Latest Capture on my new K20D with 300/f4

[largelylivin]

With the K20D life is wonderful. It fixes so many of my complaints about the K10D. The CMOS has much less noise than the CCD. ISO 1600 is more than usable. It has pixel mapping. 14.6M vs 10.2. Just got the new DA* 300/f4 which is a bit short for a bird lens, but with all those pixels you can crop more.

Here's a Black Crowned Night Heron that I captured last weekend. The first shot is the full frame. All the other shots are from the same distance and location. K20D, DA* 300/f4, FGZ540 Flash with better beamer, ISO 800, f5.6.

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[Maestro]

Congrats on the new toy. Nice BCNH! It looks like you had to shoot between branches or leaves.