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A 600mm lens lets you photograph distant birds like herons across lakes or songbirds high in trees without cropping, so they fill the frame sharp and large. The trade-off: the lens costs a lot and weighs a ton.
A 600mm lens lets you photograph distant birds like herons across lakes or songbirds high in trees without cropping, so they fill the frame sharp and large. The trade-off: the lens costs a lot and weighs a ton.
Do you actually need a 600mm lens in order to photograph birds? In this video, we're going to talk about when you actually do need a 600mm lens. The key advantage of owning a 600mm lens is reach. It's going to help you if you've got a heron that's on the other side of a lake or pond. It's going to help you if you have a small songbird up in a tree. It really does help you get the bird larger in your frame, and therefore you don't have to crop as much. The bird can appear sharper because you haven't cropped down. But does that make it worth the thousands of dollars that a 600mm lens often costs, plus the weight of carrying a huge lens like this wherever you're going? Check out my latest video to find out, and don't forget to subscribe.
