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Re: [OM] Damas Estuary

Subject: Re: [OM] Damas Estuary
From: "C.H.Ling" <chling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 17:31:00 +0800
Consider hand holding a 600mm in a boat the shots are just great! I
don't think I can keep the target inside the viewfinder in this
situation. Well done!

C.H.Ling

Matt BenDaniel wrote:
> 
> I've had a chance to process pix from one roll I took at Damas Estuary in 
> Costa Rica earlier this month. I used an OM-4 with a Sigma 600mm F8 mirror 
> lens and Supra 800 film. I was in a boat and had to hand hold. I'm 
> disappointed in these shots, because they are so grainy, but I needed all the 
> speed I could get in order to hand hold. I gotta say that focusing a 600/8 is 
> difficult, especially while we were moving. It has a depth of focus you could 
> measure in inches. My favorite of these shots is the Whiteface Monkey.
> 
> http://starmatt.com/gallery/cr/damas.html
> --
> Matt BenDaniel
> matt@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://starmatt.com
>

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