Posts Made By: Kurt Horsley

James,
You're right. I know exactly what you mean. -Kurt Horsley

James,
Very cool photo. Roadrunners are my favorite bird. I also keep a camera with me at all times...you never know. -Kurt Horsley

Hey Tyler,
These things can be really timid. I also usually catch mine out the window of the truck, as I did with this image. This is one of the first pictures I took the first day with the new DMC-FZ10. You've caught a beatuiful shot of a youngster. Nice color and detail. Exposure is right on. -Kurt Horsley

It's nice to see some people in the world still have some human compassion for the animals. It's getting to be far too rare in our modern little society. I'm glad to hear it. I can't help that poor bird, but you can go outside, right now, and bring your dogs and cats in from the freezing weather. Leaving animals out to freeze is just as bad, so DON'T DO IT! -Kurt Horsley

Howard,
Celestron will usually replace it free of charge. One of mine also broke, dropping my 30mm Ultima to the concrete. They replaced the diagonal AND EYEPIECE with no questions asked. Nice... They're a great bunch of people to work with if you have a problem. Just give them a call. -Kurt Horsley

DMC-FZ10
420mm 1/500 f/4.6
Distance 140 yards. -Kurt Horsley

Interesting post Alan,
Panasonic is preparing to release two new point-and-shoot cameras with the usual 3X optical lens, but each will include their image stabilization feature. I certainly do not agree with Canon that image stablization is not needed in point and shoot cameras.
Also, I would love to see "in camera" stabilization in all cameras, SLR, ZLR, prosumer and point and shoot. It would surely make buying multi-thousand-dollar stabilized lenses unnessary, so I wouldn't expect any help from Canon or Nikon on the effort.
I have three cameras with stabilization, both optical and mechanical/electronic. Both seem to work well though I personally think optical stabilization is better and more reliable. Of course, in-camera stabilization would have to be electronic/mechanical in nature. I look forward to the day that every camera will have stabilization. I'm fairly sure it will actually happen. Now...I wish the technology would make it into our astronomy optics/eyepieces, as it has in binoculars and vedio cameras. This technology will surely make it into astronomy sooner or later. -Kurt Horsley

Nice sharp pictures James. -Kurt Horsley

Nice magpie shot Tyler.
I know what you mean about not having anything to shoot lately. Cold weather is hard on astronomy also. Winter just sucks. Gonna get worse before it gets better too. Maybe I'll practice my portrait photography until the spring gets here. Man...I hate winter... -Kurt Horsley

Chris,
That is one beautiful shot. Must have been a beautiful spot. -Kurt Horsley