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Olympus doesn't have affordable high grade lenses beyond the excellent 50-200mm lens. Both 90-250mm and 300mm can cost more than his Jeep. Since he is into birding, he needs affordable high quality telephoto options. That's my guess. |
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Team-BHP Support ![]() ![]() | ![]() Well a Canon 500 f4 would cost around 5800$. So roughly around 275000/-. 300 mm from Olympus you're talking about must be a f2.8 one. |
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I've been planning this shot for so many days now I'm really pissed off at the series of results I've got so far. Will keep trying. This time I'm ditching the 18-200. | |
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![]() ![]() Ok Enough of Tech Jargons, Here is another one. Its "Paradise Flycatcher" I had real tough time to shoot this fella. 1) You never get head to tail in one frame. (I was lucky to have a 500mm zoom) 2) It never sits on an open Perch 3) Its so active that it will keep on jumping from one branch to other 4) My Bigma takes ages to lock focus on this hyper active Birdie After 1 hr of continues chase i was finally managed to nail this beauty. Enjoy!!! ![]() Last edited by sreerajunnithan : 10th October 2008 at 18:25. | |
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VR should be switched off on a tripod. And the Normal mode is used for panning (off tripod) not Active: Nikon 18-200mm | |
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Sreeraj: Fantastic shot! But why do the branch and bird outlines look touched-up? -- Torqy | |
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() Sir, this is kinda off the topic but still somewhere in too.. I have a Olympus C8080 wide lens and it's 3 yrs old. what would i get if i sold it? |
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Before you sell your Olympus gear, I want to view thorugh your Bigma and experience 1000mm of EFL. It must be nirvana. ![]() | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() There is a sleeping photographer in me that wakes up every now and then whenever I go through certain travelogues or pictorials on the web. I know there are some germs in our forum itself (professionals like Rudraji etc.) I have owned an Olympus IS500 (Film camera) from 2003 to 2005 (over 100 rolls used) before it was gifted to my brother in law. It used to give crystal clear results. ![]() Now I use a Canon IXY 800 IS since 2007 (6 m.pixel). Canon showroom in Bangalore quoted me 22k for same model 'made in china' with no Memory card or cover, eventually I bought it from National Market for 13k original 'made in japan' with a decent cover and a 1GB card. ![]() Presently I am considering Nikon D90 (inspired by Sam's D40 and few of my Lion friends who are using D60 and D300 as their passionate hobby) I have been going through reviews on dpreview.com, dcresource.com and dcviews.com. Also checking different prices globally. I heard its around 85k in India, below 60k in US ($1300) and yet to get the Dubai price. I have a family member who is travelling to US every month and collegues who are regular visitors to Dubai. It is greatly appreciated if some of the gurus here could guide me on any technical part (good or bad), the pricing area, accessory (main usage is only travel, events, nature, family etc.), warranty issues if bought from outside or anything related to this model. ![]() Last edited by shajufx : 10th October 2008 at 22:52. |
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but he said he got it for $1250. So pick it up, if you have folks shuttling back and forth on a monthly basis, you can wait for a month or so (you know what happened to Leman brothers ![]() cheers | |
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