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First attempt at photographing birds with R, and a question about lenses

Started Jan 29, 2021 | Discussions thread
Nimonus Contributing Member • Posts: 556
Re: First attempt at photographing birds with R, and a question about lenses

Marximus wrote:

I'd recommend the Sigma 150-600 C. It's just slightly outside your budget at $899 but you could probably find a good used copy. I tried it on my R5 this past weekend and it was surprisingly sharp, comparable to my 100-400 with 1.4x (and you gain 2/3 of a stop of light), so it should do even better on the R. And you'll still be able to use it on your M6, although that pixel density will be quite a bit more difficult to resolve. It's just a shade over four pounds. A couple samples below (heavy crop on the moon shot):

For birding, lens focal length is like our TV.
Once have watched 80" or 100" TV, we really don't want go back to 30-40"🙂

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