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Review: SONY 600MM F4 GM OSS

Hands on review Sony 600mm f4 GM OSS

Review: SONY 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS

Sony provided me with the upcoming Sony 200-600mm f5.6-6.3 G OSS lens. To test the lens I went to the Nemunas Delta in Lithuania for a week

PHOTOGRAPHING FIGHTING BLACK GROUSE WITH THE SONY A9 AND SONY 400MM F2.8 GM OSS

For the past 5 weeks I have been working with black grouse and capercaillie photography. Most of the work consist out of getting my...

Review: SONY A9 part 2

Sony a9, Sony 100-400mm f4.5-5.6, @ f7.1, 1/2500s, iso 200. For this winter touring season I had planned, just like last year, to write a...

Review: FIRST IMPRESSIONS SONY a9

Currently I have the Sony a9, together with a small collection of Sony lenses, in my possession. I'm borrowing the kit from Sony in order...

BEHIND THE BIRCHES

Over the past few years I have photographed wild reindeer at several locations and in different settings. But until now this has always...

PUFFINS ON THE ISLAND RUNDE

Since I moved to Norway it has been a wish for me to visit the bird island Runde at the Norwegian west coast. From April until August...

Tutorial. HOW TO PHOTOGRAPH WILD REINDEER

The decision is made, you are going to make an adventurous photography tour in the real wilderness of Norway. Forests as far as the eye...

NOW OR NEVER.

Just as previous years, the first week of May results in some spectacular shows on the black grouse lek. The hormone levels in the black...

Manual: How to find a capercaillie lek and how to photograph on the lek.

Capercaillie male and female on the lek. First of all I have to say that the methods I describe in this article, are the ones which work...