Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2025/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice photos! I owned that lens since it was introduced in the Nikon DSLR/F Mount era. I found it the perfect carry-around lightweight telephoto available at that time. I never shot any macro stuff like the photos you have showcased here, but to my mind you will get very few keepers, with any lens in fact, because user movement will have an overly amplified effect. The way to increase the proportion of keepers, if that is what you are after, is to shoot on continuous mode. Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Sep 1, 2025 at 10:10?PM Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > I have finally gotten out to shoot something other than the hillside by > my house to try out my new Nikon 300/4 PF lens. I have a lot to learn. > I have never shot with anything over 200 and then rarely so. I shot 60 > shots with maybe 5 with the focus being nailed on what I wanted. > Admittedly they are all up very close with a very shallow DOF and all > hand held, so any small waver will through the focus plane off, but they > were almost all off in the same way. I did not think you had to fine > tune the focus on a mirrorless camera, but maybe I do. > > Anyway, here are some shots of an 8 Spotted Skimmer by a pond. > > Arboretum Dragonfly 8 Spotted Skimmer-0358 > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/nl/Arboretum+Dragonfly+8+Spotted+Skimmer-0358.jpg.html > > > > Arboretum Dragonfly 8 Spotted Skimmer-0356 > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/nl/Arboretum+Dragonfly+8+Spotted+Skimmer-0356.jpg.html > > > > Arboretum Dragonfly 8 Spotted Skimmer-0352 > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/nl/Arboretum+Dragonfly+8+Spotted+Skimmer-0352.jpg.html > > > > And a Spreadwing Damselfly, not sure which one. > > Arboretum Dragonfly 8 Spotted Skimmer-0352 > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/nl/Arboretum+Dragonfly+8+Spotted+Skimmer-0352.jpg.html > > > > All are cropped about 50%. I have ordered a 1.4x Converter that is due > next week. > > Comments welcome > > Aram > > > -- > Aram Langhans > (Semi) Retired Science Teacher > & Unemployed photographer > > ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself > would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information