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Shooting Birds with the Nikon Plena 135mm f/1.8

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Shooting Birds with the Nikon Plena 135mm f/1.8
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Photography Life takes the Nikon Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena out for bird photography, testing a lens built for portraits against a very different subject. Field report with sample images.

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