Anecdotes « Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART

Carmen's Tale & Handholding the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS Lens

[Not a valid template] This Wihte Pelican was photographed with the handheld Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D MIV camera body. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 2/3 stops: 1/125 sec. at f/13. For tips on handholding big lenses, scroll down to item 2. To see a larger, sharper version of this image, […]

Air Travel Update

It is 4:48 am. I am sitting at Gate 13 in Orlando International Airport headed for San Diego via Dallas flying American Airlines. After 9/11, there was huge concern about flying with photography gear. Other than getting dump-searched at the Dallas Airport right after 9-11–I had been in the air during the attacks– flying with […]

The Mark IV, Recent BAA Bulletins, and a Tale of Two Nelsons...

Two days ago, Canon released information on their next professinal digital camera body. I was fortunate to have one to test about two weeks ago. You can read my initital impressions on this BPN post:

http://birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?p=365077&posted=1#post365077

The short story is that I ordered two of them immediately <smile>

Bulletin #301 & #302

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