At this stage of my fledgling foray into photography, i really can't afford to invest in top notch lenses, but wanted something with a little more reach than anything else i have. I found an older Vivitar (series 28, which i think was made back in the mid 80's by Komine) and tried it out yesterday at Viera Wetlands. Some CA, but i really think some of that might be due to my inexperience with the lens. Overall, i'm not terribly disappointed. These were all taken on a tripod, manual focus naturally, apertures between 8-11, with ISO as low as possible. The osprey is a horrible picture in all, but was a complete surprise to me. I was shooting the gator on the bank when i saw this thing flapping wildly above him. I tried to focus in on the bird, took some shots, and saw his catch only after i got it on my computer. Pretty cool - but i will definitely work more on my focus peaking with this setup! To be fair, he really was a good distance further than the gator, so maybe it's just out of the reach of this lens . . . ?
I can't seem to make the osprey downloadable for viewing, but that's probably a good thing!
Any feedback is welcome.
Marylea
melueth wrote:
At this stage of my fledgling foray into photography, i really can't afford to invest in top notch lenses, but wanted something with a little more reach than anything else i have. I found an older Vivitar (series 28, which i think was made back in the mid 80's by Komine) and tried it out yesterday at Viera Wetlands. Some CA, but i really think some of that might be due to my inexperience with the lens. Overall, i'm not terribly disappointed. These were all taken on a tripod, manual focus naturally, apertures between 8-11, with ISO as low as possible. The osprey is a horrible picture in all, but was a complete surprise to me. I was shooting the gator on the bank when i saw this thing flapping wildly above him. I tried to focus in on the bird, took some shots, and saw his catch only after i got it on my computer. Pretty cool - but i will definitely work more on my focus peaking with this setup! To be fair, he really was a good distance further than the gator, so maybe it's just out of the reach of this lens . . . ?
I can't seem to make the osprey downloadable for viewing, but that's probably a good thing!
Any feedback is welcome.
Marylea
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Really nice hooded mergansers. looks like you are making the most if the gear you have. Good job.
I hope to get by the Viera Wetlands on our next trip to Fl.
Elliern wrote:
Really nice hooded mergansers. looks like you are making the most if the gear you have. Good job.
I hope to get by the Viera Wetlands on our next trip to Fl.
Thanks so much! This was my first trip there, and i live in FL . . . no good excuse! We had a really nice time; amazing place, but really BUSY all around it with new development going on. Construction everywhere right up until you enter the park.
ML
Nice shots. Shooting from as low an angle as possible helps a lot with pictures like these, but how low you can get depends of course on the setting.
Straight Shooter wrote:
Nice shots. Shooting from as low an angle as possible helps a lot with pictures like these, but how low you can get depends of course on the setting.
Thanks Mike. I was in reeds and weeds for some of my shots that day, but alas, my fear of gators prevailed on others!
ML
nice shots , sharp , i also use old lenses from the film era , hand focus . at time you are better off using higher iso to use a higher speed , try hand held shots of flying birds .
Well, the quality is there but I wonder since I am not familiar with the Vivitar 400mm. how such a small camera balances with the big gun. I guess a tripod is a necessity.
The pictures look very good to me.
My Olympus Pen EP-5 has a feature called "electronic tele-converter" that when activated duplicates the focal length of the lens in use. I have found it very convenient because I do not loose pixels in the conversion and small and light lenses like my 40-150 Zuiko at 150mm becomes a 600mm. Quality wise I could not complain and I can still use the lens with AF in any shooting mode.
Your images, except for the osprey, are excellent.
melueth wrote:
At this stage of my fledgling foray into photography, i really can't afford to invest in top notch lenses, but wanted something with a little more reach than anything else i have. I found an older Vivitar (series 28, which i think was made back in the mid 80's by Komine) and tried it out yesterday at Viera Wetlands. Some CA, but i really think some of that might be due to my inexperience with the lens. Overall, i'm not terribly disappointed. These were all taken on a tripod, manual focus naturally, apertures between 8-11, with ISO as low as possible. The osprey is a horrible picture in all, but was a complete surprise to me. I was shooting the gator on the bank when i saw this thing flapping wildly above him. I tried to focus in on the bird, took some shots, and saw his catch only after i got it on my computer. Pretty cool - but i will definitely work more on my focus peaking with this setup! To be fair, he really was a good distance further than the gator, so maybe it's just out of the reach of this lens . . . ?
I can't seem to make the osprey downloadable for viewing, but that's probably a good thing!
Any feedback is welcome.
Marylea
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I would be quite 😊 happy with that series!
Very good series Marylea.
These are very nice shots, Marylea! Well done!
agillot wrote:
nice shots , sharp , i also use old lenses from the film era , hand focus . at time you are better off using higher iso to use a higher speed , try hand held shots of flying birds .
Thanks agillot! I'm developing a small arsenal of these older lenses; they really teach me a lot. I'm not so good at hand-held shots with this lens, no matter how fast i make that shutter speed; this 400mm is a pretty good sized lens and i just can't seem to hold it steady off a tripod.
Carolina Wings wrote:
I would be quite 😊 happy with that series!
Thanks Carolina! Really appreciate you looking!
camerapapi wrote:
Well, the quality is there but I wonder since I am not familiar with the Vivitar 400mm. how such a small camera balances with the big gun. I guess a tripod is a necessity.
The pictures look very good to me.
My Olympus Pen EP-5 has a feature called "electronic tele-converter" that when activated duplicates the focal length of the lens in use. I have found it very convenient because I do not loose pixels in the conversion and small and light lenses like my 40-150 Zuiko at 150mm becomes a 600mm. Quality wise I could not complain and I can still use the lens with AF in any shooting mode.
Your images, except for the osprey, are excellent.
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Thanks very much, camerapapi! This lens really does require a tripod or very strong person (of which i am not!). On the Sony, there's a feature called Clear Image Zoom, and i should have used it. I shoot in RAW all the time, and have to flip to JPEG and change image size to get the camera set for CIZ, so i usually tend to forget about it. But i should have at least tried it on the osprey - i know the pic stinks! It was just the surprise of seeing him with the fish that i was posting about. Thanks so much for looking!
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