Coyotes at Palo Duro Canyon State Park

There were some coyotes running through the campground both nights we were there. Disconcerting is a good word to use for that ...

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Lens test Nikon V1

Here is a quick test I did, using two lenses.

The first is the Nikon 1 30mm to 110mm zoom lens.

I took a photo at 30mm (equivalent to 81mm FX, 55mm DX) here:

This is equivalent to about an 81mm lens on a full-frame camera, or about a 55mm lens on a DX crop-frame Nikon like the D7000. If you look closely at the telephone pole in the middle of the photo, you see a platform around it. That platform is about 80 inches (2 meters) wide. there is a tall 2x4 vertical board at each side of the platform. These boards are the ones that are 80 inches apart (just over 6 feet). They'll be easier to see in the coming photos.

Next, I took a photo with that same lens at 110mm (300mm FX, 200mm DX) here:

The boards are much easier to see here.

Next, I changed lenses to use my "Bigma" 50mm to 500mm Sigma lens. Here it is at 50mm (135mm FX, 90mm DX):

Looks a lot like the first photo. This is also necessarily using the Nikon FT-1 adapter that lets you put Nikon F-mount lenses on the V1.

I tried to go up to each 100mm increment from 100mm, but it was hard to hit right on. Here is 116mm (313mm FX, 209mm DX):

Here is 195mm (526mm FX, 351mm DX):

Here is 320mm (864mm FX, 576mm DX):

Here is 430mm (1134mm FX, 756mm DX):
And finally, 500mm (1350mm FX, 900mm DX):
Next, I switched lenses to a not-very-good toy I have, strictly for its focal length, and I was quite surprised at how well it did. This is a Rokinon 650-1300 (made by Samyang in Korea). Here it is at 650mm (1755mm FX, 1170 DX):
And finally, here it is at 1300mm (3510 FX, 2340 DX):
That electrical box is about 3.5 inches wide, about half the thickness of the telephone pole, and this is about 80 yards (73 meters) from where I was standing. Not bad!
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