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| Posted: Sat Jul 28th, 2018 14:25 |
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Eric
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jk wrote:Love the inky blackness of the background Eric. I missed that bee, Jk. There was one flying in bottom right corner ....but I cropped it out as it was too near frame edge and distracting.  Attachment: C6496DC3-907A-4567-8BF0-FDFE3EC042E0.jpeg (Downloaded 44 times)
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| Posted: Sat Jul 28th, 2018 14:30 |
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Eric
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Iain wrote:So you've gone for the 80-400 then. Yes Iain. I managed to pick up a grade 9 used model at WEX for £1000 cheaper than a new one! The butterfly was one of the first test images. I want to fully compare IQ with my 300P lens...at 300 of course... before 14day return runs out. Just in case there was a fault the previous owner discovered and WEX didn't.  At 400mm it seems to be ok.... Attachment: 0D52127F-72AD-4C8E-9A2A-E1D83CB0C21F.jpeg (Downloaded 47 times)
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| Posted: Sat Jul 28th, 2018 14:52 |
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Eric
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Another at 400mm Attachment: 0BB66CBD-1A0E-461C-9250-728F3203C8F6.jpeg (Downloaded 45 times)
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29th, 2018 01:52 |
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Graham Whistler
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Starting to look good but you can do better now you have the right lens and your good skills!
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29th, 2018 03:16 |
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Robert
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The lens seems good, one must wonder why the PO disposed of the lens... I can't help but notice the perch peg on the feeder appears to be aluminium, might it not be more comfortable for the birds if you used a bit of round wood like a twig, drilled up the centre and slid over the aluminium perch with a little glue to keep it from rotating? Just a thought... The bird seems to be clenching the aluminium peg very tightly.
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29th, 2018 03:57 |
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Eric
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Robert wrote:The lens seems good, one must wonder why the PO disposed of the lens... I asked WEX the same question!! They said they were experiencing a lot of people switching to mirrorless. You can imagine my response (if that were true) . The lens is totally unmarked and all the contents eg straps and pouch, unused. It had all the impressions of someone who bought it and never bothered to use it....unless they did and found something wrong with it? That's why I have to try it out exhaustively next week before 14day cooling off period, 'warms up'. It's funny you mention the birds grip on the perch. It had just lost its grip on a sunflower seed it was sandwiching between its claws. The claws were interlocked round each other and the seed in manner that made me wonder if it was gripping the perch at all. The perches are aluminium for hygiene. As they are easier to clean which is important to stop diseases crossing between different species. That's the official story of course.....I never wash the branches of the tree it's hanging in.  Attachment: 5F02EDA6-F898-4817-97B2-A1BB76376463.jpeg (Downloaded 50 times)
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29th, 2018 08:28 |
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Iain
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They look ok Eric. There are people that buy a lens like that because they think they are going to use it but then find it sits in the bag for months on end and so get rid of it
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29th, 2018 10:58 |
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Eric
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Graham Whistler wrote:Starting to look good but you can do better now you have the right lens and your good skills! I've now satisfied myself the 'half price' 80-400 is ok, so I will be keeping it for now.  I would however say that when using the 1.4x tc I have to stop down to f11 to keep the quality....f8 is (no surprise) not quite as sharp as without the tc. The images are also not quite as good at 300mm setting with the tc, when compared with the 300mm P lens and the tc. But this has always been my experience...tcs are best with primes.
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29th, 2018 14:13 |
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Iain
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Eric wrote:Graham Whistler wrote: I would have to agree with that last bit.
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| Posted: Mon Jul 30th, 2018 09:37 |
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jk
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Sounds like you got a great bargain Eric. Sometimes people just dont get on with a particular lens.
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