Mark Roberts wrote: >Larry Colen wrote: > >>On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 06:30:56PM -0500, Mark Roberts wrote: >>> No comment... >>> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7de00821.jpg >> >>I always thought that a robin was the buoy wonder. > >Got one of those too: >http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7de00206.jpg > >(For the birders out there: This is a European robin. Apparently the >North American robin is some species of thrush, misnamed because no >one had the foresight to put any ornithologists on board the Mayflower >when it sailed.)
By the way... that was taken in Hyde park in London. At 100% magnification one can make out details in the feathers. I have concluded two things: 1 - The DA 55-300 is indeed an astonishing lens and an amazing bargain. 2 - In-body image stabilization is brilliant: this was taken hand-held at 150mm and a shutter speed of 1/25 second -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
