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Dragonfly, E-510

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Phil In Kansas said:
Wonderful shots, Robert. Here's one of mine - handheld with the e-410 and 70-300, iso400 @ 1/200.
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Some brilliiant shots congrats to everbody for all of them. My vote has to go to this one it is superb.

I'm a lurker thinking of getting an E-520 with a 70-300. One of my concerns is that I will struggle to emulate the insect macro abilities of my FZ50 with a DSLR without considerable expenditure but this post suggests that I am wrong and that the 70-300 will be enough for Dragonflies at least. The extra IQ of the E520 will presumably give me better cropping than I get on the FZ50 so smaller butterflies will I presume also be achievable. Phil can you confirm that that this is camera and 70-300 and nothing else.

The picture below of a Keeled Skimmer is with the FZ50, providing I can do that I would be happy and if you want to point out that the E-520 and 70-300 would do a lot better please feel free to do so.



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Thanks Trevor.

Yes, this is the e-410 and 70-300. It focuses to about 3 ft. at 300mm(600 efl). I have cropped a little and sharpeded a little(maybe a touch too much), but other than that it's straight out of the camrea.

If you send me your email address, I'd be glad to send you the original jpg and raw file. The biggest drawback I have with this type of shot with the 410 is lack of IS. I'm sure the 520 would be much better - although I've heard some say it's not quite as sharp as the 10 series, I bet it's not that big of deal in the real world.

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You have a wonderful photostream. I'm sure what ever camera you use, you will make the best of it.
Phil In Kansas said:
Thanks Trevor.

Yes, this is the e-410 and 70-300. It focuses to about 3 ft. at 300mm(600 efl). I have cropped a little and sharpeded a little(maybe a touch too much), but other than that it's straight out of the camrea.

If you send me your email address, I'd be glad to send you the original jpg and raw file. The biggest drawback I have with this type of shot with the 410 is lack of IS. I'm sure the 520 would be much better - although I've heard some say it's not quite as sharp as the 10 series, I bet it's not that big of deal in the real world.

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Phil In Kansas said:
Thanks Trevor.

Yes, this is the e-410 and 70-300. It focuses to about 3 ft. at 300mm(600 efl). I have cropped a little and sharpeded a little(maybe a touch too much), but other than that it's straight out of the camrea.

If you send me your email address, I'd be glad to send you the original jpg and raw file. The biggest drawback I have with this type of shot with the 410 is lack of IS. I'm sure the 520 would be much better - although I've heard some say it's not quite as sharp as the 10 series, I bet it's not that big of deal in the real world.
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Thanks for the oiffer Phil. I'm no pixel peeper so I've seen all I need to tell me that the 70-300 can do some impressive dragonfly macros. I shall keep my eyes on your albums in the hopoe that you get more outstanding shotrs.
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Sorry I'm late to the party, here are a few Dragonflies taken with my E510:

Migrant Hawker:



Common Darter:



Emperor Dragonfly (Male):



Emperor Dragonfly (Female):



Black Darter (Mature):



Migrant Hawker:



Thanks for looking.

Dave
 
Great shots; what a collection.

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Thanks for you comments Robert.

I identify the Dragonflies using a book called "Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Great Britain and Ireland"

The ISBN code is: 0-953-13990-5

Unfortunately, photographing Dragonflies is addictive!

Dave
 
Thanks also for taking the time to look and comment Vincent.

Dave
 
Thanks Phil.

The in flight pics were taken using an E510 and Sigma 50-500mm, mounted on a monopod.

The focal length was 268mm for the first in flight pic and 500mm for the second in flight pic.

If I recall correctly, I used S-AF, I can't see that in the exif details though.

Dave
 
Thanks for the information. I'm still trying to ID my blue / white dragonfly but have not found it yet.
davyg said:
Thanks for you comments Robert.

I identify the Dragonflies using a book called "Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Great Britain and Ireland"

The ISBN code is: 0-953-13990-5

Unfortunately, photographing Dragonflies is addictive!

Dave
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