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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Neil" data-source="post: 1224754" data-attributes="member: 1568">The weather was a little better today so I took the E420 out again.  This time I connected up the Nikon 50 mm lens to the Olympus E-420 using the Swarovski 20x eyepiece.  This gives a 2000 mm magnification (40x) .  Due to the brighter light, focusing was a bit easier and I was getting a higher number of sharp images.  Still not as many as I get with the Nikon 8400 though. I need more practice.  I found found the lack of zoom facility to be a problem with the egrets and herons that were my subjects.  If they came closer than 25 m  I couldn't get them in the frame in the horizontal plane. I probably need a 35 mm lens instead of the 50 mm.  Here are a couple that I was reasonably happy with today. Neil.ps taken from the RAW file.Olympus e-420 and Nikon 50 mm lens plus Swarovski STS80HD scope and SW 20x eyepiece Hong Kong,China.June 2008</blockquote>