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HAB911

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8. oh yeah

Reply to Gato Moteado (Reply #6)

Thu Dec 11, 2025, 07:06 AM

22 hrs ago

there is a marginal loss of quality, but for the feeder/bath photos I'm shooting through double pane glass which I bet causes most of the detail loss. AF is better than the 200-500 f mount on the z8 and with subject detection, I'm satisfied.

Using primes, I remember Andy telling someone, "we're too old for primes, we need to zoom", lol

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Even at 1200mm I feel fortunate to get close enough [View all] HAB911 Tuesday OP

Very nice portraits! HappyH Tuesday #1

thanks! HAB911 Wednesday #4

Wonderfully detailed, my dear HAB911! Marvelous portraits. Thank you! CaliforniaPeggy Tuesday #2

nice!! what rig were you using to get 1200mm of focal length? Gato Moteado Tuesday #3

Those are nice! HAB911 Wednesday #5

no shit? a 2x on the 180-600mm? wow.... Gato Moteado Wednesday #6

oh yeah HAB911 22 hrs ago #8

i like primes... Gato Moteado 8 hrs ago #11

Lemme see if I got this right HAB911 -- Unlike Tom Sawyer's friends, you George McGovern Wednesday #7

LOL, correct HAB911 22 hrs ago #9

Well, it worked well this time for sure. George McGovern 18 hrs ago #10