Comments on: The Sony 1200mm Puffin Head Advantage https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2023/07/30/the-sony-1200mm-puffin-head-advantage/ The blog of bird photographer Arthur Morris Fri, 07 Mar 2025 15:15:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 By: Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2023/07/30/the-sony-1200mm-puffin-head-advantage/comment-page-1/#comment-2042288 Mon, 31 Jul 2023 13:54:19 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=87019#comment-2042288 In reply to Cliff Beittel.

Thanks, Cliff. I believe that George Lepp was the first to do that.

with love, a

]]> By: Cliff Beittel https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2023/07/30/the-sony-1200mm-puffin-head-advantage/comment-page-1/#comment-2042280 Mon, 31 Jul 2023 12:55:53 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=87019#comment-2042280 Twenty-five years ago, on page 50 of the hardbound The Art of Bird Photography, you advised that 2X and 1.4X teleconverters can be stacked around a 12mm extension tube and produce acceptably sharp images. I thought that idea probably came from you, but had to check. I’ve used it successfully many times even with low ISO film. I like the cooler version of the puffin–used to favor warm (Velvia), but have gone cooler with digital–and I associate puffins with cool, oceanic environments.

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