As you say, not super sharp, but certainly a usable image. I am duly impressed at the ability of the camera. I should try strapping my C90 telescope on to Margie's Oly even though it does not have as sophisticated a stabilization system as yours. I need to do this quickly as I think she is ready to dump her new one and go back to her old E410 or possibly the E420 she bought to replace it. She just is not comfortable with the new camera and has hardly taken any photos with it on our last two trips. She is bummed out by the battery life, and she does not like the viewfinder, does not like the way the lens locks, and a list of other things that annoy her. And, after all, what good is the best camera in the world if you are not comfortable using it. The best camera is the one that you have on hand and use.
Aram -------------------------------------------------- From: "David Young" <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2014 10:15 AM To: "LRflex" <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [LRflex] Foolin' Around
Yesterday, between customers in the park, I was fooling around with my Oly E-M1, and my 500mm /f8 Mirror Nikkor.Now, the Nikkor, though old, is one of the better mirror lenses. But it still suffers from low contrast and not the highest resolution - thing which plagueall catadioptric (mirror) lenses; along with their famous "donut" bokeh.My question was, with Olympus' new, 5 axis in-body stabilization, was a lenswith an effective FL of 1000mm, hand-hold-able. The answer, surprisingly, is a tentative "yes". Holding the camera to the eye, the image jumps around, quite a bit. VERYdifficult to keep it on subject. However, as soon as you press the shutterbutton half way down, the viewfinder image locks in place, as the IBIS compensates for the movement. At that point, an RCMP Helicopter flew over The results are here: http://www.furnfeather.net/Temps/Copter.html Not great art, but I think amazing for a 1000efl/f8 lens, hand-held. Shutter was 1/1500th, ISO 640. Image was not cropped. Comments & opinions appreciated. David. ---This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active.http://www.avast.com ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/
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