Sparrow in flight:




Cropped - and a bit of PS.

K10D, sigma 28-70 f2.8 ex, # F4.0, 1/180 (they are fast ), iso 100, 70mm and flash - hand held.

Yes......thats what I meant..

Thanks again

Thanks Peter. That answered my questions perfectly.

I shoot in Av-mode - so thats why I had the same shutterspeed all along

I'm using the K10D - Is that what you replied about?

You say - take a meter reading. So the camera does not set the shutter when you push the green button or?

Not sure if its not working then - I had my aperture ring on permit in the custom menu.

My aperture symbol said -- on the camera and in the viewfinder.

You sure I can see the F-value in the viewfinder and on the camera when the aperture ring is permitted?

Whats the stopdown method then?

I'm confused now.....

I'm not sure I quite get how this work.

I have a 50mm F2.0 M lens. It takes very good pictures - but I'm not sure which aperture it is using. I guess I'm shooting all in F2, because nothing happens when i turn the aperture ring to another level.

I read about this is some other thread - and read about this stop down.....

So I tried to put my two cent in this - not sure I got i yet.

If I put my f2.0 50mm on - and push the green button - the camera sets the shutterspeed - right?

Since I cannot change the aperture - I only change the shutterspeed - right? One step (slower) to jump one step on the aperture - or am I wrong?

Please help...

Really love the colors of the #1 and #2

What lens did you use for these?

Nice shoots. Please post more. I love animal shots!


We have a similar park just north of Copenhagen. We are planning to go there next weekend or so.

We have been there several times this spring - but that was before my k10d arrived

Can't wait to see the result of the K10D - I just hope for some good light

I currently use the sigma 28-70mm f2.8 ex lens. It is superb!

It is cheap as well. Just over 200£ brand new....

(depends if the wideangle is good enough for you)

I bought it to replace the kit lens. I'm very pleased I did.

I got the FAJ 75-300mm. I'm quite pleased with it.

I haven't used it for sport or other fast moving objects. Mainly used it for animal (zoo) or people shots. And it preformed very good imo.

If you are interested drop me a line - and I can send you some images from the 250-300 mm range. Just to let you kniw how it preforms.

I haven't used the sigma - but a friend of mine got it and is very pleased with it.

All depends how fast you want it. Shooting outside - will probably be good enough for a slower lens.