On November 7, 2020 10:34:35 AM PST, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: >Thanks Larry. My knee is wrecked, so I have to shoot sitting. The >tripod works okay. I have a nice monopod that I used when I was able to >walk in the woods. Maybe I’ll try it from the chair. New knee in
I use a monopd while sitting all the time. It works great. >January! Back in the woods by March! Good luck. Sounds like a great start on 2021. > >Paul > >> On Nov 7, 2020, at 11:44 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> On Nov 7, 2020, at 8:33 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> >wrote: >>> >>> I wanted to try handholding my birding rig with the K-3 and no >battery grip. I generally shoot the same lens combination with the K-1. >The K-3 minus grip made it significantly lighter than the same lens and >converter with my K-1 and battery grip. I also thought it would be fun >to try the 945mm equivalent FOV of this combination on an APS-C camera. >It was amusing. Not a good day for birds as a crew was cleaning up >autum,n leaves next door, so my best shot was a common sparrow. I also >shot the canopy, which is now turning brown. In terms of handling, the >rig was a bit easier to maneuver but it still hurt my arthritic left >wrist, which has to support the lens. I hadn’t used the K-3 in years, >so I got a good sense of how it compares to th K-1. It doesn’t lock >focus quite as readily as the k-1, but it’s not a huge difference. >Exposure isn’t quite as accurate as that of the K-1, but it’s not far >off, and since I shoot RAW that doesn’t matter greatly. It is a bit >noisier, but again not a huge difference. I may try it again without >the converter, which will make it closer to the K-1 in FOV. >> >> Both shots are quite nice. >> >> Have you tried a monopod with a ball head? I’ve got a carbon fiber >benro monopod, and I hang it from my belt with a maglite holster. It >works a treat when I need steady portable support for a long lens. >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> https://www.photo.net/photo/18629776/Late-Autumn-Canopy >>> >>> https://www.photo.net/photo/18629777/House-Sparrow >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >and follow the directions. >>> >> >> -- >> Larry Colen >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >and follow the directions. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
