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Hi CN, thanks! Those are water droplets from the sparrow taking a bath, same effect hopefully. It looks like it stopped and looked at me but in reality, it was doing the water shake and I was leaning on the 20 FPS for a bit and happened to catch the shot. Loving the camera and lens!
Dosnt look bad from here, that Robin is gorgeous!
Ha! That fly looks pretty clear...like the giraffe photobombed your picture of the fly
Thank you, Kurt.
Nice!!
Nothing like watching, and hearing the crackling of, a Delta 4 rocket taking off! I use to do some contracting on base and we would watch from right inside the "safe zone" as close as we could get. My one and only space shuttle launch viewing was at night and it was beautiful...lit up as far as you could see like it was daytime. I definitely miss those days
I was surprised at some of Ricci's results e.g. his 600mm PF looking better than the 600mm f/4, AND even with the TC 1.4x better than the 800mm f/6.3 - no one else has had that result that I've seen. But he showed a single comparison (not center), rather than his usual, more thorough, center/corner comparisons. I would chalk his results up to sample variation, but clearly the 600mm PF is a great lens. So many amazing choices.......!
Interesting comparison. Other than being surprised that the 600pf with the TC kept up with the 800pf, it was nice to see the 400 f/4 with the TC kept up with the 600pf. I do miss having that larger aperture at the longer FL.
In Steve's own comparison video the 800 is sharper vs 600PF with TC. A little more thorough comparison than Ricci's if I dare say.
I agree. Ricci notes in his video he was surprised about the 800PF vs 600/1.4 testing. He says he will retest.
Nobody tests multiple samples of lenses any more which is why I always read every report with a grain of salt no matter who does them. Ricci's test was valid and he was careful to qualify his observation.
Ohhhh, Gorgeous!!
AFC BBF Wide Area Small Bird Rec. I shot around 60 frames at 20 fps. 8 did not have super sharp eyes. Straight at me the whole time.
Thanks,
Yes we can, and the camera certainly focuses on the eye. To me, a birds flying directly toward me has always been the most challenging auto focus situation, especially long necked birds.
In a photographylife.com review - 800 PF sharpness was suprisingly poor too.
