Looks like the new Sony Alpha A100 DSLR is shaping up to be a very
good beginner's birding gear.

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/sonydslra100/

Consider this:

A100 Body, 10 MP, 1.5x CF, 3 fps,
unlimited JPEG buffer, 6 shots RAW buffer,
built-in anti-shake (2 - 3.5 stops),
complete with SAL 18-70 f3.5-5.6 kit lens..........USD 999.00

Bigma (Sigma 50-500 DG), KM mount..................    999.00

Subtotal, body + 18-500 mm seamless zoom = USD 2K

Assuming a PHP 60.00 - USD 1.00 forex rate (they always sell a bit
higher in Manila), the subtotal is about PHP 120,000.00

Add the following accessories with the corresponding estimated prices:

4 - 1 GB CF cards @ PHP 2500/card...... PHP 10,000
1 - spare Lithium-ion battery..........      3,000
1 - camera bag.........................      5,000
1 - Manfrotto 468RC4 ball head.........     11,000
1 - Manfrotto tripod...................     11,000

Accessories total = PHP 40,000.00

Total cost = PHP 160K, not including flash and accessories.

Sure, it's still expensive, but compared to the cheapest Canon
alternative with long zoom IS*, the Sony system is still more
economical. Plus, it has 2 MP more and all lenses will have anti-
shake.

* 350D with kit lens = PHP 45,000 - 50,000
   100-400 L IS       = PHP 85,000 - 90,000

Total Canon camera + lenses = PHP 130K to 140K.

The current downsides for the Sony system, as far as more demanding
bird photography is concerned, are:

1. TCs are terribly expensive - USD 600 for the 1.4x and USD 650 for
the 2x (must be made of precious metal?)

2. The longest lens to be released first is a SAL 300 2.8 (USD 6K,
compared to Canon 300 2.8 L IS's USD 4K). Alternatively, the
compatible KM mount 300 2.8 is USD 3500, and the KM 600 f4 is circa
USD 7500.

3. For critical action photography, pro-level AF (like the 1dm2/n and
d2x) and 5-8.5 fps are not available options now in the Sony system.
Likewise, 6 shots RAW buffer is too little (I often exhaust my 1dm2's
20-shot RAW buffer at fliers).

But I'm sure Sony won't stop with just the introductory A100 body and
the first stable of lenses. If they come out soon with longer lenses
and a pro-body with robust AF, fast fps and large RAW buffer, Canon
and Nikon will have serious competition in bird photography.

Just my thoughts, comments are welcome...;-)

Romy

It's okay sir. Idol Romy ID'd them himself and I'm so thrilled he took
the time to do so!

Thanks again!

Bobby

--- In philippine_bird_photography@yahoogroups.com, "Nilo Arribas Jr."
<ph_photo_97@...> wrote:
>
> Sir Bob,
>
>   I can't access that site because I'm still in the office (Firewall
rules :-(.  Anyway, I'm sure the others can help with the bird ID.
I'll will check it later.
>
>   GUESS WORK: The small bird with read breast (based on your
description) must be a Red-keeled flowerpecker.  About 4 inches, black
upperparts, white underpart with "red keel", short bill sharp repeated
call :)
>
>   Hope my guess is correct :)
>
>   Nilo
>
>
>
> bobby6425 <bobby6425@...> wrote:
>           Sir, I dropped by the factory of one of my friends and
found that his
> place is a sort of haven for birds. It's the only place with
> significant greens in the area. I was there only a few hours, but I
> was able to shoot some pictures here:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/val6425
>
> I labeled them all unknown - especially that small bird with red
> breast, which doesn't look like a sunbird, but also hovers. There were
> also the common tamsi there (same as my one-legged survivor) so I
> didn't bother to take a shot of those.
>
> Please help me label them, as usual?
>
> Bobby
>
>
>
>
>
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Wow! Thank you so much for taking the time to ID my bird photos Sir
Romy! I hope someday I'll be able to come up with photos that even
just come close to yours!

Best regards.

Bobby

--- In philippine_bird_photography@yahoogroups.com, "romyocon"
<romyocon@...> wrote:
>
> Bobby,
>
> I'll jump the gun on Pareng Nilo on the IDs...hehe.
>
> The first 3 are Red-keeled Flowerpeckers, a Philippine endemic (big
> congrats!). Ref. - http://www.pbase.com/liquidstone/image/57929469
>
> Unknown4 is a male Oriental Magpie-Robin (the female is not as dark).
> Ref. Male - http://www.pbase.com/liquidstone/image/35152607
> Female - http://www.pbase.com/liquidstone/image/57741211
>
> The Kingfisher is a Collared Kingfisher/Todiramphus chloris (formerly
> known as White-collared Kingfisher/Halcyon Chloris).
> Ref. - http://www.pbase.com/liquidstone/image/39834950
>
> The last is a Philippine Bulbul (another Philippine endemic, congrats!).
> Ref. - http://www.pbase.com/liquidstone/image/56200912/original
>
> Great captures, Bobby! Those are not easy birds to stalk and photograph.
>
> Romy
>
>
>
>
> --- In philippine_bird_photography@yahoogroups.com, "bobby6425"
> <bobby6425@> wrote:
> >
> > Sir, I dropped by the factory of one of my friends and found that his
> > place is a sort of haven for birds. It's the only place with
> > significant greens in the area. I was there only a few hours, but I
> > was able to shoot some pictures here:
> >
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/val6425
> >
> > I labeled them all unknown - especially that small bird with red
> > breast, which doesn't look like a sunbird, but also hovers. There were
> > also the common tamsi there (same as my one-legged survivor) so I
> > didn't bother to take a shot of those.
> >
> > Please help me label them, as usual?
> >
> > Bobby
> >
>

Welcome to the e-group, Ka Rene. So far, it's not a club yet... just
an informal e-group for the moment. But who knows, if there will be
enough of us bird lovers/photographers around, we can perhaps evolve
into an entirely new species.... something like a Philippine Nature
Photographers Society...;-)

Regarding lens cleaning, I've no first-hand experience yet. If one of
my birding lenses gets unclean in the future, I'll just send it to
Canon or Sigma service.

Perhaps the other members have more info/experience on this.

Romy



--- In philippine_bird_photography@yahoogroups.com, Rene Bajit
<rene_bajit@...> wrote:
>
> hi to all.
>   thanks for the invite, romy.
>   i'm really tempted to revive my old love of photography,
specially now that i'm in this club.
>   i used to get my lens cleaned at the camera shop in front of
rustans in makati when greenbelt was still greenbelt, and that
landmark was really a landmark away. not because it was a great shop;
it's bec i could trust the guy who handled my lenses.
>   i have a nikon 180-600mm, and an FM10. i will start with
film..then maybe graduate to dslr, using this lens, although limited
to manual. as the Nikon chart says.
>   any suggestion who can clean my lenses with the highest trust,
romy?
>   by the way, whts the name of this club?
>   all the best,
>   rene
>
>
>  Send instant messages to your online friends
http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
>

Sir, I dropped by the factory of one of my friends and found that his
place is a sort of haven for birds. It's the only place with
significant greens in the area. I was there only a few hours, but I
was able to shoot some pictures here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/val6425

I labeled them all unknown - especially that small bird with red
breast, which doesn't look like a sunbird, but also hovers. There were
also the common tamsi there (same as my one-legged survivor) so I
didn't bother to take a shot of those.

Please help me label them, as usual?

Bobby

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Bobby,

I'll jump the gun on Pareng Nilo on the IDs...hehe.

The first 3 are Red-keeled Flowerpeckers, a Philippine endemic (big
congrats!). Ref. - http://www.pbase.com/liquidstone/image/57929469

Unknown4 is a male Oriental Magpie-Robin (the female is not as dark).
Ref. Male - http://www.pbase.com/liquidstone/image/35152607
Female - http://www.pbase.com/liquidstone/image/57741211

The Kingfisher is a Collared Kingfisher/Todiramphus chloris (formerly
known as White-collared Kingfisher/Halcyon Chloris).
Ref. - http://www.pbase.com/liquidstone/image/39834950

The last is a Philippine Bulbul (another Philippine endemic, congrats!).
Ref. - http://www.pbase.com/liquidstone/image/56200912/original

Great captures, Bobby! Those are not easy birds to stalk and photograph.

Romy




--- In philippine_bird_photography@yahoogroups.com, "bobby6425"
<bobby6425@...> wrote:
>
> Sir, I dropped by the factory of one of my friends and found that his
> place is a sort of haven for birds. It's the only place with
> significant greens in the area. I was there only a few hours, but I
> was able to shoot some pictures here:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/val6425
>
> I labeled them all unknown - especially that small bird with red
> breast, which doesn't look like a sunbird, but also hovers. There were
> also the common tamsi there (same as my one-legged survivor) so I
> didn't bother to take a shot of those.
>
> Please help me label them, as usual?
>
> Bobby
>

Sir, I dropped by the factory of one of my friends and found that his
place is a sort of haven for birds. It's the only place with
significant greens in the area. I was there only a few hours, but I
was able to shoot some pictures here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/val6425

I labeled them all unknown - especially that small bird with red
breast, which doesn't look like a sunbird, but also hovers. There were
also the common tamsi there (same as my one-legged survivor) so I
didn't bother to take a shot of those.

Please help me label them, as usual?

Bobby

Guys and gals,

We have 11 new members on our first day (as of 6:30 pm, Manila time,
June 7). To be honest, judging from your responses, I'm surprised
that there appears to be much more bird shooters in our islands than
I initially believed.

I guess it's but proper to introduce ourselves to each other. Let me
start the ball rolling.

My name is Romy Ocon (aka Liquidstone), a native Filipino. I was born
and raised in a rural village in La Union (Northern Luzon,
Philippines) where I learned to appreciate nature early in life.

A proud product of the Philippine public school system, I'm a civil
engineer by training and concrete technologist by specialization. I
started my working career as an employed professional, then became an
entrepreneur about a decade ago. In 2004, I semi-retired at 39 and
concentrated on my passionate hobby inspite of being acutely color-
blind......wild bird photography.

I'm a Canon shooter and my birding lenses are the Sigmonster (Sigma
300-800), 500 f4 IS, 400 5.6L and 100-400 L IS. I use a Sigma 10-20
to take snapshots of the places where I bird. My bodies are a 1dm2,
20D and 350D. I'm a hard-core TC user, and I have 3 sets (Canon II,
Sigma and standard Tamrons) of these 2x and 1.4x things.

Romy

How did you buy your Jobu GH, TJ? Did you order it on-line, or bought
it abroad in person? I believe gimbal heads are not stocked locally.

BTW, for Canon shooters looking for third party teleconverters, I saw
last week one unit each of Kenko Pro 1.4x and Tamron Pro 1.4x at
Infomaxx - Park Square I, Makati (I'm not connected with them, just a
customer).

The highly regarded Kenko and Tamron Pro TCs are tough to find
locally. These should be cheaper in HK or even in SG, but if you want
to handle one before buying, you can check these out at that store.

Romy



--- In philippine_bird_photography@yahoogroups.com, Tirso Jesus
Parpan <tj_parpan@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> When I started birding, I was using a Manfrotto ball head and I
found
> that it made it difficult to quickly line-up a shot. After
checking
> the experiences of other birders from various fora, I heard about
the
> gimbal head. I know Romy uses a heavy-duty gimbal head for his
> Sigmonster.
>
> I eventually decided on the Jobu Design Black Widow Gimbal Head.
Haba
> ng pangalan no? I love it to pieces! It's lightweight, well-built,
so
> easy to manipulate and quick to lock. Once locked, it stays
locked.
> No creeping at all. I use a 70-200 and 200-500 on it, but it can
> handle much heavier and longer lenses.
>
> Here's a link to the jobu site:
> http://www.jobu-design.com/index.html
>
> Here's a review from fred miranda:
> http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic2/164674/0#1333760
>
> Here' where I ordered it from Singapore:
> http://www.perfectpixelcameraparts.com/
>
> HIghly recommended, but a pit pricey. It does come out cheaper
than
> the other brands such as Wimberly.
>
> TJ
>

Welcome to the group, Ding. How're you faring with the 400 5.6L?

Wish we can shoot the doves and malkohas (sabukots) in your backyard
one of these days.

Romy


--- In philippine_bird_photography@yahoogroups.com, "Geodino Carpio"
<balarila@...> wrote:
>
> Hello, Romy & everyone!
>
> Glad to be a part of this community.  I'm surprised to read from
other
> threads that there are just a few Philippine Bird Photographers.
I'd
> have thought, given the richness of our fauna, there'd be at least
a
> few hundred by now.
>
> I live in Antipolo in a house that overlooks vacant lots with trees
> that birds love to visit.  Over the past year, I've been
entertained
> by Yellow Orioles, Sabukots, White Throated Kingfishers, some brown
> pidgeons, Nightjars, and all sorts of little birds that are too
quick
> to identify.  Decided to get serious about it and got me a Canon
400mm
> 5.6L with a Kenko 1.4x TC.  The birds must've learned about it and
> decided to hide from me since then.
>
> Will post pictures soon!
>
> - Ding Carpio
>

Hi Nilo,

There are three main factors that contributed to cleaner shots at ISO
800 for me:

1. I can get closer to birds now (longer reach/improved birding
skills), so the subject fills more of the frame. Once I reduce this to
websize (600x800 or 750x1000 pixels), the noise is less noticeable.

2. I'm better at handling exposure now (I shoot 100% in M mode for
greater flexibility), and I shoot "to the right" for maximum captured
info. As we all know, shooting underexposed and correction in RAW
conversion or post processing will result to a lot of noise.

3. Shooting RAW and better post processing skills. I do local noise
reduction (BG/FG) and sharpening (subject) via layers in PS CS2.

Romy





--- In philippine_bird_photography@yahoogroups.com, "Nilo Arribas Jr."
<ph_photo_97@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Romy,
>
>   I noticed that all your recent forest birds (Spider hunter,
Handsome Sunbird) were captured using ISO800.  And they looked far
better that your previous forest (under storey) bird shots.   Is it the
new glass or a new PP workflow?
>
>   I'm not shooting RAW although I've heard a lot about the latitude
it offers during PP.

Hi TJ,

Welcome to our new e-group, looks like you're starting to amass a
nice collection of birds there. With your 200 VR zoom and Tamron 200-
500, I guess you've pretty covered much of the reach needed to shoot
our birds.

Hopefully, when we have some more members, we can schedule some shoot-
outs.

Romy




--- In philippine_bird_photography@yahoogroups.com, "tj_parpan"
<tj_parpan@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm TJ Parpan based in Manila. My first birding experience started
last December at the War
> Memorial and I've been hooked ever since.
>
> Thanks Master Romy for the invitation. I'd really love to learn
more from everyone on this
> group.
>
> I have a small gallery that I'd like to share. These were taken
from 4 different locations only,
> and I'm very much excited to add to my sightings and pictures.
> http://www.photo.net.ph/thumbnails.php?album=2198
> I definitely need more practice to make the most of my equipment,
so I'm looking forward to
> an EB / Birding Trip where we can exchange tips.
>
> Cheers everyone!
>
> TJ
>
> P.S. Marisol, I'll be lucky enough to be going to Singapore at
least 3 more times for work in
> the next few months. If there's a chance to shoot, that would be
great! :)
>

Hi Everyone,

When I started birding, I was using a Manfrotto ball head and I found
that it made it difficult to quickly line-up a shot. After checking
the experiences of other birders from various fora, I heard about the
gimbal head. I know Romy uses a heavy-duty gimbal head for his
Sigmonster.

I eventually decided on the Jobu Design Black Widow Gimbal Head. Haba
ng pangalan no? I love it to pieces! It's lightweight, well-built, so
easy to manipulate and quick to lock. Once locked, it stays locked.
No creeping at all. I use a 70-200 and 200-500 on it, but it can
handle much heavier and longer lenses.

Here's a link to the jobu site:
http://www.jobu-design.com/index.html

Here's a review from fred miranda:
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic2/164674/0#1333760

Here' where I ordered it from Singapore:
http://www.perfectpixelcameraparts.com/

HIghly recommended, but a pit pricey. It does come out cheaper than
the other brands such as Wimberly.

TJ

Hello, Romy & everyone!

Glad to be a part of this community. I'm surprised to read from other
threads that there are just a few Philippine Bird Photographers. I'd
have thought, given the richness of our fauna, there'd be at least a
few hundred by now.

I live in Antipolo in a house that overlooks vacant lots with trees
that birds love to visit. Over the past year, I've been entertained
by Yellow Orioles, Sabukots, White Throated Kingfishers, some brown
pidgeons, Nightjars, and all sorts of little birds that are too quick
to identify. Decided to get serious about it and got me a Canon 400mm
5.6L with a Kenko 1.4x TC. The birds must've learned about it and
decided to hide from me since then.

Will post pictures soon!

- Ding Carpio

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Hello, Romy & everyone!

Glad to be a part of this community.  I'm surprised to read from other
threads that there are just a few Philippine Bird Photographers.  I'd
have thought, given the richness of our fauna, there'd be at least a
few hundred by now.

I live in Antipolo in a house that overlooks vacant lots with trees
that birds love to visit.  Over the past year, I've been entertained
by Yellow Orioles, Sabukots, White Throated Kingfishers, some brown
pidgeons, Nightjars, and all sorts of little birds that are too quick
to identify.  Decided to get serious about it and got me a Canon 400mm
5.6L with a Kenko 1.4x TC.  The birds must've learned about it and
decided to hide from me since then.

Will post pictures soon!

- Ding Carpio

Hi everyone,

I'm TJ Parpan based in Manila. My first birding experience started last December
at the War
Memorial and I've been hooked ever since.

Thanks Master Romy for the invitation. I'd really love to learn more from
everyone on this
group.

I have a small gallery that I'd like to share. These were taken from 4 different
locations only,
and I'm very much excited to add to my sightings and pictures.
http://www.photo.net.ph/thumbnails.php?album=2198
I definitely need more practice to make the most of my equipment, so I'm looking
forward to
an EB / Birding Trip where we can exchange tips.

Cheers everyone!

TJ

P.S. Marisol, I'll be lucky enough to be going to Singapore at least 3 more
times for work in
the next few months. If there's a chance to shoot, that would be great! :)

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Hello Romy,

 

How are you?

 

Thank you for the invitation.

 

If you come by Singapore please let us know we have a lot of bird photographers around and we can take you to our areas here - we have a few protected places too, very convenient and hassle free. Con's photo is in the web of the NPSS ( nature photograpghic society of singapore) since last week - Blue-throated Bee-eater (Merops viridis). Please have a look.

 

http://www.naturephotosociety.org.sg/ASP/Main.asp

 

Kind regards,

Marisol

romyocon <romyocon@...> wrote:

--- In philippine_bird_photography@yahoogroups.com, "orly_punzalan"
<orly@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Sir Romy, thanks for inviting me here. It's an honor to be a part
> of this group. :)
>
> Orly
>

Hi Marisol, Orly, Nicky and Nilo,

Thanks for joining.... there's only a handful of Philippine bird
photographers around. We might as well form a small group where we can
share info on equipment, birding places and techniques.

Romy

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Welcome to the group, Vernie. Love your plant and animal shots,
specially the Chestnut Munia hiding behind the grass.

On a Nikon 1.5 crop factor DSLR, a 300 mm lens can get you decent
shots of larger birds at Olango Island. Nilo got some amazing pics of
egrets recently from low angles by shooting from a hide.

Romy

--- In philippine_bird_photography@yahoogroups.com, Vernie Gloria
<vernie@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hello Romy,
>
> Thank you for the invitation. I do photograph birds and wildlife
when I have
> the opportunity. Some of my photographs are on
> http://flickr.com/photos/verniegloria.
>
> I'm still a using a Nikon 70-300mm AF G lens, not long enough for
bird
> photography specially when I can't get close but I'm happy with it
for now
> that I don't have a longer focal lenght. :)
>
> --
> Vernie
>
>
> On Wednesday 07 June 2006 12:01, Romy Ocon wrote:
> > Hi Nilo and Group,
> >
> > Invitation to join for Bobby and Vernie has just been sent. I'd
> > encourage everybody to invite others, so we can get the ball
rolling right
> > away.
>

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Hi Marisol,

Welcome to our new e-group. That's an amazingly detailed capture by
Con, very colorful bird and a background to die for.

I was at Singapore early May when I bought a 500 f4 IS, but didn't
stay very long. I wasn't able to meet our friends at
Avianwatchasia.org, but I managed to snap a couple of pics of Olive-
backed Sunbirds at Yishun area where I stayed.

Male
http://www.pbase.com/liquidstone/image/58779200

Female
http://www.pbase.com/liquidstone/image/58779701

Looking forward too to your and Con's next visit to our islands. I
hope this time I can join you in some sorties.

Regards,

Romy

--- In philippine_bird_photography@yahoogroups.com, MARISOL FOLEY
<singaporesol@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Romy,
>
>   How are you?
>
>   Thank you for the invitation.
>
>   If you come by Singapore please let us know we have a lot of bird
photographers around and we can take you to our areas here - we have
a few protected places too, very convenient and hassle free. Con's
photo is in the web of the NPSS ( nature photograpghic society of
singapore) since last week - Blue-throated Bee-eater (Merops
viridis). Please have a look.
>
>   http://www.naturephotosociety.org.sg/ASP/Main.asp
>
>   Kind regards,
>   Marisol

Welcome to the group, Vernie. Love your plant and animal shots,
specially the Chestnut Munia hiding behind the grass.

On a Nikon 1.5 crop factor DSLR, a 300 mm lens can get you decent
shots of larger birds at Olango Island. Nilo got some amazing pics of
egrets recently from low angles by shooting from a hide.

Romy




--- In philippine_bird_photography@yahoogroups.com, Vernie Gloria
<vernie@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hello Romy,
>
> Thank you for the invitation. I do photograph birds and wildlife
when I have
> the opportunity. Some of my photographs are on
> http://flickr.com/photos/verniegloria.
>
> I'm still a using a Nikon 70-300mm AF G lens, not long enough for
bird
> photography specially when I can't get close but I'm happy with it
for now
> that I don't have a longer focal lenght. :)
>
> --
> Vernie
>
>
> On Wednesday 07 June 2006 12:01, Romy Ocon wrote:
> > Hi Nilo and Group,
> >
> >   Invitation to join for Bobby  and Vernie has just been sent. I'd
> > encourage everybody to invite others, so we can get the ball
rolling right
> > away.
>

--- In philippine_bird_photography@yahoogroups.com, "orly_punzalan"
<orly@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Sir Romy, thanks for inviting me here. It's an honor to be a part
> of this group. :)
>
> Orly
>

Hi Marisol, Orly, Nicky and Nilo,

Thanks for joining.... there's only a handful of Philippine bird
photographers around. We might as well form a small group where we can
share info on equipment, birding places and techniques.

Romy

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Hello Romy,

Thank you for the invitation. I do photograph birds and wildlife when I have
the opportunity. Some of my photographs are on
http://flickr.com/photos/verniegloria.

I'm still a using a Nikon 70-300mm AF G lens, not long enough for bird
photography specially when I can't get close but I'm happy with it for now
that I don't have a longer focal lenght. :)

--
Vernie


On Wednesday 07 June 2006 12:01, Romy Ocon wrote:
> Hi Nilo and Group,
>
>   Invitation to join for Bobby  and Vernie has just been sent. I'd
> encourage everybody to invite others, so we can get the ball rolling right
> away.

Thanks so much for the invite! Idol Romy, da best ka talaga!

Bobby K

Hi Romy,

Thank you for the invitation.  I agree with you that there are only few photographers of wild birds and even general wildlife in this country.

There are three of us here in Cebu and all members of the Cebu-birdwatch:

bobby6425@..., Bobby Kintanar
vernie@..., Vernie Gloria

Sir Bobby K. is using 20D + Bigma DG and Vernie is using D70 with a 300mm lens. 

Best regards,

Nilo

P.S.
Webmail is the only thing that can get pass our Firewalls in our office.  Anyway, I'm glad that Yahoo acquired Flickr.  I think I can slowly build a modest gallery using this free service.




romyocon <romyocon@...> wrote:

--- In philippine_bird_photography@yahoogroups.com, "orly_punzalan"
<orly@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Sir Romy, thanks for inviting me here. It's an honor to be a part
> of this group. :)
>
> Orly
>

Hi Marisol, Orly, Nicky and Nilo,

Thanks for joining.... there's only a handful of Philippine bird
photographers around. We might as well form a small group where we can
share info on equipment, birding places and techniques.

Romy

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--- In philippine_bird_photography@yahoogroups.com, "orly_punzalan"
<orly@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Sir Romy, thanks for inviting me here. It's an honor to be a part
> of this group. :)
>
> Orly
>

Hi Marisol, Orly, Nicky and Nilo,

Thanks for joining.... there's only a handful of Philippine bird
photographers around. We might as well form a small group where we can
share info on equipment, birding places and techniques.

Romy

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--- In philippine_bird_photography@yahoogroups.com, "orly_punzalan"
<orly@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Sir Romy, thanks for inviting me here.  It's an honor to be a part
> of this group. :)
>
> Orly
>

Hi Marisol, Orly, Nicky and Nilo,

Thanks for joining.... there's only a handful of Philippine bird
photographers around. We might as well form a small group where we can
share info on equipment, birding places and techniques.


Romy

Hi Sir Romy, thanks for inviting me here.  It's an honor to be a part
of this group. :)

Orly

As the first post in the new group, I'm posting links to my birding
lens tests:

1. Bigma (Sigma 50-500) vs Canon 400 5.6L vs Canon 100-400 L IS

Photo of the lenses - http://www.pbase.com/liquidstone/image/39166342
Test Parameters - http://www.pbase.com/liquidstone/image/39166387
Bare lens crops -
http://www.pbase.com/liquidstone/image/39166442/original
Crops with 1.4x TC -
http://www.pbase.com/liquidstone/image/39166506/original


2. Tamron 2x TC test - 400 5.6L vs 100-400 L IS

http://www.pbase.com/liquidstone/image/39733197/original


3. 300 f4 L IS vs 400 5.6L

http://www.pbase.com/liquidstone/image/55931527/original


4. 300 2.8 L IS vs Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG) vs 400 5.6L

http://www.pbase.com/liquidstone/image/56086121/original


5. Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG) vs 500 f4 L IS

http://www.pbase.com/liquidstone/image/58879465/original

Regards,

Romy