I accidentally took some photographs on the camera's memory rather than on the SD memory card which I inadvertently forgot to put into the my FZ200 - and remembered to upload them this morning. On a nice snowy day on the 25th of February I wondered if the eagles were starting to brood again in their gigantic old stick pile of a nest - and indeed they were. I have seen photographs taken by intrepid explorers of nature from pre-mounted cameras high above the nest itself showing them nestled into the snow laden nest but this old guy is not about to climb the old marsh tree and mount a 'sky' camera - so for now this is it. (I have bought a multiplier lens for my camera but even though it is optical it does not do as well as using digitally enhanced zoom as above - which might be me not knowing how to do settings for the added X zoom - if any reader knows about same please comment below).
This is a wonderful capture Norvell....!!!! What a great view you have and you will be able to see the comings and goings of the parents soon!!!!
ReplyDeleteAs far as the "extra zoom" with the multiplier you got, you may notice a reduction in autofocus speed, especially if shooting in low light situations. The multiplier will also decrease or narrow your lens aperture by 2 stops. The aperture will still open to the same width, but the ratio of the aperture opening to the focal length is reduced - by 2 stops. You can still use it, but maybe try increasing your F/stop to 7.1. (Example: if your camera's highest aperture is F2.8 and you put a 2x multiplier or extender on it, is it going to be at F5.6) So, try increasing your F/stop to 7.1 and see if that helps your situation....Also, try it on ''spot metering'' .... This will allow more light on the focused object. And, number two, set your auto focus point to the center and the center dot will focus exactly on the middle of your focusing screen....Great for shooting the eagles in that tree and the branches will not be in focus and will make the shooting experience pleasant and fun. This may be an indicator as to why you are noticing a slight degrading in your photos when you applied the extra multiplier. I found the resources here based on your camera: http://www.cnet.com/products/panasonic-lumix-dmc-fz200/specs/ Just play around with the settings and magical moments will be captured I am sure! Hope this helps.
shamik - you're an angel, I just hope I'm not too dumb to follow your instructions - thanks, thanks, thanks, Norvellhimself
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