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FloridaDrafter · 10-18-2025

The site is "ubuy dot com" and the lens they are selling is the RF 100mm Macro. I did try to contact them so I could at least get credit for the work, but their "Contact Us" page would not complete the task when I pressed "Send". They even scrubbed a...

FloridaDrafter · 09-28-2025

This fly is in the family Calliphoridae but I'm not sure which subfamily (there are many). I named the file "Green Bottle Fly", but they are typically bigger than this fly which is just a bit bigger than a house fly. The Green Bottle does have those ...

FloridaDrafter · 07-22-2025

Typical for northeast Florida this time of year, we get lots of storms, and it could be any time of the day or night. This one was around 9:20 p.m., probably 5 miles away. It was cloud to cloud and there would be a series of flashes before the full d...

FloridaDrafter · 07-14-2025

These are some shots of a Black and Yellow Garden Spider. Depending on where you are it may have a different "common name". Its scientific Latin name is Argiope aurantia, which translates to "gilded silver-face". You can make out the "gilded" face on...

FloridaDrafter · 06-25-2024

This Pileated woodpecker just couldn't figure out how the other woodpecker got in that car. These were taken in the late evening sun at just over 250' on my neighbors car across the street. EOS R5, RF 100-500mm, 1/500th, f/7.1, ISO 800. Newton

FloridaDrafter · 01-10-2026

@JeffreyEttinge wrote: I promise this will be my last question! Have you tried it from a distance if you're using a zoom lens? Can you zoom in your phone camera on the subject? (see my previous note). Jeff. I've never tried letting my phone trig...

FloridaDrafter · 01-10-2026

@JeffreyEttinge wrote: And which cable do you use to connect the MIOPS to your R5? If you order from MIOPS, you select the cable that matches your camera. The cable that I use on my R5 (I & II), R6 (I & II), and my 5D mark IV have a C3 (3-pin) femal...

FloridaDrafter · 01-09-2026

@JeffreyEttinge wrote: Also, how do you connect your phone camera to the MIOPS device? Will it work with an iphone? Bluetooth. So if your phone supports it [Bluetooth] you can "pair" it with the MIOPS trigger. Once paired, you can use the MIOPS app ...

FloridaDrafter · 01-09-2026

@JeffreyEttinge wrote: What do you use then to trigger it? And the only connecting cable I see is the Nero for sub mini Canon cameras? What kind of cable do you use to connect the MIOPS unit to the camera shutter trigger port? As mentioned, my pri...

FloridaDrafter · 01-08-2026

I don't use a laser. But the MIOPS unit only acts as a receiver so you would need a laser pointer to make a trigger line. I wouldn't use a laser because of the possibility that it might blind or temporarily blind the bird when it breaks the beam to t...

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