Great Blue Herons Require a Very Long Lens, at least in my backyard
Related: Ardea herodias, Olympus, Olympus Lenses, Olympus M.Zuiko, Olympus M.Zuiko 150-400mm f/4.5 IS PRO, Olympus Zuiko SHG, Olympus Zuiko SHG 35-100mm f/2 ED
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Below, my shot today of a Great Blue Heron, with a very inadequate 100mm focal length om the Olympus ZUIKO SHG 35-100mm f/2 ED (100mm is equivalent to 208mm in 35mm format).
That’s why the Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 150-400mm f/4.5 would be so darn handy... that heron would fill the frame at the long end of the 150-400mm at its 400mm setting and with the built-in TC 1.25X, it offers 5X the magnification (25X smaller area) than the 100mm of the 35-100mm zoom.
Please use these links to buy, thank you.
Olympus E-M1 Mark II + Olympus Zuiko SHG 35-100mm f/2 ED @ 207.6mm equiv (100mm)
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Of course, context matters: sometimes you can get really close.
NIKON D2X + Nikon AF-S VR 70-200mm f/2.8 IF ED @ 300mm equiv (200mm)
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