Gary Blake

Greg, Thanks for commenting. I get a lot of shots with part of the wing clipped because I am in so close. I set up my blinds for 30-35 feet shooting distance so when one of these guys takes off it ...

Maggie, Thanks for commenting. To get close, I did a little subject and location research first. The place where I photograph the eagles has a fall salmon spawning run and the eagles move on to the ...

Never use C-AF, only manual or SAF+MF.  The closer you get to your subject DOF becomes more critical and if the focus isn't in the right spot it shows. Sorely tempted by the 300 but will wait until ...

“Ninja Eagle” If Bruce Lee were to be re-incarnated as an eagle this would be him. (Bit of a story to go with this one) I have been watching and photographing eagles on the Nipigon River for five ...

Some bald eagles with some of the older equipment, OM 350mm f2.8 and DZ 90-250mm f2.8 Gary

Just picked up a Sigma 150-600mm Sport version in Canon mount and MC-11 adapter. Also picked up the Sigma Dock as the customization items available with the dock and Sigma’s Customization pro ...

Second year juvenile bald eagle, EM1 with DZ 90-250mm f2.8 +TC14 Gary

Both A7R2 with Olympus OM 350mm f2.8, first with 65mm extension tube, second with OM1.4TC Sept. 05/16 last day for hummingbirds in my area, last parting look from this one before heading south Head ...

Tom, All sorted out for now, the Metabones have been returned, the new part arrived from Germany to repair the Novoflex and I have the Kipon as a backup. A lot of good suggestions from the replies ...

Meanwhile, Thanks for the information on the Hawks Factory adapter, I had not heard of this one before. The close focusing helicoid could come in handy at times, would save adding an extension ...

Ron, Thanks for the response, so far it looks like I will be ordering a second one of these Kipon adapters when I return from my trip. It looks like like they copied the Novoflex almost exactly, it ...

Simon, That's two votes for the K&F so I will probably give one a go when I get back, thanks for responding. Gary

Marc, Thanks for the response, I may try a few of these lower priced models when I get back just out of curiosity. Gary

Rol Lei Nut, Thanks for the response, Maybe bad luck with the Novoflex, I will have to wait and see how the replacement part performs when it arrives. Definitely not a user or lens issue as I have ...

brightcolours, Definitely an idea, I keep my OM-4/3 adapter just for that reason, I can mount it on the MMF3 for the M43 camera and have a backup for the MMF2 in a pinch. Gary

Tom, Thanks for the response. Tight is not the only problem. After looking at the Metabones with a loupe I would have to say this is an engineering/design flaw. The material appears to be brass and ...

Coase, Thanks for the response, that's a couple of recommendations for the K&F, so I will probably order one of these to try out, pretty inexpensive on Ebay. Gary

I am using primarily Olympus OM lenses on an E-1- EM1and everything in between, and now a Sony A7R2 as well Prior to acquiring my A7R2 I used the original Olympus (from 2004 onward) MF-1 OM to 4/3 ...

Thanks Martin, people seem to like photos of the moon...... Gary

Thanks, OM 350mm f2.8 + OM 1.4 TC