a bunch of Mallard ducks in a west end Toronto park during the early spring of 2017
Toronto. A niche in wildlife photography is populated with birders. As a hobby, a birder fills in a special need. Each year the birder searches for birds in their habitat. When first spotted, the location, date, and species of each bird is recorded (sadly, I am not a birder, but limit bird photos to my back yard or a nearby park) .
In many cases a birder will try to capture a photograph of the bird to later verify the written record. Some of our PHSC members were also birders as was the odd fair table holder. At one of our fairs in the 1980s/1990s, I met one of them. Jim McKeen retired from the hardware sales business. I bought one of his birder lenses – A Schneider Tele-Arton 240mm in a Leica screwmount. (Schneider later came under Linhoff).
The Tele-Arton is a beautiful little lens with coated elements. While the photo at left was taken with the standard zoom lens of the NEX-5 in a nearby park, I link to the Tele-Arton above and some of my sample shots showing its sharpness.
Be sure to visit one of our spring events this year. You may not find a beautiful little Arton, but you will definitely find cameras, lenses, accessories, books, and photos for your collection and user gear – film or digital! Check the lower part of the right hand sidebar for now. There will be posts closer to each event (and a slideshow of the auction lots – nearly 100 are already set to upload).
