The Zeiss Sonnar 50/1.5 ZM for birding?

[pepeguitarra]

Well, I did not think so. But, I run into this bird in a pond, and it let me get so close, that I it seemed as I was using my 600mm lens.


M9+ZeissSonnar50mmf1.5-GarzaCrop-1 by Palenquero, on Flickr

 

[Nokton48]

Amazing. I have never been able to get so close to a Heron.

 

[daveleo]

That IS amazing. There are lots of herons up here and I can never get within 200 feet of them before the fly off.

Nice picture !

 

[f16sunshine]

Very nice!
Careful though. Herons can be very unpredicatable and agressive at times.
They have powerful puncture potential !
Seriously, a biologist friend has a scar in his arm to prove it!

 

[pepeguitarra]

I believe this is a Great Egret, I have shot them before, but with Canon 7D / 400mm lens.

To compare, this is another Great Egret taken with my Pentax K5 and Tamron 300/2.8:

Great Egret at Bolsa by Palenquero, on Flickr


This is a blue heron I shot with the same Pentax/Tamron combination:



TamronSPAdaptall300mmf2.8+AFA1.7TC-GreatGrayHeron1-1 by Palenquero, on Flickr


This is a blue heron shot with Pentax/Sigma300mm:


sigma100-300f4-5d-markii-Heron1-1 by Palenquero, on Flickr



Great egret with Canon:

7d-Canon400-5.6-SnowEgret1-1 by Palenquero, on Flickr


EgretFishing-1 by Palenquero, on Flickr

 

[pepeguitarra]

Another egret with Canon:
Garza by Palenquero, on Flickr

 

[Nokton48]

When my Wife and I go birding, there are always digital photographers with 200-400mm zooms who are friendly and help to identify the birds for us 😀

Once a Blue Heron came up the shoreline fifty feet from us. My Minolta 400mm f5.6 APO has gotten a good workout this season. With the Minolta Apo 2x it definately pulls 'em in, but definately requires a tripod. The 400mm I can handhold, which is nice. Since I am normally shooting B&W motion picture film, it is nice that I am now using my Minolta SR-M's. Instead of one peak picture with my SRT101, I can shoot at 3.5FPS and my keeper rate is way up. I like the challenge of getting this on film.

Developed eight rolls of Neopan 400 today, and it's all the birding trips from last year. Got some pretty good stuff there, I can see.

It's still drying right now.

 

[ChrisLivsey]

Same lens ( ZM Sonnar50/1.5) not as close, but in quantity 😀
Acros 100 TD-201