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[Bert63]

Only rarely would you want 1000 anyway because of the challenge of finding the subject. It's an adjustment at 800 and in bushes for closer small birds sometimes I can't find them.

Jack

Naw - I'd be @ 700 in that case. I only own the 1.4X III currently but your point is certainly well taken.

I'd be happy to "struggle " with the 400 DO II.

 

[Bert63]

In Costa Rica my daughter had my 70-200 X1.4 on the R so I was either 800 or 400 all the time and this is 800, ISO 5000, 1/640, F8, no noise reduction. With the 1DX2 sharpening to 4 in DPP is very tolerable. I have tons of 800 shots and just grabbed this one as it jumped out at me scanning through. Good, bad or indifferent, that's what I'm getting.

Jack

Looks very workable to me - given the circumstances and lack of PP. I find the 5D4 and the R to both be extremely forgiving in terms of noise - especially compared to the 7D2.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Looks very workable to me - given the circumstances and lack of PP. I find the 5D4 and the R to both be extremely forgiving in terms of noise - especially compared to the 7D2.

Well, the reason some of us are FF and not crop is ISO capability but many seem to demonstrate that crop having the higher MPs can produce similar when resized. The only crops I've had - a Nikon D5100 and a Canon 40D briefly although I shot with a 1D2 and a 1D4 for a few months. I loved the 1D4 but it couldn't come close to my 6D for higher ISO. I have nothing but praise for my few years with the 6D but FPS was just too low.

Jack

 

[AlanF]

Do you have any of your own personal examples of the 400 DO II with the 2X? Thanks for responding! Also - does the 2X kick it up to F8?

What do you mean by " Also - does the 2X kick it up to F8"? A 2xTC converts an f/4 to f/8, but have I missed something. I have posted many examples in the past with the 5DIV + 2xTC + 400mm DO II. Here is a good review with lots of examples http://arihazeghiphotography.com/blog/one-year-with-ef-400-do-is-ii/

 

[jmeyer]

Hi everyone! I've been so busy with work, haven't posted much lately. I finally made the jump from 500 to 600! I purchased the EF 600 F4 ll !!! My only chances to get out though, are on the weekends, since I usually work from dark to dark. Lately, most photos have been in the BIF form, since the local landfill has produced excellent raptor photo ops. Here are a some photos from the few weeks, first couple times out with new lens. I will also post a few images in the BIF thread as well, since the majority have been that lately. I do have a 500 F4 just sitting around collecting dust now, haha.

Images taken with 7D mkll / EF 600 F4 ll / 1.4xlll (except Wild Turkey which was bare 600)

Jeremy

 

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Very nice series, Jeremy.

 

[AlanF]

 

[Bert63]

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Nice one - is that a magpie?

 

[Bert63]

What do you mean by " Also - does the 2X kick it up to F8"? A 2xTC converts an f/4 to f/8, but have I missed something. I have posted many examples in the past with the 5DIV + 2xTC + 400mm DO II. Here is a good review with lots of examples http://arihazeghiphotography.com/blog/one-year-with-ef-400-do-is-ii/

Yeah that's exactly what I meant Alan. I can't afford the 500mm F4 or 600mm F4, but I would consider the 400mm F4 DO and a 2X to get me out to 800mm. 560mm would come at 6.3 and then the native 400mm at F4. I would enjoy a lens like that. I've always liked the 400mm DO II for it's compact size and light weight.

 

[AlanF]

Yeah that's exactly what I meant Alan. I can't afford the 500mm F4 or 600mm F4, but I would consider the 400mm F4 DO and a 2X to get me out to 800mm. 560mm would come at 6.3 and then the native 400mm at F4. I would enjoy a lens like that. I've always liked the 400mm DO II for it's compact size and light weight.

Yes 800mm at f/8 and 560mm is as wide as f/5.6. That is a magpie.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Nice one - is that a magpie?

I really had to laugh. Anyone who lives where these guys "rule" would probably laugh to. As a kid I'd climb poplar trees, sometimes as high as 30 -40 feet and reach into a nest and throw the eggs out. Not condoning just admitting. Once I brought a baby home with "pet" in mind but my father would have nothing to do with that idea!

Jack

 

[AlanF]

The Bluetit is now a common bird now in the UK, like a chickadee across the pond. But, they are cute

 

[Jack Douglas]

Oops, I previously posted a portrait in the flight thread - oh dear! My apologies.

Again from 2013 but never posted. Female American Redstart.

Jack

The Bluetit is now a common bird now in the UK, like a chickadee across the pond. But, they are cute
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So what if they are common ... they are super cute and also generally very well behaved little birds, although I have seen exceptions to this. Probably my favourite in the bird world. Yours appear just the same.

 

[Jack Douglas]

I'm afraid, for the foreseeable future, all I'll have to offer are old shots.

Young Cedar Waxwing 2013 6D The YS Northern flickers were young enough to still be returning to the nest - at the top of a supper high stump.

 

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The Bluetit is now a common bird now in the UK, like a chickadee across the pond. But, they are cute

Lovely shot, Alan.

 

[jprusa]

The Bluetit is now a common bird now in the UK, like a chickadee across the pond. But, they are cute
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Nice shot Alan! they may common but they are one of my favorites that you post.

 

[Bert63]

I'm afraid, for the foreseeable future, all I'll have to offer are old shots.

Young Cedar Waxwing 2013 6D The YS Northern flickers were young enough to still be returning to the nest - at the top of a supper high stump.


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They aren't old if we've never seen them

 

[Bert63]

The Bluetit is now a common bird now in the UK, like a chickadee across the pond. But, they are cute
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I'd love to see one of these guys...

 

[Jack Douglas]

They aren't old if we've never seen them

Well, how about that; great minds think alike!

This is my favourite bird and my most common visitor by far. Almost a given with every shot back then: 300 2.8 II X2.





Jack

 

[Bert63]

Well, how about that; great minds think alike!

This is my favourite bird and my most common visitor by far. Almost a given with every shot back then: 300 2.8 II X2.

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Jack

Chickadees are the best. Nuthatches too!