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W hether you're shooting birds in the garden or big game on safari, you'll need long telephoto lens to get the reach you need and fill the frame. There are plenty of exotic prime lenses out there that can cost a small fortune. There's no question that these monster lenses perform extremely well delivering stunning image quality with fast maximum apertures, but their hefty price tag means there out of reach for most of us. Manufacturers though are also fully aware of this, with a growing number of extreme telephoto lenses now available for the photographer who wants to get close to the action, but doesn't want to re-mortgage the house to do so. With competing lenses starting at around £750/$975 and giving extravagant reach of up to 600mm (900mm on an APS-C sensor DSLR like a  Canon EOS 7D Mark II  and  Nikon D500 ), there are plenty of options to choose from. There are some appealing own-brand Canon and Nikon lenses to choose from, but they face stiff ...

T he right end of a Mac’s menu bar can get crowded, making icons hard to find and allowing status changes to go unnoticed. This is where  Bartender 3  ($15, £15, AU$24) is useful. Its purpose is to declutter and rearrange the menu bar icons to your needs, providing you with the option to hide and reveal them as and when you want. Let’s get down to giving your menu bar an unseasonally early spring clean! After you install the app, you’ll eventually close its preferences window. To get back to it, Option-click the app’s menu bar icon or, if you choose to hide Bartender’s own icon, open the app from Finder. A quick tour of Bartender’s preferences Set visibility and searchable names for icons in the Menu Items tab. So, when using Bartender’s keyboard-based search feature, you may want to type ‘wifi’, not the default ‘AirPort’, to reveal the corresponding icon. 2. Keep it around Bartender doesn’t open at login by default. It’s wise to alter that, so your i...