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Taken at the Basel Botanical Gardens using a Olympus 300 mm f-4 with a 1.4x teleconverter (420 mm). I am amazed at how sharp this lens is considering it's ...
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Taken at the Basel Botanical Gardens using a Olympus 300 mm f-4 with a 1.4x teleconverter (420 mm). I am amazed at how sharp this lens is considering it's 840 mm equivalence at full-frame.
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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 640 Shutter 1/1250 Focal Length 420/1

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Jul, 2017

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