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Hey Phil, good points. Some comments from me below. I think this is a common characteristic of macro lenses. Firstly, the focus throw at close distances is much longer as compared to longer ...

Very tempting.

My pleasure Snapa! I'll surely post more now that Covid restrictions have been eased and most parks have been opened.

Thanks a lot Phil! This was the first time we got such a chance. Usually we spot these birds up on power lines, and we don't venture out much in the rain anyway.

Thanks a lot Justin! The European Roller is a passage migrant in our parts. We have a resident species, the Indian Roller or Coracias benghalensis that is more deeply coloured and can be seen among ...

Thanks for appreciating it!

Gorgeous! I should buy this lens instead of mucking about with tubes and vintage M42s.

We were out birding in the rain, when we saw these Rollers perch and balance on twigs. Shot from within a car so that the birds don't flee and the gear stays dry. Is it taking a bath? Cars aren't ...

I have this Neewer flash. It used to work fine with my NEX-6, but it doesn't work well on the a6400. I get frequent exposure issues when using it in TTL mode.

You seem to have resurrected an ancient thread. I wonder how you even managed to find it. This thread should be locked. Anyway, the OP was talking about vintage lenses, so micro AF adjustment is ...

There's your answer. Anyway, native usually beats third-party. I was considering the 60-600mm, couldn't find it in stock, and then switched back to a native Sony solution, which has worked well. An ...

Use your camera's User mode or Memory Recall mode to configure it to shoot BiF. Keep your general wildlife mode on another mode, preferably M. It will help you switch between the two with just one ...

A bigger body, allowing room for a larger EVF and LCD, as well as enough space between the right edge and the main dial, so that it doesn't keep on getting pressed by the palm... We'll hopefully ...

The results are excellent! The photos have evidently been taken in good light, but I was still surprised to see the sharpness at 1/100s shutter speed and wide open aperture. Did you use a tripod ...

We really need cross-type focus points. It's extremely difficult to get focus lock on tiny birds perching on a twig, when the background is busy. Of course, the camera can be rotated 90°, but it ...

The test firmware is gone. From what I have heard on this forum, the v1.9 firmware available on the website doesn't have it any longer. Just a coincidence, but I too found out that the link is ...

Nice little bird. Kingfishers like to perch on such posts from which they can spot fish swimming by. I guess bird photographers should make it a habit to plant sticks in lake and river beds, if it ...

Thanks Kev, these Water Kingfishers are from Asia. We have other more colourful Kingfisher species from the River and Tree families, so these entertaining birds get passed over most of the time. ...

This Pied Kingfisher was perching on a conveniently located stem by the roadside. It didn't budge when we stopped and sat down on the lake shore to photograph it. It wasn't even perturbed when 10 ...

Here are some photos from recent birding trips: Short-eared Owl, creative crop Small Pratincole White-eyed Buzzard, with a leaf casting a shadow on its head Jungle Cat (Felis chaus) Desert Wheatear ...