Well, the last about the lens specifically. I’ll still take pictures with it and you, may see it mentioned in passing.
This was the first ‘field trial’ with this lens. It was in my bag as part of my normal load-out and, I found a opportunity to use it. I also used the body doubler (not the kit doubler, I don’t like the way the camera balances with it on) for a few shots.
These were taken during my Quick Trip to Beaver Lake. Unlike the other images in “more magnification testing” and “from the practical to the ridiculous“, these have been post processed, giving a better look at what the lens can do.
On to the pics:
Ducks and Geese @ 300mm
Ducks and Geese @ 800mm
Ducks and Geese @ 1600mm
I’m not sure where the fuzziness is coming from in the bright areas in the middle shot (around the duck’s chest) I’m assuming something (the doubler) has a finger print or smear on it. In the third shot the blurriness is me, even with my tripod there is a lot of motion when shooting. I’d take the shot with a remote, however the weight of the lens causes the camera to tip forward, without support. I’m thinking about a counterweight or a string from the camera bad to the handle on the tripod to keep everything steady.
The Rokinin 800mm seems to be a good buy. It’s cheap, and suits my purposes. I need to better my skills with full manual and no light meter (or figure out how to make the light meter work with the D90 and a full manual lens 
) to get better shots from it.
