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Subject: [OM] Re: Sigma 600mm mirror lens
From: Earl Dunbar <edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:59:32 -0400
Yeah, but Wayne... did you also get the car by the roadside that was a 
total cuz it hit the moose?  :-)

Earl

Wayne Culberson wrote:

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>
>>Better you should put a shorter, faster lens in a blind prefocused to
>>the correct spot and then fire the camera remotely.  Probably not what
>>you wanted to hear.
>>
>>Good luck,
>>Chuck Norcutt
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>>
>
>I used to have a Vivitar 400/5.6 that I used to capture bird shots. The only
>success I had with it was to "control" where the bird landed by setting up
>an artificial environment shot at the bird feeder. Even then, it was very
>difficult. I found it easier to use the 50/1.8, set the camera closer, and
>trip the shutter with a long air release, or better, use the C5050 and
>remote release.
>Long lens would probably work for sneaking up on birds nesting on the
>ground, etc. However, for me the longer lenses works best with a bigger
>subject, like moose, as you don't need to get quite so close to fill the
>frame.
>Wayne
>
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>



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