Hiroki - Low Light
When the light gives up, these lenses take over.
You're shopping in the right place if...
You shoot in December and January. You're on a peg at 8:30am on a grey, leaden morning where the light feels barely sufficient to find the birds, let alone swing through them. You shoot clay grounds beneath mature woodland — dappled, shadowed and nearly devoid of contrast. You pursue driven pheasant late in the season when days are short, skies are flat, and targets lift against backgrounds that offer almost nothing to distinguish them from the air.
Or perhaps your challenge is simpler: the day started fine, cloud rolled in, and now everything looks washed out — including the targets.
Low Light conditions typically include:
●Dull winter days in December, January and February
●Early morning game shooting — dawn flighting, morning driven days before the light establishes
●Heavy and unbroken cloud cover at any time of year
●Shooting beneath tree canopies and in valley venues with restricted sky
●Indoor clay ranges and covered stands
●Late afternoon and dusk shooting as the season closes out
●Rapidly deteriorating conditions where the day started in Medium Sun and the weather moved in
If shooting late in the season or in genuinely poor light is a meaningful part of your year, you should own at least one Low Light lens.
