Re[2]: Fran Saunders - Long Lenses
Kathy Klimkiewicz (Kathy_Klimkiewicz@usgs.gov)
Fri, 16 Jan 1998 11:19:49 -0700
For birds in the hand (and it works for standard pix also), you need a
macro lense. That is what I use even with my telephoto lenses. This
allows you to focus very close to birds in the hand, flowers, insects,
etc. I have gotten some lovely insect, reptile, amphib, plant, and
bird photos with this lense -- basically what you see in your field of
view is what you get. The lens doesn't do wide angle shots but does
everything else.
Cheers,
Kathy
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Subject: Re: Fran Saunders - Long Lenses
Author: mdosprey@ARI.Net at NBS-Internet-Gateway
Date: 1/15/98 5:38 PM
Jack, thanks for the additional information on Minoltas. Norm
is currently intrigued with the Canons, but I have had Minoltas
since I started taking serious pictures. I've been using an APS
camera for the web site pictures--some of you may have noticed
the birding locale pictures and signs that make up the quiz
section--with good results, but I find that I am losing
opportunities.
For instance, in AZ we participated in a banding exercise for a
PhD candidate out there. We had great opportunities to see the
birds in hand after they were banded. This was an incredible
view of the field marks and plumage. Why, I could see nearly
every feather and trim quite distinctly. But by golly my little
camera pushed the bird into the distance. It actually appeared
smaller than it did to my naked eye. What a disappointment! So
I am learning that different cameras for different situations
may be the way to go.
I am going to look into the Tamron you suggested, since that it
is a very reasonable price given that we already have one long
lens. I think I mentioned we already have the 500mm Minolta
mirror lens for our cameras and ours is very compact, although
much wider than other lenses.
That being said, what can one do to minimize the donuts????
Fran
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Fran Saunders
Maryland Ornithological Society
State Web Site Director
saunderf@ari.net
http://www2.ari.net/saunderf/mos/mos.html