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It's nothing fancy but it's my first bird shot! Shot with the 85mm F1.2L USM on an R5 at 1.8 ISO 640 1/800th. Hopefully some day I'll get to have one of those fancy telephotos! Everyone has some amazing shots. 
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Finally got out with a rented RF 800. The birds did not cooperate at a nearby preserve so ironically, the best shot I got was in my backyard. My impressions match those of many reviews. The lens is fine but with the limitations of the minimum focus range and the use of f/11 only, don't see much of an advantage over the 100-400 with a TC. This image will never make a magazine cover, but it is what it is. My plan is to save up for an RF 100-500 someday just to cut out the need for an adapter, gain a little distance, and keep it simple. Then, maybe a 1.4 TC? One other thing which does not matter. When a new image is uploaded to LR, one can see the "rings" from the Fresnel lens for a brief while that then disappear. Not a big deal, I just never used a DO lens before.
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Northern Shoveler, R6/100-400L II/1.4x III, DxO PL4, 100% crops. Looking forward to the RF800.
Breeding male.
Breeding male, molting into breeding plumage.
Breeding male.
Breeding male, molting into breeding plumage.
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The RF 800mm was collected today by my friendly dealer, it wasn't for me. Before then, I had managed to get some shots with the 100-500mm of a Wren near us. It's one of the smallest British birds and one of the most common but you very rarely see them as they hide in the undergrowth. This one was 16m away, and I upsized it 2x to get it to increase the pixel count, effectively as a 1000mm lens. Tbh, I think it is as good as what I would have got with the 800mm, if not better.
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Long time lurker so decided to post some of my R5 test shots. All shot with 400DOII with Ext2xII at F8. PL4 processed
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josephandrews222
I Shot the Sheriff, but I Did Not Shoot the Deputy
House wren(s)?
(Images acquired some fifty months ago using a handheld 5DMk3/100-400 II combination...kinda imagining what the R5 sensor will do...and wondering what the 100-500 R lens will add
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The pandemic has supplied opportunities to (further) organize decades of images. The process has catalyzed a question and my answer to the question.
What lens is your lens that is most fun/productive to use?
A part of my own answer involves a calculation of sorts--do I find the images that result to be pleasing...(and much more pleasing than the lenses they replaced)?
For me--
EF: Canon 100-400 II;
EF-S: Canon 17-55 2.8 IS;
EF-M: Canon 11-22 IS
(Images acquired some fifty months ago using a handheld 5DMk3/100-400 II combination...kinda imagining what the R5 sensor will do...and wondering what the 100-500 R lens will add
.)The pandemic has supplied opportunities to (further) organize decades of images. The process has catalyzed a question and my answer to the question.
What lens is your lens that is most fun/productive to use?
A part of my own answer involves a calculation of sorts--do I find the images that result to be pleasing...(and much more pleasing than the lenses they replaced)?
For me--
EF: Canon 100-400 II;
EF-S: Canon 17-55 2.8 IS;
EF-M: Canon 11-22 IS
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Mrs and Mr sparrow seem to have some differences - at least it looks like that
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