Canon EF 800mm f/5.6L IS USM

dolina wrote in post #8935305
80% it is enough while 20% you will be glad to have a high MP crop or full frame body. Sometimes if you have enough length high humidity and high temperature forces you to go closer because the air shimmers.

I would love to see Canon make an EF 1200mm f/8L IS lens with 6 or more stops of IS that weighs less than 6kg. But we'd have to wait for a 1D body that can do AF @ f/8 and f/11 AF at the center. Price would be $15-20k?

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Black-headed Munia, Lonchura atricapill by Paolo Dolina, on Flickr

While updating my hotlinks I found this quote about a future lens. It looks like my estimate from Nov 02, 2009 came true.

Canon RF 1200mm f/8L IS USM

- 1200mm Focal Length
- f/8 Maximum Aperture
- 4-Stop Image Stabilizer + IBIS
- 3.34 kg weight
- $19,999

mikewinburn wrote in post #12729585
the camera would be $15-20k? or the lens? Of the above mentioned, I'd reckon the lens to cost $100,000 or more.

https://www.bhphotovid​eo.com …anon_rf_1200mm_​f_8_l.html

Back in 2013 I said if I ever get my hands on this lens I would make sure this thread stays active. Well, I have owned this lens for six years now so it is time I chip in.

Scarlet Tanager
F/7.1, ISO 1600, 1/400"

Another from the 800 from a few years ago.

birder_herper wrote in post #19433058
Back in 2013 I said if I ever get my hands on this lens I would make sure this thread stays active. Well, I have owned this lens for six years now so it is time I chip in.

Scarlet Tanager
F/7.1, ISO 1600, 1/400"

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Lovely image. Was wondering if I was the last one to be holding the EF 800mm

Haha, no, I still have mine. Mighty fine optics and with its value dropping who knows if I could ever justify selling it!

Green Heron with the 800/5.6L.

f5.6, 1/640", ISO 1600

Blue Jay at the feeders.

F/7.1, 1/800, ISO 1600

On and off the forum for over 12 years - about time I posted an image.

Black-faced Woodswallow.

RedDust wrote in post #19485165
On and off the forum for over 12 years - about time I posted an image.

Black-faced Woodswallow.

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Good one to share, friend. Beautiful shot of a lovely bird.

RedDust wrote in post #19485165
On and off the forum for over 12 years - about time I posted an image.

Black-faced Woodswallow.

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Awesome image!

How does your R5 handle with your EF 800mm?

dolina wrote in post #19485178
Awesome image!

How does your R5 handle with your EF 800mm?

R5 handles the 800 plus RF adaptor really well with many technical improvements over my old 1D IV - especially high ISO (early morning birding), more pixels, improved autofocus (eye detect) and through the viewfinder "exposure view".

I had a lot of initial R5 issues related to Lightroom/Adobe process changes at the time I got the R5 (not related to lens compatibility). I found it much more time-consuming to process correctly exposed and in-focus images with the R5 than with the 1D IV.
With the 1DIV it was basically an exposure tweak and a couple of sliders in Lightroom, plus or minus minor-cropping, 20 seconds maximum, to process a good image with great colours/saturation/ton​es.
With the R5 (at the time) I found that Lightroom R5 colour profiles were crap for bird photos and the work-arounds (pre-import to Lightroom) were very time consuming.

I've had a bit of a break from photography since I got the R5, mostly life getting in the way of hobbies, but also suffering a general frustration with time spent processing bird images rather than photo-capturing, which shouldn't have been required for correctly exposed images.
I've just got back into photography over the last few weeks and the Lightroom R5 colour profiles seem to have improved. A big task for me at the moment is re-importing my historical images to Lightroom from a backup drive due to hardware issues last year.

RedDust wrote in post #19485206
R5 handles the 800 plus RF adaptor really well with many technical improvements over my old 1D IV - especially high ISO (early morning birding), more pixels, improved autofocus (eye detect) and through the viewfinder "exposure view".

I had a lot of initial R5 issues related to Lightroom/Adobe process changes at the time I got the R5 (not related to lens compatibility). I found it much more time-consuming to process correctly exposed and in-focus images with the R5 than with the 1D IV.
With the 1DIV it was basically an exposure tweak and a couple of sliders in Lightroom, plus or minus minor-cropping, 20 seconds maximum, to process a good image with great colours/saturation/ton​es.
With the R5 (at the time) I found that Lightroom R5 colour profiles were crap for bird photos and the work-arounds (pre-import to Lightroom) were very time consuming.

I've had a bit of a break from photography since I got the R5, mostly life getting in the way of hobbies, but also suffering a general frustration with time spent processing bird images rather than photo-capturing, which shouldn't have been required for correctly exposed images.
I've just got back into photography over the last few weeks and the Lightroom R5 colour profiles seem to have improved. A big task for me at the moment is re-importing my historical images to Lightroom from a backup drive due to hardware issues last year.

Thank you for your feedback.

My guess is you received your R5 in 2020?

dolina wrote in post #19485211
Thank you for your feedback.

My guess is you received your R5 in 2020?

Yes, Nov 2020.

RedDust wrote in post #19485220
Yes, Nov 2020.

Explains your Adobe issues. There's a lag time between 3rd party software working with the latest and greatest.