{"id":17145,"date":"2023-04-27T05:58:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T09:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=17145"},"modified":"2023-04-27T05:58:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T09:58:22","slug":"maine-hairy-woodpecker-female","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=17145","title":{"rendered":"Maine! Hairy Woodpecker female"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Female Hairy Woodpecker: Kennebunk, Maine, USA, April 2023 \u2014 I picked up a new camera yesterday afternoon, the Olympus OM-1 and their 100-400mm zoom, and got the battery charged for some first shots after supper as the light was failing. It will take me some time to get everything set up for the true point and shoot experience with this camera, but first results are promising, and this is truly, once set up, the ultimate point and shoot camera. You can even tell it what you are photographing, and it will even find the bird (or bear, or the motorcycle) in the frame and track focus on it. It is totally amazing to watch as it puts a box around the bird and follows it through the frame, maintaining focus all the way. And all the other bits I preset on my cameras for point and shoot nature photography are all there in the menus\u2026it is just a matter of finding them, and getting the right settings. \ud83d\ude42 This shot is at ISO 12800 through the double glazed glass deck doors at 7PM. Not bad for a first attempt. Equivalent focal length 552mm. Program mode. f6.3 @ 1\/800th. <\/p>\n

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