Red-Ringed Tuppertub Party with Tin Foil Tiaras (9)

Jamie Holladay wrote in post #5362296
Stop talking about lens. You'll make me spend money. Besides what do you folks think this is a lens forum or something?

Nice tiara, Buckwheat!

The racetrack was right next to a private airfield (not a busy one).

I have an 80mm macro...that is currently out on loan to Jennifer. I want the 180 for the improved working distance.

Woolburr wrote in post #5362351
I have an 80mm macro...that is currently out on loan to Jennifer. I want the 180 for the improved working distance.

J&R music and computer world (I think that's their name) has them. I bought my Mk3 from them (and a few other lenses)...no issues.

so does amazon.com and they are cheaper there

Woolburr wrote in post #5362346
Nice tiara, Buckwheat!

Don't make me send my army after you

Question(s): 400mm f/5.6 hand holdable and panable what about birding

A few more photos posted here: https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=489486

Jamie Holladay wrote in post #5362374
Don't make me send my army after you

Question(s): 400mm f/5.6 hand holdable and panable what about birding

the 400 is hand-holdable if you are very steady. Dan is and he uses it with a lot of success. It's fast focusing but the focus also quickly switches from your subject to the background (when the subject is moving) which has cost him a great deal of frustration.

of the two I personally prefer the 300 F4IS (though I'm going to sell mine now that I've got the 2.8 and find I can use it okay).

Dan prefers the 400, though I'm not sure why. I think because it's focus is faster than the 300's but the 300's locks and stays locked...so really, I'm not sure at all why he likes the 400 better.

Jamie Holladay wrote in post #5362374
Don't make me send my army after you

Question(s): 400mm f/5.6 hand holdable and panable what about birding

The 400 f/5.6 is designed for all those things...but I prefer the 300 f/4 with a TC....gotta love the IS.

Woolburr wrote in post #5362388
The 400 f/5.6 is designed for all those things...but I prefer the 300 f/4 with a TC....gotta love the IS.

exactly!

Permagrin wrote in post #5362392
exactly!

Dollar for dollar I am not sure the 300 f/4 and TC combo can be beat....that is a very nice setup for most applications. And unless you have the big bucks for the 300 f/2.8 or the 500 f/4....not much else compares.

tommykjensen wrote in post #5361898
Two portraits from today. Shot with 5D + 400 f/5.6L. First one if our "guide" on the workshop. He is a proffesional mortorsports photographer so we got some nice tips.

One thing I had no idea about (and can't prove right or false) was that he said panning shots from right to left is easier to get correct than panning shots from left to right. And it has to do with the direction of the shutter curtains.

If it is easier, it's not because of the direction of the shutter curtains any more (if it ever was). Practically all cameras nowadays have a vertical shutter curtain. In the older days, up through the '70s, most shutters were horizontal travel. So panning would be easier if the shutter and the image of the subject were traveling in the same direction. Not to mention, with current shutter speeds (as indicated by the X-sync setting), the whole sensor is uncovered for most of the duration of a pan. At 1/60 sec. with an X-sync of 1/250, for instance, part of the sensor is exposed for the 1/250 sec. it takes to open the first curtain; the whole area's exposed for the next 3/250 sec. and then the second curtain spends 1/250 sec. closing of the sensor. (Second curtain follows first curtain by 1/60 sec., but the first 1/250 sec. the first curtain is masking part of the sensor, as it gets out of the way).

Permagrin wrote in post #5361926
I can understand that...I hate it that I've got two separate chargers to haul when I go on a trip. The good news is that the M3 charger charges 2 batteries together and the batteries are small and longer lasting. The charger is still large though...wish it wasn't

I'm hoping Delkin comes out with a 1D3 battery insert for their dual battery charger; they already have them for BP-511s, NB-2L, NB-4L, and AA, among others. Then I'll pick up 2 of those chargers.

Woolburr wrote in post #5361948
There has been discussion over panning for years Tommy....even in the film days, there were people that claimed it was easier to pan cars traveling right to left because the shutter curtain was working for you instead of against you...I don't know if I buy that or not...I've seen plenty of great shots from both directions...I think the images are more the result of a good photographer than the direction of the pan.

Yep.

Permagrin wrote in post #5362207
I was thinking of trading my 24-105 for a 135 f2.

Do you think this is a bad trade? The price of the 135 is a couple of hundred less than the 24-105...I could just sell the 24-105 and buy a used 135 instead...

(thinking aloud here...)

It sounds like a good move to me, but then I've made no secret that I only have the 24-105 for when the 24-70 can't reach and the 70-200 can't focus close enough, which is like a 5 ft. range indoors. Unfortunately, for me that's an important range. If I could get a +0.25 close-up lens for the 70-200 I'd sell that 24-105 so fast! I might even be able to make do by swapping which body I habitually mount the 24-70 and the 70-200 on; putting the 24-70 on the crop would give me the reach I need and if I'm photographing dogs, I don't really need the full 24 mm FoV I get on the 5D. I think I'll try that next weekend.

Permagrin wrote in post #5362293
http://lcimages.zenfol​io.com/img/v1/p8759810​87-4.jpg

The more I look at the shot, the more I like it...I think this might just be contest material.

Permagrin wrote in post #5362385
the 400 is hand-holdable if you are very steady. Dan is and he uses it with a lot of success. It's fast focusing but the focus also quickly switches from your subject to the background (when the subject is moving) which has cost him a great deal of frustration.

of the two I personally prefer the 300 F4IS (though I'm going to sell mine now that I've got the 2.8 and find I can use it okay).

Dan prefers the 400, though I'm not sure why. I think because it's focus is faster than the 300's but the 300's locks and stays locked...so really, I'm not sure at all why he likes the 400 better.

You just had to say that didn't you.

I am not sure that the 300 has enough reach for me. I know that the 70-200 with the 1.4tc does not and the 300 is only 20mm longer than that.

Woolburr wrote in post #5362388
The 400 f/5.6 is designed for all those things...but I prefer the 300 f/4 with a TC....gotta love the IS.

I have been told that the combo is soft. Any truth to that?

Woolburr wrote in post #5362404
Dollar for dollar I am not sure the 300 f/4 and TC combo can be beat....that is a very nice setup for most applications. And unless you have the big bucks for the 300 f/2.8 or the 500 f/4....not much else compares.

I don't have that kind of cash.