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flamin lib

(14,559 posts) Tue Dec 30, 2014, 03:15 PM Dec 2014

One of the birds on my feeder.

OMD EM5, 75-300 with electronic 2x. 1200mm equivalent on 35 format. I thought the built in 2x was a digital zoom but I find the image is still 16 mpxl! The cool thing is that at this magnification I can see the 5 axis image stabilization at work. The camera shake is really obvious until I do a focus lock and the IS kicks in and everything settles down! My E500 and E620 had IS as well but they were SLRs and I couldn't see what the sensor was doing. I did crop this down to about 10 mpxl for composition.

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One of the birds on my feeder. (Original Post) flamin lib Dec 2014 OP

Nice! Blue_In_AK Dec 2014 #1

Carolina Wren? Nitram Dec 2014 #2

Could be. flamin lib Dec 2014 #4

This one is a Carolina Wren. Curmudgeoness Dec 2014 #6

Nicely done! Image stabilization is a wonderful feature! n/t CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2014 #3

I just spotted a Carolina Wren in my yard today too. Curmudgeoness Dec 2014 #5

Walnuts, pecans and my home made suet. flamin lib Dec 2014 #7

Love them Celebration Dec 2014 #8

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)

1. Nice!

Reply to flamin lib (Original post)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 03:26 PM

Dec 2014

Nitram

(22,822 posts)

2. Carolina Wren?

Reply to flamin lib (Original post)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 04:47 PM

Dec 2014

flamin lib

(14,559 posts)

4. Could be.

Reply to Nitram (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 04:56 PM

Dec 2014

Or a Marsh Wren or Bewicks Wren. They all frequent this area.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

6. This one is a Carolina Wren.

Reply to flamin lib (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 05:20 PM

Dec 2014

The Bewicks and Marsh Wrens both have mostly white bellies, not the rust color. I love this photo that is so good it makes it easy to identify the bird.