Notable Recent Sightings

29/05 Pink-footed Goose 1, over Welshpool, photo'd on 09/06
01/05 Red-throated Diver 1, Llyn Clywedog
07/02 Whooper Swan 44, Lake Vyrnwy
31/01 Whooper Swan 51, Haimwood, Llandrinio
17/11 Firecrest 2, Castle Caereinion
07/11 Barnacle Goose 1 among Canada Geese, Llyn Coed-y-Dinas
07/11 Hawfinch a few, Lake Vyrnwy, also Bramblings
01/11 Short-eared Owl 1, Cefn Coch Wind-farm
01/11 Great Grey Shrike Gregynog
28/10 Great Grey Shrike Lake Vyrnwy, also 1 on 30th at Eunant
25/09 Gannet 1 juv grounded near Caersws
07/09 Nightjar 1, photographed near Pontrobert
17/07 Quail RSPB Lake Vyrnwy, also heard 20/06 and 08/07
24/04 Long-eared Owl 2, RSPB Lake Vyrnwy
16/04 Purple Heron 1, Cors Dyfi
05/03 Firecrest 1, Lake Vyrnwy
05/03 Short-eared Owl 1, Lake Vyrnwy
14/01 Pink-footed Goose 1, Dolydd Hafren
03/01 Waxwing 20, Meifod; also 5 Welshpool by canal on 01/01. Last: 6 Bwlch-y-Garreg 17/03
   
See Sightings Archive for older records

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

More on the Canon R5 for bird photography

For those interested in the photography side of things, been putting the Canon R5 through its paces before the 30 day keep it or return period expires - or at least as much as I can do stuck at home.  Latest set of tests aimed at pushing the camera to a position where the images could reasonably be a bit iffy - ISO1600, 1.4x on the 600mm f4 ii, f5.6 so shot wide open with minimal depth of field where and focussing errors will become apparent.  The Siskin is obviously a significant crop, at c24% of the full image, but still plenty of pixels in there.  Bear in mind as well you're seeing here tiny jpegs with long side of 1024 pixels created from the original cRAW files - for ISO1600, which generally is as far as I need to go, I think these are pretty acceptable.

However next series of tests will be pushing the ISO to 3200 and beyond and seeing far this can be taken before IQ becomes unusable

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