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Sniper with a P10

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Long-time readers of GX GARNERINGS have read here posts about carema enthuaists doing stunts with their cameras: they disintergrate'em, gut'em, remove the low-pass filter or mount on self-made zoom lenses....

Here comes another enthusiast from Japan, Mushimizu, who is actually a bit of a moderate in comparsion. He didn't tamper with the camera. He only has a head-turning device which he calls dot sight slipped in the hot shoe on his GXR. On account of his testimony, the device facilitates aiming minature moving subjects which is helped by the long focal length of the P10.

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Take his dragonfly shots for example. He wrote that the dragonfly photos were taken with his GXR P10 at telephoto setting and continuous shooting mode. The focus was manually fixed at 3 - 5 meters with the lens pointed to the flying dragonflies by way of the dot sight. Fact is, the dot sight operates like what is used on a machine gun.

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If you are interested in the nitty-gritty of how the dot sight works, Mushimizu offers a reference on Wiki here. Those who are contemplating one, the dot sight with hot shoe adapter is available on a Japanese online shop here.

(Photos are used by courtesy of and copyrighted to Mushimizu)
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