Hi Paul do you think that the Pentax AF 400T without a teleadapter or flash magnifier with ISO 200-400 film would be powerful enough for that kind of bird shot? What was the shooting distance here?
I will get a Tamron SP 500 mirror lens tomorrow and would like to try some bird or other animal photography. greetings Markus >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 12:16 PM >>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net >>Subject: Re: PESO: Robin, Michigan Style >> >> >>Oddly enough, birds don't seem to mind the flash. If I move my arms or >>raise the camera, they fly away. But I can fire the flash repeatedly, >>and it doesn't seem to alarm them. Maybe they don't really see it, or >>else it doesn't register as something they should be afraid of. >>On Mar 6, 2006, at 12:10 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: >> >>> Hi! >>> >>>> Did a bird hike in the woods today. The first robins of spring showed >>>> up this weekend. This guy is the common robin as seen throughout most >>>> of the US. Shot with the *istD, the A 400/5.6 and the Sigma 500 Super >>>> flash on high-speed synch setting with the Kirk flash magnifier >>>> attached. ISO 800, f5.6 @ 1/750th. >>>> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4188940&size=lg >>> >>> Paul, have pity on the little fellow - Sigma 500 super flash *with* >>> flash magnifier... Hope you did not give little bird a big heart >>> attack ;-). >>> >>> Cool stuff... >>> >>> Boris >>> >>
