White-fronted Bee-eater at Lake Panic, KNP © H Grohmann
I’ve never had a chance at getting this ‘close’ to them so this was a first. The 500mm Mirror (750mm effective) was used as I wanted to rekindle my manual shooting prowess. I deliberately left the 150-500mm at home. The (enlarged) image is a bit noisy but acceptable for a 30 year old lens design (but manufactured 2009)…and a 2006 sensor (D80) that’s quite noisy at 400 ISO never mind the 1000 ISO I have to be at to get an exposure with at least double the focal length in shutter speed to get a sharp(ish) image, and then cropped in by at least 50%. Whew…Breathe!
A number of 18-270, 100-400 and 150-500mm (Nikon) photographers came and quizzed me about the mirror 
The 400, 500 and 600mm (Canon) prime users ignored us…and they call “us” snobs! LOL.
Read about the Mighty Mirror here.
White-fronted Bee-eater at Lake Panic, KNP, RSA © H Grohmann
Leopard Look © Harvey Grohmann
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Gear I use: Bodies: Nikon D-SLR’s / Lenses: Nikon, Sigma, Tokina, Vivitar
Filters: Hoya UV & Polarizing / Flash: Nikon Speed-lights / Bag: Lowe Pro
Tripods & Heads: Manfrotto / Grips, Triggers, Timers, Batteries: Phottix
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