Bird Photography with a Dot Sight OM System EE1

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• WO

  @woodswaterwild · 1 month ago

  Super helpful. Thx!

• EX

  @ExpatinMazarrón · 1 month ago

  Interesting video Ralph and never heard of this before - got some great shots and thanks for sharing your work - have a great week! :hand-pink-waving:

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• WI

  @wilfs1196 · 1 month ago

  Thank you Ralph, excellent instructional video rather than a vendor version.

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  @wadih_moussa · 1 month ago

  That looks like an amazing piece of equipment. Thank you for sharing.

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  @videograph · 1 month ago

  El Hondo is a very calm place to shot. Always stopping here for couple of hours when driving to Torrevieja

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  @marcystarnes5511 · 1 month ago

  it takes some practice but works well - used it to catch tufted puffins at Canon Beach Oregon

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  @DanielBennettphotographyuk · 1 month ago

  Some great shots there Ralph, iv only ever seen one other video on thaws red dot gadgets, very “sniper style” ha

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  @DanOpdal · 1 month ago

  Great video, Ralph! I really enjoyed this video, and I really liked the shot at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_jfWSWUddI&amp;t=791">13:11</a> time stamp. You got so many stunning shots. See you on the next one. Cheers!

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  @StevenForster-o7y · 3 weeks ago

  Hi Ralph another excellent video. As I&apos;m getting older my reaction times are getting slower and hunting for the bird through the viewfinder is taxing, so I might just look for a dot sight soon

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  @DuaneHJardine · 1 month ago

  I have a dot sight and calibrated it to be on at 30 yards. &nbsp;When I take pictures of hummingbirds at my water fountain I have to aim above the bird to get the camera to find the bird. &nbsp;With a little bit of practice I could figure out how much to hold over for the close subjects.

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  @colinfoyle1856 · 1 month ago

  Hi Ralph. I knew the dot sight would be a winner. When I used mine recently, it was very useful, however, I did somehow change the calibration, and was slightly off. But I&apos;ll have to play with mine a little more too. I might go to a local ecology park and see if I can get some of the butterflies there. They will be closer than when I used it before, so will have to calibrate accordingly. I believe closer and far distances will have an impact on the calibration. If you think about it, the dot sight is a few centimetres above the lens, so there&apos;s a triangle between subject, middle of the lens, and the dot sight, which will change based on distance. Long distances, I don&apos;t think will have so much impact, but the closer you are, then the dot sight becomes more difficult to use, I believe.

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  @comeraczy2483 · 1 month ago

  Some nice shots. Thanks for sharing.<br>The dot sight definitely has some use, despite all its limitations, particularly the tedious alignment that must be done for a specific distance and needs to be redone every time the thing moves. I think that for action wildlife video it is a fantastic tool.<br>Personally, I think that the design of this one is flawed because the frame hides a big chunk of the field of view. Those for handguns often have just the clear piece, which I really prefer. Also, the EE-1 is outrageously expensive - paying $200 then I can get a better product for just $20 isn&apos;t for me.

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