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Oct 17, 2018 23:44:28   #
What kind of photos do you shoot makes some difference. Landscape, portraits could work well with 1.4 or 2x TC and you 200mm lens. Bird or wildlife would require more reach.
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Oct 17, 2018 15:08:50   #
To have a “reach” that would be a satisfactory improvement, I’m skeptical that you would delighted with a TC. 1.4 x 200 = 280 mm with a loss of 1 f-stop. You probably could buy. 300mm lens for about the same as a 300 mm lens. Best answer is to buy the Canon 100-400 mk2 if you can afford it. I shot a Canon kit 300mm for 2 years before I got a Sigma 150-500mm. Then used that for 4 years until I got the 100-400 mk2. Then I got the 1.4 TC. I’ll probably stay with this rig for a long time. Need time the save and allow technology advance for a very high ISO, high frame rate cropped or full sensor camera body in my price range.
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Oct 4, 2018 15:55:30   #
Your tripod needs to be solid. Hang some weight below to keep it stable. Your camera lens should not be able to wiggle with slight touches. I shoot on tripod with a 400mm zoom plus a 1.4 TC and do not have any problems. I actually have shot well focused images at 1/500 sec and sometimes slower and still have good focus. Also squeezing the shutter gently instead of mashing it down helps. If you want a remote, infrared remote triggers are pretty much universal for most modern DSLRs. You will need to hold the remote pointing at the receiver which is usually on the front of the camera body. But if your tripod is not strong and rigid, even the mirror bounce will cause you problems.
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Sep 19, 2018 11:35:53   #
Not all TCs fit your Canon lens or the visa versa. Crop camera lenses may not fit a TC made for full frame cameras. Auto focus may not work as the pins don’t line up and you always will lose a stop or two using a TC. But if you have the right combo, like a popular setup of Canon 100-400 mk2 with a Canon 1.4 TC mk3, you have autofocus, long reach and lose a stop.
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Sep 2, 2018 12:23:37   #
I used the dongle and iPad years ago and it only recognized jpegs. My iPad gave out after a few years so I was going to buy another. Instead I got a Microsoft Surface Pro. A bit larger than iPad but about the same weight. Has all of the function of a laptop, converts to a tablet and sees raw and jpg. On a South Africa trip I shot thousands of shots in 3 weeks and it all went into the 500GB SSD Drive without straining. Fully functional Lightroom and backed all of that on a WD 2 TB portable. I have 2 64GB cards in my camera and rarely will I fill one up on any given day. I’m really happy with the functionality of this setup.
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Aug 31, 2018 11:30:32   #
Shutter closed or open, the lens concentrates light and can be used to ignite a fire. So why the heck would you point a camera at the sun for anything more than less than a second be chance? The damage it can cause can be serious even if the damage was not the sensor itself. I don’t replace the lens cap when I’m out actively seeking subjects. But like carrying a gun, I am very conscious of which way the lens is pointing. Even when camera is on a tripod, I know it’s pointed towards the ground as I am hiking.
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Aug 27, 2018 16:49:29   #
We were there earlier this year and I took two lenses. A 18-150 Sigma and a Canon 100-400 plus a 1.4 tc. I used both lenses and found I had to use both as there is great landscapes as well as animals in a distance. I did not use my tripod as I was mostly doing wildlife and a quick landscape here and there. I have a LowePro Flipside 4 that I use for hikes. Carry in hand on a rapid strap is my 70D with the smaller lens and the larger one in the backpack mounted on my 7D mk2 with the coupler. A lot of the park can be seen just driving around. So you can have some respite from carrying all your equipment.
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Aug 12, 2018 12:37:56   #
I can do somethings with my iPhone shots that I can’t do with my 7D2, but I can pp that raw image to do most if not all the things my iPhone or any p&s camera can do. Please note someone has programmed that p&s to make images the way s/he thinks it should be done. Not necessarily what you want. Also I find the satisfaction of the process of making a great image is part of the joy. Having the image interpreted by some firmware guy does not give me that joy.
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Aug 12, 2018 12:23:38   #
Surrealistic and very interesting. I love it. One of those right place right moment. Very nice.
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Aug 1, 2018 12:25:19   #
All has been said and I too use BBF full time and will not go back to shutter focus. Just fell like I have more control.
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Jul 28, 2018 18:35:28   #
500 GB SSD Drive is plenty big for your operating system and software. Storage of your photos can be uploaded to an external drive and cloud. I only store photos temporarily on the SSD Drive while I’m on a trip and/or editing. Once I get home all gets backup to my array library (4x 4TB). Photos are deleted in preparation for the next trip. That array is mirrored on a exact duplicate array located at my sister’s home on the East Coast.
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Jul 28, 2018 12:44:50   #
I computer is only as good as its guts. If you’re doing Windows, get an i7 or better processor, lots of RAM, a 500 GB SSD c:drive and a portable hard drive for storage backup, etc. usually this combo will work well and your choice of having a larger monitor is a personal preference. I don’t use an external monitor as I also have a desktop computer and my Surface goes with me on the road.
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Jul 13, 2018 13:44:58   #
Most can have interchangeable heads. That’s not the goal. The goal is to have something ready to go right now. If they have the funds and it’s her passion, why not have multiple rigs setups?
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Jul 13, 2018 13:30:40   #
If necessary ask for forgiveness not permission.
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Jul 1, 2018 12:21:09   #
Hard drive do fail and like earlier comments intermittent problems do not get better only worse. There is a software called SpinRite that revitalizes cranky hard drive. I’ve used it successfully on a number of occasions. Once revitalized I backed it up to an array and to the cloud. I have LighRoom Program on my c: drive (SSD) and data (photos) on d: drive. That d: drive could be external or internal. With faster read/write speeds of the SSD drive my work goes quickly. Having storage on a regular drive does not slow it down and if crash occurs, I can easily recover. SSD drives hold up better but have limited write/read cycles (in the millions).
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