Next level @ 600mm

I’m in love, and I finally did it! For two years I’ve been eyeing 600mm lenses to get closer to the animals. I never had the money. My trusty old Sigma 150-500mm was now a good 15 years old, and you could really only use it up to 450mm because it got blurry towards the end. On my Z6, it was a bottleneck in terms of focus speed. The new weapon in my arsenal is the Nikon Z 180-600mm, designed for the Z system, and what a difference! It zooms lightning fast, is razor-sharp at 600mm, and has a ton of other cool features – a lot has happened in the last 15 years. 

I went for my first test yesterday and pinned my hopes on the old cemetery. There are usually lots of birds there, and maybe a few squirrels playing in the snow. I wasn’t disappointed; at times, four or five animals were hopping around me. This shot wasn’t taken in the snow, but it shows what the new lens is capable of. I’m blown away.