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A 600mm lens is often called essential for bird photography, but is it really? This video questions that common advice and explores what you actually need to photograph birds well.

A 600mm lens is often called essential for bird photography, but is it really? This video questions that common advice and explores what you actually need to photograph birds well.
If you're getting into bird photography, then you've probably heard the same advice. You need to have a 600mm lens in order to properly photograph birds. And look, I can understand why people say that. Birds are small, they're often far away, and so filling the frame with those birds does require a longer lens. Or does it? Check out my latest video to find out, and don't forget to subscribe.