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A few hawk shots with my $9.95 Soligor 200/3.5
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:10 pm    Post subject: A few hawk shots with my $9.95 Soligor 200/3.5 Reply with quote
Picked up this lens in mint condition for $9.95 on eBay. Not heard anything good about it, but for the price it was a no brainer. I wanted to see if the focal length would be something I might want to use. Now I can look for something sharper (open to suggestions).

Here are a few shots of an immature hawk in my back garden. I am not sure if it is a Cooper's Hawk or a Red-shouldered Hawk. Taken with a Lumix L1







This one is a bit off, but I included it for help in ID.



PostPosted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wow, now that's a bargain and they are getting rarer


patrickh


PostPosted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very nice work and results.


PostPosted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Although I'm no expert, I would say it's a Red-shouldered.

-The Cooper's is listed as "uncommon" in one of my books, while the Red-shouldered is "one of the most common hawks of eastern North America"
-The Cooper's has a more pronounced cap on the head, even while immature

Of course I could be wrong...I'm just an amateur Cool

You must have been close to fill the frame with only a 200mm lens Shocked


PostPosted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Red-shouldered??? Shocked Rolling Eyes Embarassed oh you mean the bird, not the lens Laughing

A very nice result indeed. Who sez $10 is not worth $10 any more...


PostPosted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 2:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
patrickh wrote:
Wow, now that's a bargain and they are getting rarer


patrickh


Patrickh, I think there are many versions of this lens. The one I have has a tripod collar, an A-M switch. It came with both caps and even has the Passed sticker on it. I will post some photos of the lens in a few days.


PostPosted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 2:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
F16SUNSHINE wrote:
Very nice work and results.


Thanks, the last one is a bit off, but since my eyes are pretty poor I managed to get a few keepers. Fortunately my Panasonic eyepiece magnifier arrived the day before.


PostPosted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 2:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
ryan s wrote:
Although I'm no expert, I would say it's a Red-shouldered.

-The Cooper's is listed as "uncommon" in one of my books, while the Red-shouldered is "one of the most common hawks of eastern North America"
-The Cooper's has a more pronounced cap on the head, even while immature

Of course I could be wrong...I'm just an amateur Cool

You must have been close to fill the frame with only a 200mm lens Shocked


Yes, I am sure you are correct. The tail is apparently too short for a Cooper's Hawk.

I was about 35 feet away. The shots were all cropped a bit, the portrait orientation ones more of course. Oh, and it equals a 400mm on my Lumix L1, so it is a crop of a crop. Very Happy

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PostPosted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 2:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nesster wrote:
Red-shouldered??? Shocked Rolling Eyes Embarassed oh you mean the bird, not the lens Laughing

A very nice result indeed. Who sez $10 is not worth $10 any more...


Yes, the bird. Laughing

I had to do a bit of PP, there is a magenta tinge to the images and some purple fringing to deal with.


PostPosted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 8:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
cledry, i'm new to the forum and came across this thread looking for info on the panasonic l1. what an amazing series! just beautiful. i enclose 2 links to my snapixel acct with 1 very similar fellow and 1 of his cousins for you to enjoy-both taken w sony a100 and manually focused minolta 75-300mm. i hope you like them, and btw, how do you like your panny l1? any issues or problems? i recently traded in my sony/minolta rig for a sigma sd14 and some m42s, but also thinking of getting an l1 body....

http://www.snapixel.com/image/rbelyell/set_819/68372

http://www.snapixel.com/image/rbelyell/set_819/68371


PostPosted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 8:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Superb! In your Garden ? Even more ...
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