This Robin was absolutely certain I was going to give it some feed, did nothing but pose on different bushes for me. The Robins (and Blue Tits) at Middleton are so dependent on hand outs even at this time of year.
Taken with my Fuji XT50 & Tamron 150-500mm, ƒ/10 1/4000 500mm ISO5000. First time with a bit of post polish from NIK Collection, quite fun to play with.
Bonus fat Robin
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Humble? It is proud as fuck! Look at the photo, for Cthulhu’s ass sake!
Hes humble bragging I guess, he knows how pretty he is
Great lighting here. That lens is damn sharp at 500mm. I really need to look into some longer lenses.
Yeah I got lucky as he was moving around so much and he eventually went into a good spot rather than deep shade. Was hard to get the exposure right without crushing and blowing out the low and highlights, he was pitch black in the raw before I edited it.
For the money I paid its been fantastic, I paid half what a used Fuji 150-600mm would cost, for a brand new grey import. Only thing I do not like is that its heavy (about 1.9kg by itself) and it doesnt support teleconverters. Both are a side effect of it being a full frame lens that Tamron repurposed for APS-C. z
How much reach you got? I want more than I have already, if only mine would support a teleconverter.
Your 500mm on APS-C is 750mm FF equivalent. I have a 75-300mm on a MFT sensor so 600mm FF equivalent.
Yeah those FF lenses are large and in charge. 1.9kg (4.2lbs) is over double my whole kit. My camera and lens is just over 0.9kg (2lbs). The lens by itself is 425g (15oz).
I’m looking at a 100-400mm lens that’s the next step up from the one I have. It’s double the weight, but is also sharper and has built in OIS. My current lens has no image stabilization and relies on IBIS. I’m just waiting to find one listed on eBay for under $800 and it’s mine.
Whats the next size up from the 100-400mm for you? X Mount doesnt have anything bigger than 600mm native without a teleconverter, so stuck at 900mm full frame, and I wouldnt get that lens as its only slightly longer and very slightly sharper than mine, but its also slower at the top end, f8 vs f6.7.
I would rather get the 500mm prime, now that is a big step up in quality. Its significantly lighter than the Tamron, at 1.3kg but I would be still pushing 1.7kg for body and lens. 0.9kg is mental for that much of reach, I would be stepping down to my 17-40mm to get to that little.
I would really want 1000mm native, which is possible with that lens and the teleconverter. Much of our reserves are off limits to humans to protect the birds so you are always at a big distance. Only about 8% of England is publicly accessible, we just do not get the same access to close up to wildlife.
I binned IBIS, I felt it was impacting sharpness and causing haloing on my Fuji. I shoot fast enough that its not really needed most of the time, and when I shoot slow its normally on a tripod or I rely on OIS thats in most of my lenses.
OM System has a 150-600mm which I believe is the longest they make. It’s also compatible with a 2x teleconverter. I couldn’t imagine getting 2400mm FF. I think I’d be happy with the 100-400mm and maybe the 1.4x teleconverter. 1120mm FF seems like plenty, seeing as I’m at 600mm now. You can’t beat 800mm equivalent for $800.
OM has an excellent 300mm f/4 prime I dream of. It’s the sharpest telephoto lens they have, but it’s pricey at $2500. Some folks here have it and I’m envious.
I actually like the IBIS a lot on my camera. I took this photo handheld @ 286mm, f/8, 1/50s and I’m really impressed how sharp it is.
Thats lovely.
I just feel mine isnt consistent, especially at lower speeds, its definitely more consistent with it off.
I would kill for that amount of reach, would be able to get some of the birds they pick up on the proper scopes that the twitchers use.
Cannot beat a large prime if you got the pockets for it, but I dont. To replace my Tamron I would want both the 200mm and the 500mm, thats about £5k used.
I am waiting for the XH3s to be launched then the 2s will drop even more and that will be my next purchase. The XH2s actually has an electronic shutter worth using due to its very low readout time, and its burst mode is 40 fps without cropping.
Yeah I use electronic shutter almost exclusively now. My OM-1 has a stacked sensor so the readout time is really fast, something like 6ms. I don’t notice any rolling shutter. I think I can push it to 50fps with C-AF or 120fps locked.
Wow thats fast, would love that sort of performance, must make actionshots so much easier. XT50 is like 50ms, its fine as long as you don’t go faster than 4000/s so you can still use the mechanical shutter, but 8fps is super painful
European robin, because it took me 40 years to realize the american robin had a cousin
Do yours sing a lot. Europeans come over and ask what that lovely song bird is. They’re really vocal before sunrise
Fun fact, their robin isn’t really even a cousin to ours. Their robin is in the Muscicapidae family. Alaska has two species in that family and that’s pretty much it for the US. Our robin is a thrush in the Turdidae family. You know that song “Blackbird” by the Beatles? It’s about the civil rights movement, but also loosely about the European common blackbird which is a cousin to our robin.
“European common blackbird”
Like a rusty blackbird or crow?
We don’t have many small all black birds up here in Ontario. A Grackle is the only one that comes to mind. I just saw my first rusty blackbird last weekend as it was migrating through.
You guys probably get red-winged blackbirds too. They’re a cousin of the grackles. You might also get Baltimore orioles, also Icterids. The rusty blackbird is also an Icterid.
This is the European common blackbird. Not my photo. You can tell just by looking at them they’re related to our robin.
We get all of those, except the blackbird.
Bird migration is in full swing. The warblers are coming. First few have arrived. My favorite time of the year.
I was lucky last year with the Orioles, Tanager and the wax wings. Some smaller guys too.
These photos are really good. You should post them here for us all to see. We’ve seen a ton of warblers over the last few weeks too. Some stuff is still migrating, but most of the more common birds are back.
I’m up on the north shore of Lake Ontario. They will come and be gone in a month. Some stay but many pass on to the north.
Same here. Some move through North to Canada. Again, these are really great photos. Thanks for sharing. I really want to get a waxwing.
Yeah, ours is one of the most vocal garden/small woodland birds going, and the most numerous, I think a lot of other birds seem to rely on its alarm calls as an early warning.
The US one looks so different, pretty in a different way.
Do they nest in the dumbest places. Front porch lights and basically anywhere they can build an open twig nest. Or do they live in holes.
Ours live in the open style nests and crows frequently raid them for eggs
Wow, I love the colours!
Thank you!
