NEX-5N Wildlife Shots by zackiedawg

sony nex dh1758 conversion lens 55-210mm

NEX-5N autofocus in action to capture these ducks in flight.


sony nex dh1758 conversion lens 55-210mm

Sony NEX-5N with 55-210mm OSS and DH1758 1.7x Conversion Lens


Here are some excellent photos produced by the NEX-5N and the 55-210mm OSS lens with a 1.7x Tele Conversion lens attached taken by zackiedawg. He uses the NEX-5N in A or S mode with Auto ISO. He makes sure that the shutter speed is fast enough to eliminate any camera movement. Autofocus is set to AF-S. He is producing excellent results with such a portable setup.

Here is zackiedawg's description of the VCL-DH1758 1.7x Tele Conversion Lens:
For those unfamiliar, these tele-extenders screw on to the filter threads on the end of the lens, and optically magnify the lens without light loss - so the effective range of the 55-210mm lens with the 1.7x extender onboard goes from 210mm max to 357mm max. This is a very useful range on the NEX body, given the 1.5x crop which allows for over 500mm effective range, and the fact that it loses no additional light means a slowish lens like the 55-210mm isn't hampered further which would have killed AF - instead, AF remains perfectly fast and reliable in all light, just as without the extender.

All images are by zackiedawg and clicking on them will lead you to full size images from his pbase account.

sony nex dh1758 conversion lens 55-210mm

Red-bellied woodpecker


sony nex dh1758 conversion lens 55-210mm
sony nex dh1758 conversion lens 55-210mm

Squirrel and Squirrel at 100% crop


sony nex dh1758 conversion lens 55-210mm

Blue-winged teal duck


sony nex dh1758 conversion lens 55-210mm

Cormorant


sony nex dh1758 conversion lens 55-210mm

VCL-DH1758 attached to the 55-210mm OSS via 49mm to 58mm step up ring.


sony nex dh1758 conversion lens 55-210mm

Thanks zackiedawg!

Comments

  1. These are great shots. I've had this adapter on my wish list for a while. I finally broke down and bought a cheaper one and regret it (but only $25, so not a lot of regret).

    The Canon 500D macro doubler is another nice pairing with the SEL55210. I regularly go out hiking with that combo by itself. The other day I was shooting mayflies in flight (crazy hard) when suddenly a vulture came over the ridge very low and circled, giving me enough time to unscrew the doubler, turn on autofocus back on, and get a few dozen shots of the vulture before going back to the mayflies.

    Example 500D all the way out to 210mm:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ikewinski/8630840139/

    The mayflies and vulture shots are also posted near that point in my photostream. I don't consider the mayflies as good examples. I had to open the aperture wide so I could shoot as fast as possible. Autofocus cannot possibly work at the speed they move with such tiny focal range. Manual focus is likewise impossible. So only "lucky focus" gets the goods, and even then it isn't great.



    Although I own the official emount macro lens, SEL30M35, I never touch it.

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