Canon EF 400mm f/4L IS DO II USM

Final stage of the Volvo Ocean Race 2018. shot last week from the beach. As they were quite far away I had to use a 1.4III converter as well. But I find the results very good for this combination.

thanks for looking,
cheers,
Rene.

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MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18654817

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This is a really nice shot MM. I like it very much.

Nabbed this guy this afternoon and huge news for those adapting.
The Sigma MC-11 with latest FW update and the a9 with 3.0 FW update has all native
Sony focusing modes. Ten star job by Sigma.

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MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18658742
Nabbed this guy this afternoon and huge news for those adapting.
The Sigma MC-11 with latest FW update and the a9 with 3.0 FW update has all native
Sony focusing modes. Ten star job by Sigma.

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posted by MedicineMan4040 originally in forum: Birds

MM---I'm glad to hear that news about the MC-11 adapter. It would allow me to keep, and use my Canon 400 DO, my Canon 500, and my Canon 100-400 on the Sony a9.

Robert above ,this is the coolest frame ,I have only seen tiny birds do this,if it is a response to heat or maybe fella is mantling a kill?? The stare with both wings and tail fanned ,it's pretty unique too bro,I've never seen an image of a BOP quite like that.
wonderful photography ,ha i'm off to show my good lady
nice work sir!!

stu

ps Huge approval...maybe showing her that wasn't such a good idea.......",oh you don't take pictures like that,hey ho"

Fabulous Robert

Sounds wrote in post #18664712
Robert above ,this is the coolest frame ,I have only seen tiny birds do this,if it is a response to heat or maybe fella is mantling a kill?? The stare with both wings and tail fanned ,it's pretty unique too bro,I've never seen an image of a BOP quite like that.
wonderful photography ,ha i'm off to show my good lady
nice work sir!!

stu

ps Huge approval...maybe showing her that wasn't such a good idea.......",oh you don't take pictures like that,hey ho"

Fabulous Robert

Stu that's funny
Well I promise he wasn't shouldering/hiding a prey item. I got to watch this young hawk for 30 min's standing 'normal' before this
pose.
We also figure this is the offspring of our two neighborhood hawks I've been shooting for several years not.

Just yesteray three were in the backyard. The father guarding the chicken I'd put out for them all, as if preventing the juvenile from
access to the food. For these same years we've been shooting/observing them we've seen them drive off the young year after year.
I tell them all I have chicken for each one of them=us very willing to have more hawks in the backyard; but they always force the youngster
to leave

Thanks again for the kinds words.

For anyone that is saving for this great lens I just this minute see that Canon has the refurb' in stock!

https://shop.usa.canon​.com …shed-super-telephoto-lens

Wish I had $5500

GAJoe wrote in post #18670779
For anyone that is saving for this great lens I just this minute see that Canon has the refurb' in stock!

https://shop.usa.canon​.com …shed-super-telephoto-lens

Wish I had $5500

WOW... CPW says there's only one in stock though. There's going to be one lucky winner, hopefully that someone is here on POTN!

Still in stock!
Some one get it! I'm driving my wife crazy.
I'm sure some one else is too.

Surprised this is still not picked up! The DO IIs on the refurb store is as rare as a unicorn.

It's gone now.

This is a hard thing to do but in the near future I'll probably be marketing my 400DOii.
Though the Sony FE 400/2.8 is not exactly what I want, and since the DOii is almost the last
remaining EOS lens I have of any import, it is getting close to time to send it off to another user and
be all e-mount Sony.

I doubt many read this thread who might be looking for the DOii but in case you know anyone