aperture ring will have been moved from the 'A' position, and the menu option to allow the use of non-A lenses will not have been set. Get him to check the aperture ring.
Dan
Common problem.
Peter's note about the Tamron AD2 lens giving F-- occasionally is something I've experienced too, but very rarely. Someone else's tamron had it much worse than mine, and it turned out to be the AD2 mount, rather than the lens (unsurprisingly).
Dan
Comment by Daniel Bridge posted on K10D Not Recognising Lens at 24/06/2011 - 18:32
Where do the three lens mounts come from?
Dan
Comment by Daniel Bridge posted on Pentax launch the Q at 23/06/2011 - 16:42
One quirk I understand to be connected with this is that I can't instinctively tell left from right; I can work it out, but have to concentrate/think about it. I've always been told it was because I had a different dominant eye and hand. Does thjis ring a bell with any of the other left-eye right-handers on here?
Dan
Comment by Daniel Bridge posted on Which eye? at 21/06/2011 - 16:02
Comment by Daniel Bridge posted on K10D Not Recognising Lens at 21/06/2011 - 15:58
Dan
Comment by Daniel Bridge posted on K10D Not Recognising Lens at 21/06/2011 - 15:55
Dan
Comment by Daniel Bridge posted on Putting my Benjikan hat on at 29/05/2011 - 16:13
Comment by Daniel Bridge posted on Putting my Benjikan hat on at 29/05/2011 - 16:01
Geordie
It's also supposed to give more stops benefit than 'in body'.
I did a rough and ready test when I was at LCE Colchester before. The Sigma 150-500 I tried did seem to stabilise the image better than the in-body stabilisation. I handheld at 1/90s at 500mm, switching between lens and body stabilisation, and invariably the lens produced the sharper shot.
I didn't like the view though with it on, I found it would suddenly lurch to one side, presumably when the limit of the stabilisation was reached. I much prefer putting up with a slightly visibly shaky viewfinder image, and pressing the shutter when I know the subject is in the right spot. That may be something that improves with use though.
Dan