Those are both quite nice, especially the canopy image! Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>*
On Sat, Nov 7, 2020 at 11:34 AM Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > I wanted to try handholding my birding rig with the K-3 and no battery > grip. I generally shoot the same lens combination with the K-1. The K-3 > minus grip made it significantly lighter than the same lens and converter > with my K-1 and battery grip. I also thought it would be fun to try the > 945mm equivalent FOV of this combination on an APS-C camera. It was > amusing. Not a good day for birds as a crew was cleaning up autum,n leaves > next door, so my best shot was a common sparrow. I also shot the canopy, > which is now turning brown. In terms of handling, the rig was a bit easier > to maneuver but it still hurt my arthritic left wrist, which has to support > the lens. I hadn’t used the K-3 in years, so I got a good sense of how it > compares to th K-1. It doesn’t lock focus quite as readily as the k-1, but > it’s not a huge difference. Exposure isn’t quite as accurate as that of the > K-1, but it’s not far off, and since I shoot RAW that doesn’t matter > greatly. It is a bit noisier, but again not a huge difference. I may try it > again without the converter, which will make it closer to the K-1 in FOV. > > > > > https://www.photo.net/photo/18629776/Late-Autumn-Canopy > > https://www.photo.net/photo/18629777/House-Sparrow > -- > 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. > -- 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.
