{"id":1541,"date":"2016-03-07T17:58:18","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T02:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/?p=1541"},"modified":"2016-03-07T17:58:18","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T02:58:18","slug":"extending-the-focal-length-with-dh1758","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/?p=1541","title":{"rendered":"Extending the focal length with DH1758"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been trying to figure out the best way to extend my focal length for an upcoming season of wildlife viewing since my 70-210mm is the longest lens I currently have and I was not happy with that lens ability last summer.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m also not really wanting to have to spend $600 plus to get it Sony glass or have to spend more to get adapters to use Canon or Nikon glass, so after some research I found the solution for me: the Sony VCL- DH1758\u00c2\u00a0Tele Conversion Lens with a step-up ring.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The image below shows\u00c2\u00a0what it looks like with 70mm (left), 210mm (center) and the \u00c2\u00a0DH1758 (left) extended fully on the 210mm (left), all shots done without a tripod. \u00c2\u00a0What a difference! I&#8217;m excited to see what kind of results I get this season.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1543\" style=\"width: 1410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/DH1758.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1543\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1543 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/DH1758.jpg\" alt=\"DH1758\" width=\"1400\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/DH1758.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/DH1758-300x79.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/DH1758-1024x269.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">70mm, 210mm, 210mm w\/ DH1758<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been trying to figure out the best way to extend my focal length for an upcoming season of wildlife viewing since my 70-210mm is the longest lens I currently have and I was not happy with that lens ability &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/?p=1541\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1541"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}