[LRFlex] Re: Still more Adventures at 32 Below!
- From: Doug Herr <telyt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 19:58:53 -0800
on 1/5/05 5:36 PM, David Young at dnr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi!
>
> This is a study in D-O-F, or the lack thereof. The shot was taken with the
> 400mm f6.8 Telyt, wide open, at about -24C; and this little lady had all
> her feathers puffed out for heat retention!
>
> The eye is absolutely tack sharp in the print, but the feathers are
> completely out of focus.
>
> http://www.horizon.bc.ca/~dnr and click on "Featured Photo".
>
> Techie stuff: R8 w/400/f6.8 Telyt & shoulder stock. Hand held - about
> 1/125th second. Kodak HD-400 negative film. Scanned on a cheap Canon
> flatbed, as my faithful HP-PhotoSmart neg scanner has finally given up.
> :( Cropped from a horizontal shot... about 1/2 the original frame.
>
> Comments and criticisms appreciated.
>
> Thanks for looking.
>
A bummer about the DOF. I'm running into the same problems and then some
with the 400 f/2.8. The best solution apart from faster films + smaller
aperture is to make the exposure during that rare split-second when the bird
turns and its body is parallel to the plane of focus.
Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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