What's the L o n g e s t - Lens - You've Ever Used?
Sep 13, 2017 06:37:20 #
Sep 13, 2017 06:41:07 #
135-400 with 1.4x on a 4/3 sensor. 1120mm FF equivalent. Used with tripod.
Sep 13, 2017 06:59:50 #
Without digital extension (cropping), it would be 2000mm - Nikon P900 - usually no tripod/monopod but braced on something handy since my 81 year old legs don't seem to balance as well as they once did.
Sep 13, 2017 07:07:22 #
800mm
The most I can do without a tripod is one blurry shot. It never got used without a tripod and never will, at least not by me.
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The most I can do without a tripod is one blurry shot. It never got used without a tripod and never will, at least not by me.
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Sep 13, 2017 07:37:22 #
Sep 13, 2017 07:58:24 #
Sigma 150-500mm, tripod most of the time, very heavy and difficult to hand hold.
Sep 13, 2017 08:15:47 #
wkocken
Loc: McGregor, MN
Canon 500mmF4 with 2x extender on Canon 7dmark2. Used a gimble head on tripod.
Sep 13, 2017 08:34:26 #
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Sep 13, 2017 08:53:38 #
ptk
Loc: Oregon, USA
16.76 meters focal length, f/3.3 fixed aperture, but the downside was the camera had only a 0.000001 megapixel sensor (a 1x1 pixel "array", state of the art for early 1980s infrared digital).
It was not hand-hold-able, or even on a tripod. In fact, it had a whole observatory built around it: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hale_Telescope>.
But nowadays I have to settle for a 900mm, f/7.9 Newtonian reflector on my DSLR, using a tripod.
ChrisT wrote:
Was it hand-hold-able, or did it need a tripod?
It was not hand-hold-able, or even on a tripod. In fact, it had a whole observatory built around it: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hale_Telescope>.
But nowadays I have to settle for a 900mm, f/7.9 Newtonian reflector on my DSLR, using a tripod.
Sep 13, 2017 09:26:56 #
Kickle
Loc: Central Illinois
Panasonic Leica 100-400 mm (200-800 mm ff equivalent with 2x crop factor on my Panasonic Lumix GX8) Takes sharp photos hand-held even at longest focal length. Love it!
Sep 13, 2017 10:21:32 #
3000mm on a DX camera. I used a Kowa spotting scope and focused the 60X eyepiece on the camera sensor using an adapter. All on a tripod, as there is no way to handhold this.
BTW, what is a gimble?
wkocken wrote:
BTW, what is a gimble?
wkocken wrote:
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Used a gimble head on tripod.
Sep 13, 2017 11:30:23 #
A 150-600mm Tamron G2 mounted on a crop sensor Nikon D500 giving me an "effective focal length of 900mm. Used 50/50 on a monopod with an arca type clamp for the lens, or the whole rig mounted on a Gimbal headed tripod. I find I'm using the monopod more for hummingbirds and butterflies, and the gimballed tripod for larger targets, such as stationary birds, or birds in flight. And this lens, to answer your original question, gives me ALL the reach I need at that 900mmFL, and this lens is also PLENTY sharp at a bargain price!
Sep 13, 2017 11:56:51 #
Native focal length: 800mm; Nikon 400mm f/3.5 IF-ED + Nikon TC-301 2X teleconverter, mounted to a Nikon F4s, on a Manfrotto tripod.
35mm equivalent: 840mm; M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 PRO lens + M.Zuiko 1.4x Teleconverter MC-14 on an Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II (2X crop factor), handheld (the 5-axis In Body Image Stabilization is pretty incredible).
35mm equivalent: 840mm; M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 PRO lens + M.Zuiko 1.4x Teleconverter MC-14 on an Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II (2X crop factor), handheld (the 5-axis In Body Image Stabilization is pretty incredible).
Sep 13, 2017 12:17:43 #
ptk wrote:
16.76 meters focal length, f/3.3 fixed aperture, b... (show quote)
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