Ok lens for amateur bird photography according to Optyczne (lenstip)
"...amateur"? And just "ok"? Given that full time professional bird photographer Roman Kurywczak has made a lot of use of the Sigma zooms such as the 150-600 Contemporary, and expresses great satisfaction with their performance, I conclude that Optyczne/Lenstip need to get down from the fake elitist pedestal and bestow appropriate praise. Because this lens beats those Sigmas.
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gear is likley 5% of the equation ,having big expensive primes just sort of gives you some credence in wildlife fraternity ,but the magic comes from other sources mainly light ,subject and knowledge .
Not really
really so what sony lenses give blurry images ,and blurry images could be the intent of the photographer for impressionist effect
lens properties are important most times more than the camera
They can be but photographers know this but lenses have become so now days even the chinese ones perform at a level of perfection
And a blurry images with nice colors is just blurry
really now we all know what we like ,but your not going to win any more awards with sharp image than a intended blurry image ,its the photographers intent ,or the moment ,light ,behaviour, and understanding of the subject that wins ,gear is just gear and only component of your photography.unique images tend be better imo regardless of sharpness of your image ,
This lens is not sharp like others. It is simply the only option in this range and it has very nice ergonomics. This does not make it a great lens but the only lens people can afford like the various Sigma 150-600 Tamron 150-500
You have a very pointed view on what great is (technical perfection above all else), but for me this is the greatest lens I have in my collection (even with the 600 f/4) because it is such an effective gateway drug. No it's not razor crispy sharp like the other GMs, but it's more than adequate for what you get.
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This is a 100% magnified crop from a full frame uncropped image covering the whole bird
The detail is just not there
this is a similar 1:1 crop with Panasonic Leica 200mm on Micro Four Thirds
Even if the subject is smaller the details are there this lens is much better than the Sony 200-600
Honestly the first picture looks better. First one looks like you're just too far away, second one looks waxy.
According to lenstip the sony resolve 50 lp/mm with a 42 megapixel sensor
The Panasonic resolves 90 lp/mm with a 16 megapixel sensor
Since the results are in lines per mm, pixel density is much more important here. The LP/mm would've been much fairer of a comparison if they used the A7RIV/V's 61MP sensor. Alternatively if the subject covers the frame equally across both systems, use the LP/LH instead for a wholistic measurement.
Here I shot with a 20 megapixel sensor but in essence the two systems produce at the end the same result. So you don't loose anything going micro four thirds and the system is lighter
Ultimately the point is if you want to go full frame for super high quality wildlife you need primes. The cheap zooms would give a cost effective bulky system and the IQ improvement may not be there at all
I tend to agree with you - FF advantage is
not in telephotos unless you have big primes like the 400 f/2.8, which for some reason there's no 200 f/1.4 or 300 f/2 lens for MFT. That being said, the Panasonic you mentioned is 2x the price of the 200-600, so hardly a fair comparison there.
