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Get some rest...
Amazing you completed that trip in such a state!
And papayas!
11 months agoThis didn’t sound like a fun day. Best wishes for a fast turn around and a warm relaxing Christmas.
11 months agoI’m so sorry, Steve. Glad you made it in safely. Good luck on a fast recovery.
11 months agoOh,! That’s its name! I was just going to try to identify it for you.
11 months agoWe climbed this on New Year's Day! Great view from the top, but quite the climb!
11 months agoI'm glad Scott butted in because I'm probably the world's worst bird photographer. I know it takes a lot of practice while keeping everything Scott pointed out in mind. I've tried now and again but had a hard time finding the damm bird whether zoomed in or out.
11 months agoSorry, Suzanne, the reply to your comment got posted as a new comment instead of a reply. There IS a reply posted for you if you feel like looking at it.
11 months agoJust to butt in here (I assume this was meant for Suzanne, though it wasn’t posted as a response). I can’t speak to the optical viewfinder, because I never use it. I just use the window. Likewise the post focus function - I’ve never used it, and just do my best to make sure it’s suitably focused when I take the shot rather than try to improve it later.
I do think there’s some learning about how to get a well-focused shot with this camera though. It might be easier using the window, but what I do is center it on my subject and then give the camera time to resolve to it - it can take a second sometimes, but you can see the image clarify while you wait. It’s one of the reasons that taking shots while you’re moving generally doesn’t work well with this camera - in my observation at least it needs some time to figure it out. Also, sometimes I’ll need to zoom in or out to find the resolution it can focus successfully on, especially if there are other competing candidate focal objects like shrubs and branches to confuse it.
As far as locating the damn bird though, particularly if it’s far off I normally need to find it first and then zoom in.
We always liked to spot birds, but it was embarrassing not to know or remember what they were. Now we have some guide books to help. Scott, and Bill Shaneyfelt have been really encouraging as well, plus the camera you and Scott recommended. With the camera though, I do have lots of out of focus shots, though I think the AF is set ok, at Spot. I also don't understand that Post Focus thing - do you? Finally, the optical viewfinder is not helpful - poor quality small image - yet it's hard to find a distant bird in the initially very zoomed out view. Do you have any tips on any of this?
11 months agoWe were really glad to see the good old prices, and good quality too!
11 months agoGone With the Knees - with Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh?
11 months agoOver here they have the attack variety!
11 months agoSuch. Strange bird. We saw them in Tikal 20 years ago.
11 months ago
Right. Don't forget the papayas.
11 months ago