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What lens for wildlife photography?
On Apr 30, 2018, Davoud wrote
(in article ): I wouldn't invest in a wildlife lens before looking at the soon-to-be-released Questar 5. While the Questar 5 might well be endowed with fine optics, price, and reputation, I question just how suitable it would be as a practical wildlife lens in the field. I am sure it will perform superbly as a terrestrial spotting scope, but I am also sure that photographers shooting wildlife, from animals on the move to tracking birds in flight, will find it to be a tad unwieldly. However, I am also sure that there will be a handful of photographers prepared to pay the price in cash and/or awkward handling for that scope just for some strange sort of bragging rights. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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What lens for wildlife photography?
On 2018-05-01 02:14:48 +0000, Davoud said:
I wouldn't invest in a wildlife lens before looking at the soon-to-be-released Questar 5. According to the specs, linked below posted by RichA it's a 1780/14 elephant... I'll will check out my "new" 500/8 mirror before a bring one of those on a safari! Just waiting for the T2-EF adapter... https://www.cloudynights.com/uploads/monthly_04_2018/post-138049-0-94441400-1524532747_thumb.jpg -- teleportation kills |
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What lens for wildlife photography?
In article .com,
Savageduck says... https://www.dropbox.com/s/qrpea4ijzw3kxbl/DSC_3629-E.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/4uvzrovv5d4gvmr/DSC_3633-E.jpg Red eyes...? Perhaps try without flash. -- Alfred Molon Olympus E-series DSLRs and micro 4/3 forum at https://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyOlympus/ https://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site |
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What lens for wildlife photography?
In article , PeterN says...
I did not get the 200-500, because it seems to be a very good, and sharp lens, Probably because of the weight, not the lens sharpness. I am unable to carry it easily for more than about 1/2 hour. How about then a smaller, lighter system such as m4/3 for instance? -- Alfred Molon Olympus E-series DSLRs and micro 4/3 forum at https://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyOlympus/ https://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site |
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What lens for wildlife photography?
On May 1, 2018, Whisky-dave wrote
(in ): On Monday, 30 April 2018 17:24:07 UTC+1, Savageduck wrote: On Apr 30, 2018, David B. wrote (in article ): On 30/04/2018 13:31, Savageduck wrote: Big cats are a start. https://www.dropbox.com/s/qrpea4ijzw3kxbl/DSC_3629-E.jpg That's a fantastic image! :-) https://www.dropbox.com/s/4uvzrovv5d4gvmr/DSC_3633-E.jpg They seem to know that they are photogenic. https://www.dropbox.com/s/qpfv07cuiki518s/DSC_3647.jpg Cute little kitties ;-) where were the photo taken. South Africa. The GPS data is in the EXIF. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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What lens for wildlife photography?
On May 1, 2018, Alfred Molon wrote
(in . com): In iganews.com, Savageduck says... https://www.dropbox.com/s/qrpea4ijzw3kxbl/DSC_3629-E.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/4uvzrovv5d4gvmr/DSC_3633-E.jpg Red eyes...? Perhaps try without flash. No red eyes, no flash. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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What lens for wildlife photography?
On 4/30/2018 11:32 PM, android wrote:
On 2018-05-01 02:14:48 +0000, Davoud said: I wouldn't invest in a wildlife lens before looking at the soon-to-be-released Questar 5. According to the specs, linked below posted by RichA it's a 1780/14 elephant... I'll will check out my "new" 500/8 mirror before a bring one of those on a safari! Just waiting for the T2-EF adapter... https://www.cloudynights.com/uploads/monthly_04_2018/post-138049-0-94441400-1524532747_thumb.jpg I have an old Nikkor mirror 500mm, f8, complete with the original leather carrying case. (circa about 1975.) I bought it used for $100. It works for still wildlife, in situations when I can prefocus. My 70-200, with my 1.7 TC, gives me a sharper image, with more clarity, when cropped. I haven't used it in several years. The last time I used it was as a close up lens, with extension tubes. It gave me some interesting effects. -- PeterN |
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What lens for wildlife photography?
On 5/1/2018 6:26 AM, Alfred Molon wrote:
In article , PeterN says... I did not get the 200-500, because it seems to be a very good, and sharp lens, Probably because of the weight, not the lens sharpness. Of course. If I can't carry it, I have little use for it. I also looked at the Nikkor 600mm, f4. It's purchase would lighten my wallet, but not enough to make up for the carrying weight. Several years ago we were considering buying a house on Sanibel. If we had, I would have purchased that lens. I am unable to carry it easily for more than about 1/2 hour. How about then a smaller, lighter system such as m4/3 for instance? Wouldn't work for me. -- PeterN |
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What lens for wildlife photography?
On 4/30/2018 10:39 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On Apr 30, 2018, Davoud wrote (in article ): I wouldn't invest in a wildlife lens before looking at the soon-to-be-released Questar 5. While the Questar 5 might well be endowed with fine optics, price, and reputation, I question just how suitable it would be as a practical wildlife lens in the field. I am sure it will perform superbly as a terrestrial spotting scope, but I am also sure that photographers shooting wildlife, from animals on the move to tracking birds in flight, will find it to be a tad unwieldly. However, I am also sure that there will be a handful of photographers prepared to pay the price in cash and/or awkward handling for that scope just for some strange sort of bragging rights. I have met several wildlife photographers who use spotting scopes. There primary goal is simple to get a image of the bird, as opposed to taking a reasonably high quality photograph. It seems to me that a scope properly mounted on a gimbal would not be more awkward than any other manual focus lens. -- PeterN |
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What lens for wildlife photography?
On Sun, 29 Apr 2018 14:31:42 +1200, Eric Stevens
wrote: A YouTube video included the latest Nikon Rumours.. https://nikonrumors.com/2018/04/28/w...lash-468.aspx/ Good value even if you don't own a Nikon. First what I have shot with over the years: D70/D200/D300/D7100/D500 18-70 kit lens 1st gen 70-200f f2.8 VR 1st gen 200-400 f/ VR 18-200 VR 2nd gen 18-300 VR TC-1.4-EII TC-2-EII My long go to combo is the 200-400 f4 + TC-14 on my D500 these days. I handhold 99.9% of my shots. I thought long and hard and this combo is at the 100+% level of what I carry around while walking the rivers around Yorktown and Jamestown, VA. To be honest though I find this too heavy to reliably pan photos at sports car races at VIR. The 70-200+ either TC is much lighter and useful for panning shots. One of my better eagle shots printed at 16x20 hanging in my office, http://whfoto.net/Yorktown_Eagles/20.../D5C_5512.html At the Fusileer's Redoubt across from the now American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, https://www.historyisfun.org/ |
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