Recent content by The Duke of Bork

I use the Spider belt with the built-in holster but I think you can get the holster for any belt. With a heavy lens you do need the belt to be tight.

I use a Spider Holster with the long lens adapter - you have to mount it the "wrong" way round for it to balance properly. The advantages are that it puts the weight on your hips rather than nech and you have no problems with straps tangling if you also have binoculars. I can walk miles with it...

Wryneck at Land's End this morning, OM-1 Mk1 & 100-400 Mk2:

Adding - if you're strugg;ing, go to Sennen Cove. At the western end of the horbour car park, beyond the toilet block, is a row of four houses. Chough regularly come to feed at a bird table at the third house along.

Land's End to Sennen is as good as any. Find them on call, they're very vocal. Had five feeding in the overflow car park this morning.

Epson ET-8550. Bottled inks make printing much more affordable.

The tax status doesn't change the fact that they are not official Olympus/OMS imports.

Still grey though, I got my Olympus 150-400 from them when supply through official channels was very patchy. Confirmed with Olympus UK later that year at their stand at the Birdfair.

I've bought from Cotswold, HDEW and UK Digital over the years without issue.

If the problem is related to high ISO, investing in good denoise software will probably be more cost-effective than changing your gear.

West Cornwall is looking very purple.

Honestly at this budget you can't go wrong with a new pair of Travelites.

f14 on 60 mm micro 4/3 is physically the same size aperture as f28 on 120mm FF (as f numbers represent a ratio). You could be running into diffraction. I'd try f8 which will give you same DoF as f16 on FF lens of twice the focal length.

Back home now and just going through photos from the last few days of the holiday. Here's male and female American Goldfinches, at Reifel reserve near Vancouver:

A couple from the last few days: Hooded Merganser Pigeon Guillemot