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Index of Subjects Hi Jason, You probably saw a few of mine that evening. I use a Nikon D70s dSLR and I now have 3 lenses suitable for bird photography - a Nikon 80-400mmVR, which seems rather heavy but is relatively short and fat, and produces excellent image quality - a Tamron 200-500mm. SP-IF without any kind of VR or IS, but is light and well-balanced enough to hand hold at reasonably high shutter speeds, and now I have just got a Nikon 70-300mm. ED-IF-VR, which seems to work well with a Kenko Pro Teleplus 300 1.4X teleconverter, to give a similar range to the 80-400,, but at half the weight. All 3 have good image quality. In good light, I think the Tamron gives the most consistently good results. I think the 70-300/ 1.4X is going to be the best for traveling, and right now I'm not sure but I might sell the 80-400. Almost all bird shots require at least some cropping (often a lot) and some sharpening, and I use PSE3. I also do some digiscoping, although it seems to be less and less. For that, I now use a Sony W5 5mpxl digicam, with a Nikon Fieldscope-3ED scope, usually with a 20X fixed eypiece mounted on a tripod, and attached using a LensPlus adaptor. I have some web galleries here - www.pbase.com/rb_stern (click on the various sub-galleries and thumbnails), but I'm finding Pbase to be frequently unreliable, so at least for now I opened a free trial account here - www.zenfolio.com/rbstern , to see how it works. In general, buying a pair of binoculars or a scope is like buying a car or a computer. You can get the basics cheap, but for more money you generally get something that is better quality, longer-lasting, or more usable. There are numerous web sites listing and reviewing numerous models, and a few stores in NS where you can test drive some of them. FYI, my scope is as above, and my binocs are Zeiss Victory 2 10 X40. Richard On 1/29/07, jason <jason@webbedproductions.com> wrote: > Hi all, I was impressed by everyone's photo's at slide night and kept > wondering as I watched them what kind of camera they used for certain shots. > I thought it might be beneficial for everyone to share what kind of camera > and lens, scope or binocs they use for people looking to purchase some good > equipment. > > cheers, > > > Jason Doucette > > 3D/Video Post Production Artist > > http://www.webbedproductions.com > > or visit our Wildlife & Nature > Stock Photography site at > > http://www.picturethemaritimes.com > -- ################# Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd., RR#1 Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca rbstern@xcountry.tv sternrichard@gmail.com ###################
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