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Primus wrote:
AGeoJO wrote:
Primus wrote:
Aquatech does not list a hood for the Sony. IIRC, it was rather bulky as well for the Canon.
I may explore the Lenscoat option, which while not cheap would work. One issue that may come up is if the hood is not aligned well, you would get a dark shadow at one edge like you would if a regular plastic hood is a bit off on any other lens.
Certainly makes life easier with travel internationally. Local shoots where you can take it in your car should be no problem with the original hood.
Pradeep
Pradeep, Mitesh has the Aquatech lens hood and he showed it to me when we were at Bosque in December. It works just fine; it is a collapsible or foldable lens hood and the fit doesn't have to be exact. But even the Canon OEM 600mm lens hood fits the Sony lens just fine. BTW, the green generic lens hood I purchased was originally made for Canon 600mm Mark II and the fit is excellent.
With any collapsible lens hood you can slide it further in, closer to the camera position. If it is slightly crooked, it should and it doesn't cause any vignetting. I am not familiar with the Lenscoat lens hood but I believe in general, all 3, Aquatech, Lenscoat and Rolan Pro are similar to each other.
Thanks much Joshua. Actually I may have the original Aquatech lens hood for my Canon lying around, will try that for sure.
Do you know if the maker of the green hood would be willing to make another one?
Thanks,
Pradeep
His nephew visits several birding places on a regular basis. I do bump into him from time to time and I also have his number. I will ask him to ask his uncle. I am sure that he would be willing to do it. The design is there already and the material costs less than $10, so I was told by others. So, for him it would be a nice profit. So, why not. I will let you know of his/their response.
Primus wrote:
Joshua, amazing photos of the fox. This lens is indeed fantastic at separating the subject.
I am still working on my images from Kenya, hope to post some soon.
Pradeep
Thank you, Pradeep!
Ronny Olsson wrote:
AGeoJO wrote:
Virtually all images posted here in this thread are of birds and ducks. They are wonderful and are our favorite targets. So, this morning I went out, hoping for a twofer, peregrine falcons and red foxes at this location but at the end, the peregrine falcons didn't cooperate but a red fox obliged and how it did!
I grabbed the wrong pouch and instead of bringing my TCs, I ended up taking my 14-24mm lens in that pouch. In the beginning the fox was fairly far away and I cursed that I didn't have any TCs but subsequently, I am glad I didn't because it got so close that it was almost frame filling with the bare lens.
The images before the sun came up were muted in colors. And somehow the shallow depth-of-field and the surrounding grass/vegetation, renders images on the softer side, a little "dreamy", if you will, with pastel colors. Bobby, a shooting buddy of mine, using a completely different system got similar renditions in the beginning. So, I ended up leaving the first images just like that with barely any adjustment. Later on, the colors became more intensified and when the fox approached closer to us, the first lights, although dappled, added to the vibrance. Here are two images, the first one before the sun was out and the second shows an increase intensity of the light, rendering punchier colors but yet, still soft.
Fantastic my friend !
Thank you, Ronny!
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An image from last November from Ecuador - I didn't know that it is a fairly rare HB species until later...
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