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Testing New Telephoto Lens

Nanci

Nanci

Alien Lover
My kit lens for the NEX is an 18-55mm. I really want a macro lens, but felt I would get more use out of a modest telephoto lens, since I can already get pretty decent macro shots, but totally miss out on creatures that are far away. The new lens is 55-210mm, so it picks up where the stock lens leaves off.

So I have a couple choices for setting. I can do autofocus, with manual fine-tuning. That's what I chose. Then, I can shoot in anti-blur mode. I did that for the last couple pics.

First we have the new house way across the street.

Then a crow, who left before I could get the 55mm shot. That's 210, cropped.

Then, my poor pool which has a leak, at 55 (the limit of the stock lens) and 210. The 210mm is not cropped.
 

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Then I thought I would try to focus on actual objects. A sun on a hummingbird feeder, and then a rabbit statue out on my little table.

These are autofocus, with manual fine-tuning. 55mm and 210 mm.
 

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Then, I switched to the anti-blur mode and tried REALLY HARD to focus, manually, but I don't have a tripod, so...Still- I'm pretty happy with its first time out.

These are 210mm, cropped.
 

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These are all the elements of my test, shot from the same point, with my iPhone.

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See that dead tree, really far back? That's what the crow was in.

Frog, the rabbit is in brumation right now. I don't have to feed him.
 
Those look good! I would definitely try to find an inexpensive tripod. I love my telephoto lens, but having a tripod really helps.

Also, I love where you live! It's so beautiful.
 
So I took this lens to Snake Road this spring. I don't know what i thought I was going to see, but it was _okay_ for snakes, but I felt limited in how close I could get, so how well focused I could get.

Then we went to St. Augustine Alligator Farm a couple weeks ago and I wished I would have had it- tons of nesting wading birds, and all I had was my iPhone, because I've already photographed all the crocs a million times...
 
My "lovely" pool is pea green now, and filled with frogs and tadpoles. No swimming for me again this summer...
 
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