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rdcny wrote:
plenty of folks use all sorts of long lenses to shoot birds with in Central Park...that is not the sort of lens muggers want (600 F4) - too big to run off with. I have been shooting in the park since the mid- to late 1980s - no problems. The big crime days (especially in "Mugger's Woods") was the 1970s to mid-1980s...but binoculars were the target back then - smaller and one could run off fast with them. Smart birders put grey duct tape over the brand name of their bins - muggers were brand aware...and back then not many birders ventured above 96th street...these days bird photographers are in the park every night chronicling the life of a Barred Owl that arrived October 2020.
Replying to: "No the solution to that is just get a 600 f4 and a teleconverter if you need it, apparently from posts I've seen. High MP is great to me when you need to crop a lot. Spending 15 grand on a lens is one thing, carrying it around is another. I live in Manhattan, if I went to central park with a 600 f4 to shoot birds, I would be leaving the park 10 lbs lighter thanks to the helpings of others."
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I personally wouldn't feel safe to do so in central park, definitely not now of all times but to each their own.
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