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Recommend a lens for a GX7 for indoor photos of parrots

Started Mar 27, 2019 | Discussions thread
OP avianb Junior Member • Posts: 44
Re: 30mm 2.8 sample

TN Args wrote:

brentbrent wrote:

That close to her, even 2.8 might give too narrow DOF. It looks to me like the focus is on the fur between her eye and her beak, with both her eye and beak falling a bit out of focus.

And also the risk of the lens not being able to focus close enough. Macro lens to the rescue!

Macro...LOL.  I have a 100mm/2.8 macro for my Pentaxes but most of my birds scream at that lens or run/fly away. Anyway even if they didn't do that, seems to me that it's good for insects, objects and plants/flowers but not for taking photos of my birds, IMHO.   I do realize that the 30mm/20.8 is smaller although the 100mm Pentax is not a long lens except when you start focusing and the front lens element moves outward.  That really bugs the birds.

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