Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: dalethorn on May 27, 2009, 09:59:55 pm
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Very low res, smear and all. These are representative examples I think of the low-light capability of the Panasonic G1 with the 45-200 lens at max. zoom. The ISO was 400, so noise shouldn't have been a problem. These birds don't sit still for more than about 2 seconds maximum, so the only way to shoot them is handheld and autofocus. These were the two best of about 50 shots.
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The first is pretty good. The light is beautiful and makes the colours of the robin come out. The problem is the background, which has buildings that are evident. I have never seen robins like this before.
JMR
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The first is pretty good. The light is beautiful and makes the colours of the robin come out. The problem is the background, which has buildings that are evident. I have never seen robins like this before.
JMR
The birds are in a small aviary, the good part of which is once you're inside, there's nothing between you and the birds. The aviaries I've seen in Akron and Los Angeles, the only zoos I frequent, are about the same, except L.A.'s is larger and the birds few and far between. The Pekin robins are not in my Smithsonian Birds of North America book, so I guess they're an "exotic" species. I did manage to get exactly one photo of a small exotic bird at the L.A. zoo, but that was through a wire mesh, and the mesh is partly visible. So the aviary is preferred, despite the problems of background and very poor light. And I hope the G1 is better than I think it is - time will tell.