^ I wish! I have Canon's weird 70-300 DO lens, but I want to sell it and pick up the 100-400. I may yet cancel my 5D mark III order in favor of a mark II and a nicer telephoto. I was fairly close to the subjects in all those. They're all in captivity (excluding the goose). The falcon and goose are @105mm (24-105 f/4 lens), and the eagle and secretary bird are @300mm (70-300 DO IS). Exif data here: http://www.hypercontrast.com/Life/Critters/11377900_cD2fPp#!i=809452267&k=jRydW&lb=1&s=A http://www.hypercontrast.com/Life/Critters/11377900_cD2fPp#!i=1138104339&k=mfsQU&lb=1&s=A http://www.hypercontrast.com/Life/Critters/11377900_cD2fPp#!i=1224415019&k=qknqH&lb=1&s=A http://www.hypercontrast.com/Travel/Monterey-CA-2008/11788448_RQTMwW#!i=832819328&k=BZY7q&lb=1&s=A
Yah, that's the idea. At 70mm (no lens extrusion) its about the size of my 24-105, and is about 40% smaller than the non-DO version. http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EF-70-300mm-f-4.5-5.6-DO-IS-USM-Lens-Review.aspx
It's nice for what it is, but I'd like an EF telephoto (the DO is EFS, ie incompatible with full frame bodies). Edit: actually, I guess it is EF. In that case I'll probably keep it.
Amazing shots! ps. the 100-400 Canon lens is amazing. Been using mine alot since last summer and am thrilled with it! GT
It's a great lens no doubt, but being unable to use a TC on it and still have autofocus (on anything less than a 1 series body) drives me nuts. I am somehow always juuuuust out of range for what I am shooting or can't get focused fast enough manually if I have the TC on. Been practicing my manual focus skills with it a bunch but decided to purchase a remedy as well. My 500mm (which will AF with the 1.4x TC for 700mm) and Wimberly Sidekick show up tomorrow.
The new one as in the 1 DX? It's not f/8 anymore? Wow. That's a big step backwards and makes their TC's much less useful with that body.
Correct, there are no f8 sensors on the 1dx AF unit. D4/D800 has f8 AF. My inner cynic thinks they're driving people to buy new gla$$. I've never used a max f8 combo, so it's not the end of the world, but I don't know how much I want to invest in a company that operates that way.
Last chance today. Hope to see some gems I havent been lucky. Since I came with the idea the weather has changed drastically.
I've been standing around in my backyard for an hour and haven't seen a single bird, I even resorted to laying out some bread, but still no luck.
There are no birds here either I have to go back to a couple of shots I took a few weeks ago. They weren't intented for the competition though.
This is the best I could do, had to REALLY push the sharpness, 100% crop at 200mm on a 18-200 aint pretty. Thank god for RAW! Image Unavailable, Please Login
Low flying goose. WOW!! How exciting!! Zzz Tv 1/800 Av 8.0 ISO Speed 400 Focal Length 235.0mm Shooting Date/Time 12-03-2012 15:46:29 I can see sharpness is going to hell when uploading it here. Here is a more crisp version. http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i140/Cozmic_Kid/Animals/fchat01.jpg Image Unavailable, Please Login
Count me in for this month, the original is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/slapshots/6990328695/in/photostream Image Unavailable, Please Login