Thanks for looking and the praise, Mike. I used viewfinder to focus, there
was simply not enough time for one to focus with liveview, the birds were
moving very fast. I did compare my viewfinder focus with liveview, it was
very accurate. Focus with 500mm lens (with the standard focusing screen) is
not too difficult with still objects but shooting bird need some luck.
The birds were not far away, around 15-35 feet. At ISO 320-800 I only use
1/4 power at most (in manual mode). It was a little difficult in making a
balance between flash and ambient, I had to change the shutter/GN/ISO
frequently according to the ambient light and sometimes messed up.
Zuiko 500 is a great performer. I once had a Sig 600, I didn't have a clear
picture on how it performs in the film age but it was generally ok.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: <usher99@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 6:37 AM
Subject: [OM] Some OM500mm shots today
> Those are wonderful. I kinda like donuts on ocassion--no calories
> too. Did you use live-view to focus? You seemed to have enough umph
> for fill flash too.
> I wonder how the Zuiko 500 performace compares to the Sigi 600 CAT.
> The Zuiko I think is smaller. CH clearly makes every Zuiko he picks up
> sing.
> Perhaps need to search for one of these "monsters" too.
> Mike
>
>
>
> May give me the courage to try my monster.
>
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 1:05 PM, C.H.Ling <ch_photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Thanks again for your comment, I'm really appericated. I'm very
> interested
>> to know how other people feel about an image (no matter it is mine or
> not),
>> that is how we learnt and improve. I have no objection to your
> comment on
>> the donuts, it is certainly a "problem" (busy background) of mirror
> lens
>> but
>> I just want to share what I think, sometimes a flat background could
> be a
>> little boring.
>>
>> C.H.Ling
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