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dale65bama
24th of July 2005 (Sun), 22:48
Wow. I was not quite prepared for the weight of the 200 L! It is substantially heavier than the old 60-300 zoom I had with a Pentax K-1000! It will definitely take some practice, especially with birds in flight.

Here are a couple of samples from my first day with it. The snowy egret head & shoulders is a "100% crop" - i.e., not resized - section of the frame. The laughing gull is about 40% of the frame. Was really happy it was mostly cloudy when I inadvertanly followed a bird across the very bright thin clouds in front of the sun!

This is also my first use of the aperture priority mode.

Dante King
25th of July 2005 (Mon), 00:17
wow Congrats. Looks kiLLer.

dale65bama
25th of July 2005 (Mon), 21:10
Thanks. I am looking forward to working with this Lens! :D

I made a few pictures late this afternoon of some marsh rabbits (Sylvilagus palustris) which I will post in the Sharing threads.