Which models of Sony micro-single are suitable for shooting birds, and how to configure the lens?

Shooting birds (commonly known as shooting birds) is known to all who have known or tried it, and the requirements for equipment are relatively high.

A camera should focus fast, continuous shooting fast, have high sensitivity and high pixel. In this way, Quan Huafu and flagship machine have great advantages, such as Sony's α 7R Ⅲ. Of course, Sony's professional flagship full-frame camera α9, which specializes in shooting sports and ecological themes, should be said to be the best bird shooting camera in Sony's micro-single.

So, does it mean that other cameras are not suitable for shooting birds? Of course not. Different levels of equipment have different ways of playing. After all, not everyone is a professional photographer. Playing photography is a state of mind, and it is not necessary for everyone to shoot high-quality blockbusters. The performance of α6500 in APS-C format is very good, but there are some gaps compared with Quan Huafu in high-sensitivity performance, pixels and image quality. The performance of α6300 is also good, and it is no problem to shoot birds. As for Sony's early entry-level models, it is not recommended to try them in vain, such as α5000. Continuous shooting sometimes pulls the bellows when focusing on a still object, not to mention patting a bird.

Let's talk about the lens configuration of Sony micro-single bird camera first. As we all know, the bird-catching lens must be telephoto, and the focal length of 300mm can be said to be a start. For people who are particularly patient, under the condition of camouflage, or who are not afraid of people shooting birds, 200mm focal length can also be used to shoot birds.

Sony's micro single lens is still young, and there is not much room for telephoto lens selection. There is basically no telephoto lens in APS-C frame, but it is ok to use Quan Huafu lens with E-mount on APS-C frame lens, and the equivalent focal length is enlarged by about 1.5 times.

Sony micro-single bird lens configuration scheme has the following three kinds:

1, Quan Huafu lens Fe100-400mm f4.5-5.6 gmoss.

For players who are not poor in money, this lens should be the first choice, which is also the lens with the largest focal length of Sony E-mount known by Bian Xiao. This lens is a professional lens with high positioning. At present, only such a lens can play the excellent performance of α9. At present, the price of this lens is 1.7 ~ 1.8 million yuan, while the price of α9 is about 26,000 yuan, and it takes more than 40,000 yuan to get it. For non-professional amateurs, this is not necessarily a decision.

2. Quan Huafu lens FE 70-300mm F4.5-5.6 G OSS.

The online price of this lens is more than 8000 yuan, but the telephoto end is smaller than before 100mm, which can be said to be the starting focal length of bird shooting.

3、SEL70200GM+SEL20TC

This scheme consists of FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS lens and 2.0 times rangefinder. SEL70200GM is also a high-end lens with f2.8 constant aperture. It should be said that the optical performance is very good, but the price is also high (the price quoted by a company is close to1.8000 yuan), and the SEL20TC rangefinder is about 4300 yuan. For those who already have this lens, this scheme can be adopted. However, with the addition of rangefinder, the aperture of the far lens will become f5.6, and generally speaking, the image quality will also decline.

Therefore, for Sony micro-single users who want to shoot birds, the cheaper and better configuration may be α6500+FE 70-300mm F4.5-5.6 G OSS, and the full set price is about 1.6 million yuan.