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I must say that the DA*300 isn't a speed daemon either. It helps a lot to pre-focus at least part way otherwise things do fly away
Comment by Tyr posted on Longer focal length for wildlife at 13/05/2011 - 22:19
French cidre is nice but can be quite strong. We had crepes and cidre in Toulouse at lunchtime just before flying back to the UK.
Comment by Tyr posted on Another pointless thread at 13/05/2011 - 22:18
I'd be surprised if it were possible to get the firmware accross without some heavy modification. The two cameras have different processors, amounts and possibly clock speed of RAM and other hardware differences.
Sounds like a bit of a tough one and possibly pointless because of the differences in technology that allowed the new features in the K20D.
Sounds like a bit of a tough one and possibly pointless because of the differences in technology that allowed the new features in the K20D.
Comment by Tyr posted on K10D/K20D firmware compatability at 13/05/2011 - 21:47
Gwyn wrote:
I've just finished a bottle of Soave. I started it last night but got called out to babysitting duties so that my daughter-in-law could visit her brand new nephew, so I made up for it tonight. Very nice it was too. It went surprisingly well with tonight's Thai.
I made a Thai green curry and possibly overdid it on the chillies. I was sweating profusely while eating it but it was good.I've just finished a bottle of Soave. I started it last night but got called out to babysitting duties so that my daughter-in-law could visit her brand new nephew, so I made up for it tonight. Very nice it was too. It went surprisingly well with tonight's Thai.
Would have gone very nicely with a bottle of white wine. I swear I have a voucher somewhere for money off a wine order, unless the wife threw it out.
Comment by Tyr posted on Another pointless thread at 13/05/2011 - 21:43
I have seen a couple, the last one on a motorway junction roundabout.
They eat a lot of slugs and snails and with the use of insecticides/pesticides in farming and people laying down poison in their gardens it is not surprising that they are in decline.
They eat a lot of slugs and snails and with the use of insecticides/pesticides in farming and people laying down poison in their gardens it is not surprising that they are in decline.
Comment by Tyr posted on Surprise encounter with Turdidae in Wiltshire churchyard! at 13/05/2011 - 20:38
Frogherder wrote:
Am I the only one that's noticed it's Friday 13th.
Mine started with a visit to the Docs - just to get my prescription revalidated for another year.
Then it rained on me on the way back!
After lunch I set off for a walk around the local fields in beuatiful sunshine. I was accompanied by skylarks and a robin that chattered as he flitted ahead of me. I stopped off on the river bridge and watched brown trout waving in the current in the dappled shallows and wondered how I might get pictures of them [cpl doesn't make much difference - I still can't make them out]
I was hectored by a blackbird as I came back through the churchyard then stopped to take some shots of pink hawthorn blossom at the end of the (as usual) deserted playing field. Then...
What do you think you're doing?
Well as I was using a Sigma 70-300mm in macro mode on a K10D mounted on a monopod, I thought that was probably obvious but resisted the retort and simply answered that I was photographing the blossom.
I've been watching you and in my line of work we're trained to spot the suspicious.
Ok I thought - whats the problem? and asked her what she did for a job.
Turns out she is a social worker and decided I was "lurking in the bushes" (Actually the first branch of the trees is about 4-5ft from the floor) and that she should challenge me - because you can't be too carefull with children around.
I looked around and spotted, about 100yards away, the tops of 2 or 3 small heads in the grotto of rocks and turf mounds they use to hide the sandpit/pet toilet. The kids were probably making dog poo castles or playing doctors and nurses for all I could tell.
Then I sussed what she meant - I was a pervert/paedophile, and promptly asked if that was her idea.
She reluctantly admitted that and repeated that you couldn't be too careful.
I pointed out that my camera and lens combination was hardly covert and thanked her for her concern adding that I was glad that she had approached me rather than gossiping to her neighbours as I didn't want to wake up in casualty after a bunch of local yobs felt like following her lead in a rather less diplomatic way.
We parted on relatively amicable terms but I felt (and still do) a bit disconcerted.
Then it rained on me again.
I'm home now and I can smell fish and chips and I know there's a bottle of Chardonnay in the fridge so :-
Here's to a happy weekend to anyone whose stayed with this rambling entry
What a pain, really annoying when things like that happen. At least it wasn't some misinformed security guard, they are worse.Am I the only one that's noticed it's Friday 13th.
Mine started with a visit to the Docs - just to get my prescription revalidated for another year.
Then it rained on me on the way back!
After lunch I set off for a walk around the local fields in beuatiful sunshine. I was accompanied by skylarks and a robin that chattered as he flitted ahead of me. I stopped off on the river bridge and watched brown trout waving in the current in the dappled shallows and wondered how I might get pictures of them [cpl doesn't make much difference - I still can't make them out]
I was hectored by a blackbird as I came back through the churchyard then stopped to take some shots of pink hawthorn blossom at the end of the (as usual) deserted playing field. Then...
What do you think you're doing?
Well as I was using a Sigma 70-300mm in macro mode on a K10D mounted on a monopod, I thought that was probably obvious but resisted the retort and simply answered that I was photographing the blossom.
I've been watching you and in my line of work we're trained to spot the suspicious.
Ok I thought - whats the problem? and asked her what she did for a job.
Turns out she is a social worker and decided I was "lurking in the bushes" (Actually the first branch of the trees is about 4-5ft from the floor) and that she should challenge me - because you can't be too carefull with children around.
I looked around and spotted, about 100yards away, the tops of 2 or 3 small heads in the grotto of rocks and turf mounds they use to hide the sandpit/pet toilet. The kids were probably making dog poo castles or playing doctors and nurses for all I could tell.
Then I sussed what she meant - I was a pervert/paedophile, and promptly asked if that was her idea.
She reluctantly admitted that and repeated that you couldn't be too careful.
I pointed out that my camera and lens combination was hardly covert and thanked her for her concern adding that I was glad that she had approached me rather than gossiping to her neighbours as I didn't want to wake up in casualty after a bunch of local yobs felt like following her lead in a rather less diplomatic way.
We parted on relatively amicable terms but I felt (and still do) a bit disconcerted.
Then it rained on me again.
I'm home now and I can smell fish and chips and I know there's a bottle of Chardonnay in the fridge so :-
Here's to a happy weekend to anyone whose stayed with this rambling entry
Hardgravity wrote:
just opened the third bottle...
... nice..
I have no wine at the moment and could really do with a glass. just opened the third bottle...
... nice..
Comment by Tyr posted on Another pointless thread at 13/05/2011 - 20:33
Yes, I know the difference between FoV and magnification. But cropping to 1.5x is a reasonable compromise for 'magnifying' a particular subject.
600mm lenses are not that common (especially fast ones), cost an arm and a leg and then you still need a decent tripod and TC. Sounds like a lot of effort to me. Not that I'd complain if I had the cash for or someone gave me a nice 600mm lens and TC.
600mm lenses are not that common (especially fast ones), cost an arm and a leg and then you still need a decent tripod and TC. Sounds like a lot of effort to me. Not that I'd complain if I had the cash for or someone gave me a nice 600mm lens and TC.
Comment by Tyr posted on Longer focal length for wildlife at 13/05/2011 - 20:02
K10D wrote:
Tyr, were your shots taken at 5M or more?
My shot was MF. I seldom use a tripod.
Lets assume an 8M shot of a butterfly on MF, image size in the viewfinder would be small, probably too small to see eye detail. I do have a Pentax 300mm * and it's a great lens.
My personal thoughts are that at 5M plus, for small subjects, 300mm is too short. Also, in lower light, it's going to be too slow as Hi ISO does not help AF or MF.
Best regards
All those shots were at 1.4-2m. Original post says 0.5m to 10m so that isn't a problem.Tyr, were your shots taken at 5M or more?
My shot was MF. I seldom use a tripod.
Lets assume an 8M shot of a butterfly on MF, image size in the viewfinder would be small, probably too small to see eye detail. I do have a Pentax 300mm * and it's a great lens.
My personal thoughts are that at 5M plus, for small subjects, 300mm is too short. Also, in lower light, it's going to be too slow as Hi ISO does not help AF or MF.
Best regards
There is no substitute for getting closer as infuriatingly frustrating as that can be!
I'd love a 500mm f5.6 or so for when I can't get close, but then the extra weight and loss of a stop makes quite a difference. The DA*300 is just the right size and weight and roughly 450mm f5.6 equivalent in 135 terms.
You'd need a really insanely long and close focusing lens to get a shot like that robin shot at 5m! It would have to be a 1071mm lens!!!
Comment by Tyr posted on Longer focal length for wildlife at 13/05/2011 - 16:19
Indeed, It just tends to bleed into the green background when I try Perhaps it is something to do with the CFA on the camera.
Comment by Tyr posted on Ben Hall - Digital Manipulation at 13/05/2011 - 16:08
I'd really love an other flash. Don't think my wife would agree to it though
Comment by Tyr posted on 50-135 and 540 fgz and grip for sale at 13/05/2011 - 11:00
