Photos from 200-400. Also any comments...
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I've posted Images of this Pair a few times, they were of particular interest due to the fact that unlike most Mating Pairs, that don't much worry about what's around them (Lions/Leopards I mean), this Pair were extremely sensitive to our presence, so we spent only around 10 Minutes with them and drove away to leave them to get on with Nature.
They struck me though in their Beautiful Posing, always the Big Young Male in the background, seemingly protecting the Female while looking over her shoulder, their colouring (In the Colour Images) was a prime example of how Lions blend in with their background. So the decision to leave them be when they appeared agitated by our presence was difficult, I wanted to Shoot them longer, but it's part of trying to get your Images, but leave as small a footprint as possible.
1Dx 200-400f/4, Shot @ 560mm f/5.6 & 1/2000th ISO400
They struck me though in their Beautiful Posing, always the Big Young Male in the background, seemingly protecting the Female while looking over her shoulder, their colouring (In the Colour Images) was a prime example of how Lions blend in with their background. So the decision to leave them be when they appeared agitated by our presence was difficult, I wanted to Shoot them longer, but it's part of trying to get your Images, but leave as small a footprint as possible.
1Dx 200-400f/4, Shot @ 560mm f/5.6 & 1/2000th ISO400
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Picked up the lens today 
No AFMA required. Of the lenses I have, that was the first one. Hand held test shots of the local lion (read the cat) looks very promising! But, as I thought and commented when it was released, to operate the zoom on a lens of this size and weight, handheld, is quite a challenge.
No AFMA required. Of the lenses I have, that was the first one. Hand held test shots of the local lion (read the cat) looks very promising! But, as I thought and commented when it was released, to operate the zoom on a lens of this size and weight, handheld, is quite a challenge.
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Here a couple of shots of The Local Lion, with crops, converted to JPG from RAW in Lightroom, without any modifications from camera defaults.
Shot with 1DX, handheld, f4, 1/200s, ISO800. I also shot some with the 600 f4L IS II, to compare. I hoped the 200-400 would be good and it certainly is. I hope to post a bit more interesting images for the future, but this was day1
Shot with 1DX, handheld, f4, 1/200s, ISO800. I also shot some with the 600 f4L IS II, to compare. I hoped the 200-400 would be good and it certainly is. I hope to post a bit more interesting images for the future, but this was day1
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Still havn´t had time to go for a real shoot, but I´ve been out on evening walks. This is with a 1DX at 540mm f.5.6 1/250s ISO1600, at the local pond. Just RAW to jpeg, no editing. I had to reduce resolution to get it through though. So far I am very impressed with the lens and I´m really looking forward to use it on a real shoot.
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First real shoot with this lens and I get to shoot a Lynx. Fantastic. The lens performed very well, but I must admit that i find it more difficult to handhold this one than the 600 f4L IS II. The reason being the zoom ring. But mounted on the Gitzo monopod with RRS head, all worked well.
1DX, 200-400 1.4x at 560mm, f/5.6, ISO400, 1/2000s
1DX, 200-400 1.4x at 560mm, f/5.6, ISO400, 1/2000s
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Eldar said:
Like this one even better than the one on the 1Dx thread, just a completely Beautiful Animal.
I agree on the 200-400 handling, I think the weight on the 1Dx is about perfect, around the same as the 400f/2.8, but you almost need an extra hand when your trying to Zoom, and flip in/out the 1.4x, I use it probably 40% hand held, rest of the time it's on a Monopod, or if on Safari in a Vehicle, on a Monopod that's fixed to the Vehicle.
Last trip I used it mostly on a fixed Bean Bag, worked well.
Rarely shoot the Combo at more than f/5.6, at this the backgrounds just blur out Beautifully, have to get up to Norway at some point for some serious shooting, so far I've only been there for stopovers to Svalbard, place looks lovely from the Air.
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