The hardest decision I want to make today
Sep 16, 2020 16:41:28 #
I will use the other one when yuh ou arenot using
Nice lens.
Do you know what you call a camera with a very big lens?
A Canon
Nice lens.
Do you know what you call a camera with a very big lens?
A Canon
Sep 16, 2020 18:25:27 #
Sell both lenses and one body, get a second mortgage and get yourself this lens.
There is even one that was modified to work with a Canon body.
https://petapixel.com/2015/01/09/nikon-1200-1700mm-helps-french-photogs-capture-hostage-situation-safe-distance/
There is even one that was modified to work with a Canon body.
https://petapixel.com/2015/01/09/nikon-1200-1700mm-helps-french-photogs-capture-hostage-situation-safe-distance/
Sep 16, 2020 19:21:35 #
John7199 wrote:
What size are those Bad Boys!
The taller one is the Canon 500 f4, the other is a Canon 400 F4 DO
Sep 16, 2020 19:42:49 #
jim quist wrote:
Is which one to sit on the front porch with to take pictures of our birds.
My name says it all!
Sep 16, 2020 19:50:38 #
Jay Drew
Loc: Boise, Id.
God only knows how tough U have it:-) I hope U have a really good tripod & perhaps a gamble head like the RRS one.
I have a 600mm Nikon & I had a really hard time getting it positioned on my ball head. (It's god awefull heavy) I do need a good gimble head.
I bought an old 600mm lens to shoot the total solar eclipse, but I hadn't realized how fast the sun moves relative to a 600mm lens. I couldn't get the camera centered on the intersection of the sun & moon, all while looking through a solar filter. I came away covered in sweet & frustrated.
It's not so hard to aim & focus on non-moving subjects
Have fun, Jay
I have a 600mm Nikon & I had a really hard time getting it positioned on my ball head. (It's god awefull heavy) I do need a good gimble head.
I bought an old 600mm lens to shoot the total solar eclipse, but I hadn't realized how fast the sun moves relative to a 600mm lens. I couldn't get the camera centered on the intersection of the sun & moon, all while looking through a solar filter. I came away covered in sweet & frustrated.
It's not so hard to aim & focus on non-moving subjects
Have fun, Jay
Sep 16, 2020 19:53:48 #
Sep 16, 2020 20:49:12 #
John7199
Loc: Eastern Mass.
jim quist wrote:
The taller one is the Canon 500 f4, the other is a Canon 400 F4 DO
Thanks Jim
Sep 16, 2020 21:45:01 #
Jay Drew wrote:
God only knows how tough U have it:-) I hope U hav... (show quote)
I have a Gitzo tripod with the Wimberley Gimble head, and a Gitzo monopod with the Wimberley Monogimble head. Love both setups, but prefer hand holding when I can.
Sep 16, 2020 22:00:09 #
Sep 16, 2020 22:02:09 #
jim quist wrote:
Is which one to sit on the front porch with to take pictures of our birds.
Not enough information to make a intelligent decision.
Sep 17, 2020 03:53:17 #
jim quist wrote:
Is which one to sit on the front porch with to take pictures of our birds.
Yikes.
$$$ I know a professional wildlife photographer and she does not even own Canon lenses that long, she rents them when she goes on assignments. Fast 800mm, on up and the like. Say for Polar Bears and Lions. I can barely hold my 100-300mm Zoom steady handheld. But since I mainly photograph flowers I am more at home with a 100mm Macro Lens on a tripod.
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Sep 17, 2020 10:15:45 #
jim quist wrote:
Is which one to sit on the front porch with to take pictures of our birds.
Or trade those outfits in for a new car.
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