My Lockdown GAS continues. Justified, as usual, as preparation for the return
of travel to photogenic places.
Intrigued by the possibilities of Oly's Pro Capture Mode,I was frustrated trying to use is with my Panny lens - High
speed, fixed focus mode. Photographer, subject and subject perch movement make it useless for my purposes.
So, I ordered the new Oly 100-400. Apparently, it's more popular than anticipated, as it took about six weeks and was
still on back order when I got mine.
It works, but how well is hard to tell, with such limited, and at the moment, uninspiring, subjects in the yard. I have
photos of our yard birds. What I want is flutterbys here, which are not around this time of year. I've also been
interested in the idea of a teleconverter. Recently, a demo model MC-14 for $100 off appeared.
I've taken all of four shots with the combo, between rain showers. For a tele guy like me, the reach is fabulous; 1100
mm eq.!
The question, as always, is how good is the image? And therein may lie a tale.
<http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/Lenses/Oly%20100-400/Oly100-400+1dot4x.htm>
Right out of the camera, it's pretty good, in that, "Good for a ____ lens." way, but it cleans up quite nicely. Good 3D
look.
Those drops of rain on blades of fine grass are ~23' away BTW.
Glass and Code Moose
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